My husband finished his 5 radiation treatments to the spine ( T9) and the rib two weeks ago. He goes to have his PSA drawn today. Then we wait. The lump on his back is more giant and the pain has increased tremendously—the Dr. did prescribe pain meds but the pain is unbearable starting around 5 PM. The plan is to have undetectable PSA and then check bi-weekly with no other meds. I guess my question is will this pain go away? Will the tumor go away? We did notice a lump on his neck and we told the Dr he again says we will wait for PSA results.
Also, do the doctors have any idea how the radiation worked? Can they see the tumor during each treatment? It just seems they are basing everything on PSA. When clearly these are lumps and pain. I just hate seeing him suffer when we are just waiting for a month to see if and when PSA rises. I get they don't want to start anything if they don't have too but clearly, there are still tumors and with his aggressive cancer and Gleason score of 9, I wish they would be more aggressive. But I'm not the doctor. so I guess we wait.....