Hormone Therapy, PSA <.1 and Bone Mets?

What are the chances?

I have been having back pain and difficulty with my legs (tired and weak & pain in lower back with prolonged walking or standing).

XRays indicated Arthiritis in my spine so Doc ordered an MRI 12/11/08 and the results are:

1,Congenitally short Pedicles with ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and facet arthropathy narrowing the spinal canal at multiple levels.

2. Findings suspicious for metastatic disease in the lower lumbar spine predominantly L5 and S1. Bone Scan would be of benefit.

A Bone Scan was completed yesterday the 19th and should be available before Christmas. We were in Lake Charles last night and today are in Houston. We will sped Christmas with my girls in Austin and we will return to Lake Charles for Debbie's family Christmas on the 27th.

I have all the systems of the spinal canal narrowing and with know PCa I have to say it does weigh heavy on my mind this Christmas Season. We find ourselves praying that it is advance Arthoritis not PCa.

We ask for good thoughts and Prayer from those who believe.

Richard

Hi Richard,

I am not openly religious, but, I am a religious man.

I am thinking of you and I wish you the best..I wish all of us the best. This is a disease which has in the last few weeks scared the sense out of me, at times.

Merry Christmas...I hope you have a good Christmas with your girls and Debbie's family.

Mike from Canada

Richard, my thoughts and prayers will be with you during this uneasy Christmas season. 

Well Richard, you can  hope it is just a "bad back".

I have all of those pains and symptoms and more due to the physical breakdown of my spinal structural system.  All of my bone scans, Mri's and xrays have ruled out further cancer at this time, but for more than a decade I have been dealing with the chronic pain.  Even the government agreed, giving me disability payments ten years ago.

All of this did bring up some serious questions during my initial cancer diagnosis. I hope your's is "just" arthritis and aging breakdown and not something more. Holiday best to you and your family. 

Richard-
I know how terrifying this disease is. I hope that the magic of the season brings you good news and that your back pain, is just that, back pain. Keep us posted and we will definitely be thinking of you this holiday season and always!