Session 10

OK.  We are through with session 10.  I went into Boston yesterday (session 11 is this afternoon) and met with Dr. Lee (the oncologist in charge of my hormone therapy). I am halfway through the hormone treatments and I had my second Lupron shot today.  That will last me another 3 months.  My testosterone is still essentially zero, which is not good for a normal man, but is good for me.  That is the point of the hormone treatment.  Prostate cells like testosterone.  So, the goal is to deprive any remaining cancerous prostate cells of testosterone to keep them from growing and kill them with the radiation.

Good news!  My testosterone is very low - near zero - and, most importantly, my PSA is still undetectable, which means that if there is any cancer it is not very active.