Originally posted by kuhio98
His doctor implanted radioactive seeds (like grains of rice) in his prostate, right on the cancer. The seeds stay "hot" for 70 days and they completely killed the cancer. He didn't need chemo nor radiation. He has been completely cancer free for 5 years now. [/SIZE]
That is exactly what they did! I don't know why I'm amazed that someone else had this done, but it's probably because I've never known anyone with prostate cancer before, so I'm unfamiliar with the techniques used to fight it.

They released him from the hospital, and after stopping to pick up some pain meds, it was 7:00 pm before Terry dropped him off at home. I have to commend Terry because he is normally not a very patient person, but he hung around the waiting room the whole time our friend was being treated.

I guess what happened was that, like Bobcat, he had a catheter in last week right after the "procedure" but then they removed it. He hasn't really been able to urinate since they removed the catheter - just little dribbles here and there - and it must have all been building up inside, which is not only painful but quite harmful too. So they reinserted the catheter and gave him some pain meds. I guess he hasn't been sleeping well at all the last few nights because of the pain, so hopefully he got a good nights sleep last night. Terry said he looked like he was in rough shape, so I'm glad he finally called and I'm doubly glad Terry was in the area to help him out.

Thanks Kuhio, for the encouraging words. They feel they did catch it early and are hoping the radiation will do its thing and surgery and chemo won't be necessary.

Thanks so much everyone. I'll probably call him a little later this afternoon to see how he's doing and if he needs anything.