On the road to MD office

Did not get oncology MD appt confirmed yesterday. It was an all day event of phone tag with Dr. Buth's office. Decided I would travel to office this am and wait until appts were made. Dr. Buth had an opening at 9:00am. Went back home to get pop for appt. (Pop had a better night---woke him at 10:30pm and 4:30am to give him pain meds.) This was probably the most "real" appt we have had w/MD's. Dad participated, was open about the seriousness of his disease, knows he will be seeing a lot of MD's, told Dr. Buth about his increased pain, and requested Dr. Buth remain in the driver's seat as primary MD. Dr. Buth examined pop (again), indicated pain control is key issue, indicated PET scan would not be helpful at this time as it is a tool to determine cancer (CT's and complete body scan have already determined pop has cancer). Dr. Buth wants pop to keep the appt(s) with (oncologist) Dr. Dennis Moore, Jr---it is being rescheduled and (urologist/prostate) Dr. Steinberger (10/15/2008). Dr. Buth indicated a bone biopsy would most likely be ordered to determine what type of cancer is in the bone and then treatment would begin. Dr. Buth gave pop an RX for Oxycontin 20mg to take every 12 hours, stop the Ibuprofen, and only take a Lortab between if needed. If that pain control plan is not sufficient we are to get in touch w/Dr. Buth and he will try something else. Should receive call back from Dr. Buth's office to confirm oncology appt. date/time.
Must tell you these short road trips bring back fond memories of pop and I car pooling to work. His knee jerk response is a little slower but the words are flying----wish I had a video camera in the car---he seems to think I am trying out for the Indy 500 on the interstate. You ought to see the HHR "fly" in morning traffic with an old racing intent pilot and a cussing co-pilot at the helm. We really make a extreme team.
You are all part of this extreme team---keep the co-pilot in your thoughts with all your good wishes and prayers.
Love,
Mom