The doctors have gotten on top of the pain for the moment. They've done some scans and taken some xrays and found that the cancer has moved into the lymph nodes and that those glands may be pushing against nerves and causing the additional pain. The doctor encouraged us to think about chemotherapy and we're looking into this possibility in Costa Rica. They seemy to feel that chemo has a good record of stopping the cancer in the lymph glands and that this will reduce the pain considerably. We're having bone scans done tomorrow and the oncologist can then advise us regarding another stronium 89 shot as well as bone meds, so we should be able to leave by next Thursday.