@surftohealth88: I too am now in the node world, as my PET scan report confirmed what was seen in the earlier MRI : "0.6 cm right internal iliac lymph node with moderate tracer uptake max SUV 4.8. 5 mm short axis right pelvic sidewall lymph node with low level tracer uptake and SUV max of 1.3." I asked my RO yesterday if the small one might not be cancerous and whether it made a difference in treatment plan. He said the SRT plan is basically the same since they were going to treat both (and other nodes) anyway, now they will just give an extra boost to those 2. SRT starts 6/17; I had the simulation this am.
I finally succeeded in getting a hormone drug--I will start on bicalutamide tonight, which will be the beginning of a likely 2-year stretch. During my 6/16 appointment with my MO, she can switch me to another if she thinks that's what's need (and we can discuss the patch). PSA results available tomorrow; hoping for less than 0.2, but not optimistic.