I read this thread with great interest as my 81-year-old Dad, who had his RC last April, has been told that he has an enlarged lymph node in the pelvic area. He, too, was told his nodes were clear post-RC and the margins on the urethra were clean. This node was discovered while he was having an MRI and/or CT scan recently to try to determine why he had been bleeding from his penis for 7 months post-surgery. The urologist and oncologist still don't know what caused the bleeding, but, if I understand my Dad correctly, he hasn't had any bleeding since 1/29/08! Seems it stopped on its own. Figure that one out! We hope and pray that the bleeding has permanently stopped.
Dad has an appointment with the oncologist this Friday to discuss what to do about the node. I know he would have to think long and hard about any surgery, minimally invasive or not. Maybe they will do a scan to see if it has changed in size. I know that last week Dad came down with a yeast infection around his stoma and a staph infection in his nose during the time the node was found to be enlarged. Maybe it's all connected. I completely agree with Cynthia. It seems that regardless of what you go to the doctor for, they usually seem to find five more things that you didn't even know you had!
Please keep us posted, Mike, on how you decide to handle this. I will also post about what happens with my Dad at the oncologist this Friday.