Thanks again for each and every post.

He went for chemo #6 or so yesterday. They kept him in because his O2 was low and his blood was low again. The two transfusion early last week helped, but... And, since last Thursday, when I started this thread, his cognition and reasoning have been getting even worse than I witnessed that day. This morning, when I was with him, he was forgetting what he was doing between being fed pills and drinking water to get them down. He can't hold a cup by himself. His wife spoon feds him.

Next is blood tests, urine tests (SiL saw blood in urine this AM... he has had a catheter for about four months and needs a few medications to be able to deficate.), MRI of brain, MRI of growth of tumour on base of spine (hence catheter and bowel blockage) to see if it has shrunk any more since the radiation treatments (it was too far advanced for the specialist surgeon in Halifax to operate by the time they FINALLY believed him when he said there was something more than a pinched sciatic nerve about 6 months earlier), and chest Xrays to determine if the lung cancer is responding to the agrressive chemo.

I didn't give you all the "details" before. Thought it might influence the discussion.

The doc was there for a while. That's when the "strategy" about the tests was developed. She asked him questions and then looked at SiL for the answers. He "pointed and clicked" a number of times with an empty hand at the doc. None of them understood. They discussed it and decided he must want to have his morphine pump "upped" for self-administration. He looked at me with disgust while they were busy talking about what he might be communicating. I stifled a laugh and he gave me that look of, "Shuuuut the fuuuuck up!" Unfortunately, his remote control just can't turn off the program and he has seen it before... he's tired of it.

A nurse arrived with another wheel barrow of pills and I took my leave... after I held his hand and told him I loved him... very much.

Sorry for prattling on, but, I figured it was time that the details were explained as this thread draws to a close.

Thanks again to all of you.