Short road trips of any help to get his mind off of it? Chloraseptic to kill the sore throat pain. Reminders of his own words about the power of this place and our good thoughts? Movies? Anything to distract, if he's feeling well enough. How about a ride out on the seas? Gardening, taking the dog for long walks...playing bingo somewhere if you can holler out for him when he wins! Just some ideas...now,

Kendalldarlin'...nine is less than ten which is less than however many you started out with and it's working. Hurray! Pretty soon it will be 8, then 7...well, you get the picture. *See* yourself further along in the summer, done with the treatments, *feel* a pain-free "swallow" or two and keep that visualisation in your mind and heart. Some surgeons even tell their patients to go in with a vision of what they want to be doing after surgery. I know you know this already, but it will help if you can make yourself do it. In the meantime, I'll do the same for you and send you lots of {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}...

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