Can't thank you enough - I believe you hit the nail right on the head. I was tempted to do a tough love approach, but my therapist has reminded me that in getting frustrated, that I'm "cooperating" with Michael's behavior. I have offered to cook for him, eggs, whatever, and understandably, he's not ready. He does, however, now watch me like a hawk and has made comments like "you're eating well these days." That was an omelette that I was eating. I have all the canned supplement drinks, but have also made my own version for him, using whey protein, milk, ice cream, etc. to hopefully help him gain weight and also get protein. He used the peg to get these down and last night I had to bite my tongue after he took my bottle of water to flush his peg and then return the remaining water to me.

Anyway, God bless and thanks for taking time to respond.

Georgette


1/23/09:R tonsil/tumor removed; spouse diagnosed SCC Stage T3N1M1; 2/6/09 PET shows lesions in liver; 3/2/09 Liver biopsy: AJCC Stage IVC; 3/5/09 Begin 3 rounds of Cisplatin Cocktail; 4/9/09 PET of liver: clean; 5/21/09:PEG; 5/26/09: radiation; 7/6/09: Complete 30 rad tx: hospitalized until 7/10/09