Jon, Good Luck. In your earlier post you had asked about what you would feel like at Christmas when you fininshed treatment. Everyone is different. But...........I would still plan on meeting with you friends at Christmas, eating will probably be out of the question but getting together with them would be good. For me personally - previous to my diagnosis we had planned for and paid for an extended vacation. We were to leave a week after my treatment ended. Having that to look forward to kept me going and gave me the incentive to keep pushing. It worked. I went on the vacation and it was the best thing I could have done.