Angelia

Now Throat pain, that's something I remember very well. And YES, according to Friedrich Nietzsche, that is exactly what it's going to do for you. Although for a counterbalancing view, get a copy of a book I have touted here before:
Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person - a really funny "comic - cartoon" collection by Miriam Engleberg. You can ask for it on your Santa List or treat yourself by ordering it off of Amazon (of course using the OCF link to Amazon so it is a stealth donation not costing you anything)
It is a very funny book by a breast cancer patient but with insights that apply to us oral cancer patients.
Charm