It's progress, definitely. Hopefully, after the doctor's visit, he will come to his senses and be more co-operative. One time I was with my husband in the Radiation Nursing Clinic and we overheard a doctor saying to a patient in the next cubicle, "If you don't eat, there's nothing I can do for you." It was that blunt.

Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.