Hello Lawrence
What a wonderful friend you are. Like others, I found laughter and a positive attitude helped me enormously. I decided that if I happened to be living the final phase of my life then I wanted to have the best quality of life as possible. For me, talking about how I felt etc with others was therapeutic. Mind you some days it was a whisper and the laugh was a most peculiar sound!!
I found visualization during my teatment of a healthy throat also helped my attitude.
Let us know how you are both progressing, love and light from Helen