Thank you, I guess the denial goes along with the NOT opening cards, NOT telling immediate family about his progress, NOT allowing family members to see him, NOT doing any researching on the topic, NOT wanting to speak about the topic concerning other people who have this disease, apolizing for being short with me (when he is not short under the circumstances) On the weekends he works on the farm and tries to do the things he did before even after a bout of chemo. He knows he cant do the things he did before at the pace he did them. He has rest periods now. It frustrates him I am sure. Before we know it he will be back home and trying to recover. I think this is why his treatments have been such a success. Hopefully all will be well with him. Thanks again. Carol. ps It is not the way I would have handled the situation but then again, I have to wonder if I would make it with the treatment being so severe. eg. mask, nausea, vomiting, long drives to hospital, time frame of getting the treatment from start to finish. I would have my family near me, did all the research and so on. Thanks again.