Thanks everyone. The caring responses were great and having them from people of different situations and different perspectives really helps. I have tried to step back the past few days and just be quietly supportive and be the "faciliator" - trying to make things smooth and comfortable for him. Friday was our first 7 hour treatment day and it went pretty good. He is having a good weekend and today I went out to run errands and he called me laughing and said I used my toothpaste, I used my mouthwash, I took my meds, I ate and I napped - anything else? So I'm glad he could be light-hearted about it. He's not really an angry person and rarely loses his temper. I don't think he's quite as mellow as Deb's husband sounds like, but I hope it won't get too bad. But I can imagine it can get irritating/exasperating once I have to start the real you gotta eat/drink nagging. But hey - we love them!! So here we go.
Thanks again everyone - I feel so blessed to be part of this group.