oh, he's a hard head alright....stubborn as they come. Tho I don't think the stubborness has much to do with this....if he were just being stubborn about it I could tell. (Takes one to know one, right?) He's mystified a bit too that he hasn't needed the pain meds. And he would tell you that I'm a nag...says he'll never get to go to a doctor without me again (and he may just be right about that since it slipped his mind to tell me the ENT saw a growth on his tongue).