Great news today. Steve and I made it through today ok. Surgery took longer than expected and of course I was a mess, thinking the worse. But as I was going outside for fresh air I saw him being wheeled across the hospital. He clapped his hands to get my attention and then gave me the finger (nice to know he loves me). Gave me great faith that he was ok though and gave me and my lovely sister a great laugh, which was much needed. He was only half an hour out of surgery and completely alert. They didn't take all teeth, left the front top and bottom. He's got some oxycodone which is actually working wonderfully and for the first time in a long time I saw a pain free, relaxed expression on his face tonight. So far so good, it was a tough day but we made it. So we are finally over the preparation part and are on the countdown to beginning radiation and chemo.