Hi Tracey, thank you for your kind words. Michael is 64 and accepts that what will be, will be. He intends to keep working and maintain a normal life until his circumstances change to the extent that he can't - which could be sooner or later - who knows. I do not think that it has fully sunk in yet, but no doubt, as time goes by, it will. Today he will be fitted with a stent in the esophagus and tomorrow, chemotherapy starts. Unfortunately, Micheal is a wimp when it comes to medical matters to the extent that even a Blood Pressure test sends him in to a cold sweat and needles!!!!!, but I guess that over time, he will get used to being stuck with needles, bombarded with toxic drugs and everything else that will come his way. As for me, I find it almost impossible to think of anything else when I am not busy at work and often get highly emotional - and that makes me feel very selfish, because it is about him not me. I know that it is important to remain positive and hopeful, which I do, but at the same time I have worked with statistics all my life and use them to plan and make decisions, so with most people dying within 12 months and ony 4% surviving 5 years, the odds are not in his favour - notwithstanding that he could be one of the 4% - I hope so. Once again, thank you for listening - Nick