Thanks all. I appreciate all your advice and will put a few ideas into practice. (Thanks Lornag for the great idea of getting him outside during daylight hours. I had not thought of it and it sounds like a good one!)

In the meantime, I will refrain from operating heavy machinery.

Hopefully it will not be too painful a time.

MCM.

Marc - appreciate your ideas on the rye and coke too. MMCM is more of a single malt baby though. May try it too.