"Are you sure you're not just taking my blood for your database?" Grissom said with a weak smile.

"Whatever you feel is appropriate. I know that I should have a few more months of treatments, and the pain is manageable," he somewhat lied.

"I just don't want to have any... episodes at home. Listen, Dr. Wilson, I know that ultimately the treatment should come first, but I don't want her dragging me to the Clinic in the middle of the night because I pass out and hurt myself, or something even more dire. She's done too much, I don't want to upset her any more, if I can avoid it."