Thank you all for your kind comments and messages of support. It means a lot.
I guess I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands over the next few months, perhaps I ought to crack on and do some deeper study towards the eventual CPL!! Whether or not I can medically get there is of no importance right now. Working towards a suitable goal is. And if I can't fly, well then I'm damn well going to go and find something equally as inspirational to me to do! I watched "Long Way Round" recently, that's a great inspirational boost, and I'm taking the book into hospital with me, along with Chickenhawk (which I've already read once) - providing I can prize it away from my dad!
At least I've got my studies and my PC simulator to keep me busy and entertained.
Thanks again for your words. I shall endeavour to keep you all updated (not in too much graphic detail!!) as the treatment progresses, and no doubt continue to take part in the regular discussions.
Si