As you state your location as Solihull, i suggest you nip up to Newark and see Dr Mansfield to get all your medical issues sorted. He is amazingly good value being a pilot primarily and a CAA Doctor secondly. As for head sets choice, it will be down to budget surely? We would all prefere Telex Anr's or Bose X's but in the end we buy whatever we can afford! Personally i cant see ten hours flying value in the Bose sets but then you got to make your own choice!