Thank you all for your messages; they are a great help and comfort to me in trying times. I have printed them out for Cyril and they will cheer him up. I know he will appreciate them as much as I do.

He is responding to treatment, but as Mark says it will be quite a long process. When I get time I will put some news on the website, but I'm spending most of my time in Plymouth now, where he is having Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment. This means going into a pressurised chamber for 2 hours - not a pleasant prospect for a non-volunteer ex-submariner!

Rosemary