Darlene - thank you very much for your cheery welcome and Rrae for your helpful reply. I can see that there is a wealth of knowledge and information on this site and I will endeavour to use any of it which I feel may benefit me as I am more than ready to do what I can to help myself. In fact, I've largely been my own case manager for the past four years as my symptoms have pretty much bewildered my GP! To be honest, I wasn't much impressed with my neurology appointment - hence finding myself here, and I'm glad that I have. Thank you.