To anyone who has replied to my threads/posts over the last few weeks, I apologise for my lack of response. I have been in hospital for emergency surgery for an aneurysm and so have not been online for a while now. I had been having terrible headaches for some weeks, but put them down to stress and loneliness. Then I found that I could not open my left eyelid and when I told a retired doctor aquaintance aboit it, she had a look at the eye, and said it wasnt moving properly and she took me to the local hospital where I had a brain scan and two MRI scans and I was then transferred to a specialist neurological hosptial where I had an operation. I am ok now, though my left eye is still closed all the time and I feel very tired, weak and alone. As soon as I feel better, I really want to build a proper life for myself, with a good support network for times like this. Friends are helping when they can, but without a relationship/family, I am pretty much on my own. Sometimes I have a good cry because I get so dispirited. But I am determined to get well again (even if my eye doesn't return to normal) and to meet someone nice to spend the rest of my life with. If anyone replies, please do not be hurt if I don't reply straightaway, as I am not online every day at present.