hey guys, really appreciate the comments, i'm gonna try and make the Malverns, for the record i feel fine, just a dull ache on the right side, and when riding uphill it feels like i'm squeezing it, but other than that no pain as such, so frankly i don't feel ill or anything, i think the worst thing about all of it will just be the recovery after the operation, found out yesterday it'll be a robot doing it, bloody A.I, don't trust it . . . the machines! they're coming for me!!!!