Colour co-ordinated!  I thought this plaster went well with my outfit.  Only trouble is, I shall have to wear the outfit for the next 5 weeks!!   Anyway, good news.  To cut a long story short I have opted for intensive physio rather than surgery.  Apparently I'm a borderline case, with no guarantee that surgery would improve the outcome.  A no brainer really, and after I said I wouldn't have surgery, the surgeon said "I wouldn't  either!!"  Now I can begin to think about Christmas!