So as a major change in my life plans i decided to wait for a year before having my next operation and have sent off my application form for a PGCE to start in September. I am also now volunteering two mornings a week at my local school to keep myself busy and to get even more experience. So i have sort of completed this point on my list of things to do but wont cross it off till i have actually got a place on the course or been totally rejected. we shall just have to wait and see.