Originally Posted by SKT-DK

First of all, my sincerest sympathies for you, navylad - I cannot even imagine how horrible it must be.

Second of all, I am just amazed (and not in a positive way) at some of the insensitive comments on here. You clearly show a very balanced and reasonable approach to this whole thing, and sought specialist advice as well as advice from BA and your insurance company - all of which put your mind at enough ease to travel. You say that perhaps you should not have travelled, but whilst not travelling would have avoided this incident, then it would have limited yourself in other ways. And as others have said, the worst thing to do is to let your condition dictate your life.

I think you have done everything you could in evaluating your options here, and based on that only one party failed - and that is BA. I sincerely hope that your return trip will be a comfortable one, that that you will not be put off from travelling in the future.