UK Dude...
Hang in there! My fiance' & I have done the LDR thing for a couple of years now. While our distance apart is quite a bit less than an ocean, it is still hard, at times, to deal with. But, as NYSoM said, if it's meant to be...
Phone calls, email, e-chats, and all of that are a godsend.
Thankfully, we are on the same page, paragraph, even sentence, and feel that it is all completely worth any sacrifice now, for a lifetime to come.
It's amazing how those cliche's mean so much more when you've found the real thing.
David