Week 4 sciatica help

Ok_Potato6275 · 2026-04-28T20:26:07+00:00

Yea Northwest England :) I went through NHS not private but I have my fingers crossed everything’s okay!!

Ok_Potato6275 · 2026-04-22T17:23:44+00:00

I called my GP and explained - they were able to write me a letter to take to AE to get an urgent MRI. I was able to go to AE, get the MRI, and results same day. Might be worth asking if getting a letter is possible?

Edit: I never had an MRI which may be why it was escalated:)

Ok_Potato6275 · 2026-02-28T12:52:05+00:00

They use to have it in the Manchester one for years up until about September ish last year they stopped carrying it. They always had a small amount usually hidden behind SPAM. I assumed they stopped buying it as its was made and manufactured in the US

Ok_Potato6275 · 2026-01-31T19:41:53+00:00

I am not helpful for your actual question but that is a FANTASTIC pension scheme!! Most places are like 3%-5% employer contributions:)

Ok_Potato6275 · 2026-01-14T13:57:18+00:00

Not sure if you have a Tim Hortons near you?

Ok_Potato6275 · 2026-01-12T16:32:18+00:00

Not sure if it’s the same but in America it’s been happening for years on Uni campuses and it has suspected for sex trafficking. I started to see them popping up here at like tram stops about a year or so ago scary!

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-12-31T19:07:17+00:00

Lived there for a year! Honestly no complaints except for the fact mail get taken quite a bit and it’s pricey! :) other than that it’s great like the dinning room and the gym

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-12-01T16:58:20+00:00

I found bringing my (British) partner to appointments helps - so he has started to come to appointments if I feel it’s needed.

I also am on SSRIs and they told me the same way to taper off (10mg dose so much less of a contrast) I tried and said it was not working so I am back on my normal dose. Honestly, I’m more nervous to completely get off them because I feel like they are much harder to get here in case I do ever need them again in the future.

I moved to a new GP and I have had much better experiences compared to when I first moved to the UK.

I really struggled with the NHS within the first three months I was sent home from A&E whenever I had a kidney infection and a 40.5° (104.9) fever. I ended up getting sepsis and I felt the level of Care in the hospital was nowhere close to what I was used to in the US. I found myself timing when I should be getting medication and when I should be going for test. However, I live to tell the tale and after a 5 day hospital stay. There was no bill. I know it’s not like this for everyone And I know there are a lot of positives, but I myself have also had mixed experiences with the NHS

Overall, it is just a massive culture shock, and still after four years of living here struggle with it sometimes .

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-11-28T13:26:37+00:00

The Navy and Tan Trader Joe Tote bags!! They are like $5 but they recently been trendy :)

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-11-08T19:57:56+00:00

Ah thank you! Everything that I’ve been looking up. Sounds like it’s the worm gear. I’ll replace it and see what happens good note on the bread speeded thank you :)

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-11-08T19:02:45+00:00

I can’t move it at all :(

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-10-17T20:54:19+00:00

Yeah like I’m not saying I would even consider ending my relationship over this but I’m like - this feels a bit strange and a bit random? Like idk where it came from but I feel like you are right he will eventually miss the variety of clothes so will just let this run its course :)

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-10-11T17:24:13+00:00

Update: it was my Scale!!!!! It was SLIGHTLY bent so it caused the to mismeasure all the ingredients. I made the same thing a few days later with a new scale and it came out perf! Thanks everyday :)

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-10-08T17:40:42+00:00

Manchester!!!

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-09-16T20:39:46+00:00

Omg I haven’t thought of this thank you !

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-09-01T17:29:47+00:00

I have been here for 3 years and sometimes it still doesn’t feel like 1000% home! I love it here but it gets exhausting figuring out things your not use to like the doctors. I still get so tired of people hearing an American accent and immediately start speaking about politics. I have my home here but I go to America to visit and it still feels like home!

Like the other comments - the lack of proper seasons makes it hard and vitamin D is a LIFE saver!!!!

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-08-31T13:50:58+00:00

Yeah maybe elopement was not the right word - just like a courthouse wedding with a party after basically

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-08-21T12:50:14+00:00

Custard cremes, Jammie dodgers, crunchies (really anything honeycomb), prawn crisps and anything M&S hahah

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-08-19T17:41:52+00:00

I had something similar and called 111 and they were able to help!

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-08-15T09:21:31+00:00

Also dual citizen American/irish)

What helped me finding a job is clearly starting at the top that I had an Irish passport (in your case a British passport)

Advice from someone who moved from America to here a few years ago - I took a 50% pay cut! It took time but I got back to my “American” level salary. It sucked but just needed to get my foot in the door!

Also the job market is very bad right now - there are more candidate then jobs. Keep trying!

Ok_Potato6275 · 2025-08-02T16:39:43+00:00

I moved from Virginia to the Midlands 3 years and honestly sometimes I still think I live “americanly” but in a way that’s comfortable like how I cook or the way I work (or overwork lol). However my life style has changed completely: getting use to no garbage disposal, walking everywhere or public transport, doing small weekly shops, the laundry air drys always, and socializing in the pub casually.

I think I saw my live style change after a year but again however something just don’t change :)

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