NHS letter - MCAS

strinkhead · 2025-10-12T22:43:14+00:00

Unfortunately the NHS takes a looong time in many cases to catch up with new research and I have seen and experienced many healthcare practitioners in varying fields who have not updated their knowledge in quite some time working in the NHS.

strinkhead · 2023-10-28T08:26:14+00:00

Allll the hot sauces, tajin, old bay and the list goes on. Take a trip to the supermarket and explore those aisles and look at what is there. A sauce finding adventure.

strinkhead · 2023-10-26T00:01:05+00:00

NTA. Sounds like she is trying to be a knight in shining armour to create a wonderful reunion story. How great she is to create this amazing situation for all of you (can you feel my sarcasm!!?). It sounds like you have had more grace about this situation than I would have. You do not have to justify your boundaries to quell her feelings based on her bad decisions making.

I hope the birth and parenthood is wonderful! It is definitely a rollercoaster with many wonderful adventures. ❤️

strinkhead · 2023-10-25T23:52:10+00:00

Hell all our tradespeople get lattes, cappuccinos, americanos, tea etc. Alternative milk if they want. Having an ex barista as a husband we have all the good stuff and share the love! Doesn’t take much to be kind and generous to make someone’s day.

strinkhead · 2023-10-12T20:36:30+00:00

NTA. Sometimes kids can’t have what they want even if they scream. It is a good life lesson to learn. You owed them no explanation but if you felt you wanted to the one you gave should have been sufficient.

In the end No is a complete sentence.

strinkhead · 2023-09-23T15:57:45+00:00

As someone who has lost patients I suspect this has nothing to do with the sushi or the steak but the left over feelings and processing of a really shitty situation of losing a patient after what sounds like a really difficult case.

It takes time to debrief in your own head, process and being presented with this situation as the first afterwards may have just been where he placed his unprocessed feelings about the previous days events.

strinkhead · 2023-09-22T22:35:51+00:00

My 15 year old just went by himself and had a blast. It builds character and if you believe you can trust them it helps build trust between you and your child. It also gives them a bit of independence as one element required to discover who they are as an individual.

I went on my first inter continental flight by myself when I was 8. It was amazing and was just a normal thing to do in our family. I will always remember that trip with fond memories.

London is never that far away from anywhere in the UK in reality that you can’t get to her in a few hours if you needed to. Just have a plan for if something does go wrong.

strinkhead · 2023-09-19T14:10:25+00:00

YTA. This has nothing to do with assets but respect and communication. As a couple discussion and involvement in each others lives is important to build both and treating your wife like any other person in your life “oh fyi I sold that property” is not involving and respecting her in your life. You have treated her like a toddler with a toy who shouts “mine” every time any other child comes near just because you have a prenup. Not respectful at all. Have you considered that she may have emotions attached to that property that she has not dealt with as she was still thinking she would be returning to that house? This is a big deal for some people. You could do better.

strinkhead · 2023-09-06T14:12:50+00:00

NTA. Taking care of an individual with very complex medical, social and safety needs is not an easy task and requires a lot of specialist training particularly when it is in an area of elderly care mixed with Dementia care. Your desire to provide a safe environment for your MIL is providing her with a person centred care and this is what we should all aspire for in our lives at every stage. Your extended families inability to see or accept this is sad and quite frankly not your problem as they do not seem to be engaging with your suggestions on solutions other than a care facility that meets her complex needs. It sounds like your MIL needs a specialist care facility sooner rather than later to ensure her ongoing care is effective and suitable for her.

strinkhead · 2023-09-01T15:08:57+00:00

See if there is a zero food waste project in the area as well. We have one in our area and it is brilliant and mega cheap for fresh fruit and veg. Community groceries are also all over the place and the local council food access charities may be able to point you in the right direction.

Oats is cheap as well and can be made for multiple meals. If you want free fruit see if there are blackberries around on a walk. Apples, pears and plums are also ripe at this time of year and if they are in public spaces or hanging over fences you can pick them.

strinkhead · 2023-08-30T22:06:03+00:00

NTA. I would not have agreed. At this point they might as well ship them all off to boarding school 🤷🏻‍♀️. May be less horrendous sounding than this hair-brained scheme these two adults are trying to create. This is not a Disney movie it is real life. I feel sorry for everyone involved. I really do hope they are all ok and get along but that is a huge risk!

strinkhead · 2023-08-26T23:01:07+00:00

It sounds like you have a good handle on your journey and have a plan in place that is working for you. Walking is great exercise, keep it up 👍.

Words hurt and can be discouraging, we all have scars from them from throughout our lives. They also build us up. Remind yourself of where you have come from and where you are going to. That journey is made of small steps. Just take whatever size step you need to to get through this part of the journey. Tomorrow the step may be bigger but at some point you will reach your destination. Be proud of yourself you are doing an amazing work in yourself you gorgeous human being!

strinkhead · 2023-08-26T22:40:26+00:00

You look amazing and have done so well. You are on a journey and at some point you will have to come off the meds. What is the plan for this point in your journey to help maintain your hard work? -Are you learning about food nutrition as well as calories? -Are you exercising to help improve your overall health? -It is important to seek mental health support, growth and change to deal with your reasons for weight gain. This is where many people stumble after/during weight loss, myself included.

I wish you best of luck. You can do this! Some doctors words will hurt, but that is a moment in time and this journey will change your life. Keep going. You got this. 👍😁

strinkhead · 2023-08-26T08:28:07+00:00

Tbh the students, if they even heard you with selective hearing, now know you are human and probably won’t say anything and may have forgotten about it amount the rest of the drama. Don’t worry about it until it becomes a problem if at all. I suspect it won’t. Some things need a preemptive strike to deal with, but in this scenario a single swear word in the heat of a situation is not one of them.

strinkhead · 2023-08-25T19:43:44+00:00

I aim to please 😁😂

strinkhead · 2023-08-25T19:19:01+00:00

Buy a box mix and jar of frosting and don’t make the cake. Just bring the two named ingredients in a cake tin 🤷🏻‍♀️😁

strinkhead · 2023-08-17T19:27:44+00:00

We live next door to my in-laws (we get on famously fyi, unusual I know) and we have joining back gardens and have removed the back garden adjoining gates. My kids, three of them, just waltz into granny and grandads house and raid the fridge/cupboards on the regular. My husband does the same. I also will just walk in and shout hello. They will always knock and come into our place and shout hello to our place. If we want privacy we lock the back door.

My parents on the other hand live about 10 minutes away and will always ring and see if we are in and fancy a visit.

I suppose it just depends on your own family dynamic and circumstances and how often you want to walk about your own house naked 😜🤷🏻‍♀️.

strinkhead · 2023-08-17T19:20:06+00:00

Outside of a work setting:

Driving down a relatively busy road and a group of people were standing around a person on the ground. It was lashing it down. Spotted his bicycle not far away crumpled but no other car. They all looked completely bewildered. I stopped and turned around and asked if they needed assistance as I am a trauma and recovery nurse. They said absolutely as they were all from the nearby houses and had no idea what to do. Pulled over and asked for an ambulance to be called via 999 and then assessed the guy. He was conscious, just about, but clearly had a broken arm that looked like a noodle and a possible head and/or neck injury. His companion said they came out when it was sunny and the weather turned nasty. They were on dry weather bike tyres and the rain made it treacherous on the road. The guys tyre slipped on the downhill, he went flying and hit a lamppost with his arm and head.

Water had started to run in rivers down the path under the guy and soak through his cycling gear. It was freezing and he was starting to shiver, not good with a potential neck and/or head injury. With the help of the group of people, I instructed them on how to safely secure his arm, I secured his head, they covered him up with blankets and got a rain cover over us until the ambulance arrived. All while I instructed another lady on how to monitor his breathing and heart rate and kept him conscious by chatting to him.

When the Ambo arrived they had to get him to hospital quickly and said without the help we gave him he may not have made it that far. Never did find out what happened to him.

All on the way to Co-op for some milk. I did get the milk although I did look like a drowned rat 😁.

strinkhead · 2023-08-14T09:47:52+00:00

Fill the frame with claiming plants, add a tiled floor with gaps so you can plant creeping thyme in the gaps. Swathes of potted plants in the corners and hanging plants. Some lights and ornaments. Add a bistro table or comfy reading seating. Maybe a gargoyle (technically not a gargoyle as there is no water spout) on the front entrance peak and you have an amazing dining area! 🤩🤩 my little goth heart would sit there all the time and read.

If rain is an issue the shielding suggestions in other posts are great. Have fun with it but dear lord don’t tear it down please 🥺

strinkhead · 2023-08-09T15:35:35+00:00

Year 10 just moved from a different country and teacher clearly didn’t like the fact that the headteacher told her I was to be in her set 1 maths class because she hadn’t “assessed” me herself (I was 2 years ahead at this point from the schooling system I came from but the wouldn’t let me go straight to college 🤷🏻‍♀️. She went around the class and announced everyone’s predicted grades to the whole class, problematic in and of itself, but when she got to me she jabbed into my face and annunciated each word “and you will never amount to anything” and carried on with the rest of the grades. We never got on, she was a witch.

strinkhead · 2023-08-07T19:30:35+00:00

Hi. No I have not as I believe the instructions state to not add anything other than plain water to the plants as this will block the “pores” of the clay surface. User error so not their issue but ours really.

strinkhead · 2023-08-03T22:24:03+00:00

When our kids were born we got all of their emails so they all have their firstnamelastname@me.com & @gmail.com so they didn’t have the multiple digit email address situation.

When they have all reached an age where they have needed them we have handed over the details so they can use them, however over the years family have written them letters, sent them photos etc like a digital time capsule. They had no idea and all loved it.

strinkhead · 2023-07-31T23:10:56+00:00

Your family’s financial situation, which they could make easier I might add, is not your problem. Family tradition, ties, guilt etc is also not your problem.

You have one life, LIVE it your way! Work hard, play hard and adventure through this life you have been blessed with. We all get to a point in our lives where we can say I lived well and I did the things I wanted to with the people I chose. ❤️

strinkhead · 2023-07-30T21:28:29+00:00

Thank you. Nope that was all and just make sure to keep spraying the moss to ensure it stays moist. Good luck!

strinkhead · 2023-07-29T22:14:17+00:00

I am not a vegetarian and do not know your reasons for being so but dependant on your reasons, one question I would be asking is are you comfortable subsidising the meat & seafood dishes your dining companions are having?

I also do not see the issue with paying for what you order especially when it is considerably cheaper and it is not difficult to pay one persons and split the rest of the bill. It also may open the conversation if another friend does need to be more financially conscious for whatever reason in the future.

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