First time I had sciatica all I did was bend down to pick something up, felt a crunch at the base of my back. Turns out I'd tweaked a disc and trapped the nerve. I was on tramadol, serious stuff, kept sending me to sleep! This was just as painful, if not more, but as soon as I mentioned falling that was it, NHS 24, no discussion, no options and all NHS 24 did was tell me to get my butt to A&E under my own steam. There's no non emergency transport service here, just wait until an ambulance crew are twiddling their thumbs which could be hours as you're at the bottom of the list. If you get to the hospital then you've got the same problem trying to get home . . . . couldn't be bothered with that, just tanked up with paracetamol.
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