Tag: Motability
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I lost 4 months to PIP
The dreaded brown envelope, telling that my DLA was ending and that I needed to apply for PIP, landed on my doormat at the end of March. I had been awaiting its arrival for 3 years. It gave me just 3 weeks to apply, 2 of those weeks were school holiday and the form was…
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Daily Living with ME pt 8
Way back in 1990 I began training to be a nurse. It was great, I loved it so much, but sadly like many other things in my life it was brought to an end by ill health. When we were assessing patients we used a model called Activities of Daily living devised by Roper Logan…
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Steps…..
Today was Emily’s school year 6 leavers service in church. Only 3 years and it will be her turn! Time moves on so fast and I feel like I have been left behind as I am so stuck with this stupid illness. I try to move on and be happy and take pleasure from things,…
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Please don’t judge me
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New Toys!
Its nice to drive and noticibly smaller than old one so easier to manoeuvre. It has lots of gadgets that I am sure I won’t use, I need all my concentration for driving not looking at screens and pressing buttons. The most disconcerting thing is it has no handbrake!! Its very quiet, we had got…
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Out with the old in with the new.
Its a week of new starts this week. Emily returned to school today, in her new shoes (thank you grandma) and new cardigan (“it’s nice a fluffy mummy”). She starts her first year in Key stage 2 and with a teacher new to the school and to teaching. The children have spent time with her…
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Benefits
This is a useful link from Action for ME to benefits. I am worried about transferring to PIP from DLA. I will lose my entitlement to a motability car and possibly blue badge depending how they assess. Will be stuck without blue badge and will lose the tiny bit of independence that I have eg won’t be able to…