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jazabelle

sandy71 wrote: »

Jaz, glad it wasn't too bad, hope you get the decision you deserve.

Thank you!

I'm sure you all hope I do, so you don't have 500 posts a day freaking about the tribunal!

sandy71

jazabelle wrote: »

Thank you!

I'm sure you all hope I do, so you don't have 500 posts a day freaking about the tribunal!

I thinkyuo are being a bit hard on yourself, it was really only about 450 :rotfl:

LameWolf

Thanks for the encouragement, guys.

Let me get tomorrow out of the way (meds review with GP :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: among other things) and hopefully I'll be a bit more on an even keel iyswim.:o

Oscar_The_Grouch

LameWolf wrote: »

Thanks for the encouragement, guys.

Let me get tomorrow out of the way (meds review with GP :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: among other things) and hopefully I'll be a bit more on an even keel iyswim.:o

Good luck with the meds!!! Hope it goes to "even keel" and not "becalmed and foggy".

Oscar_The_Grouch

Glad it all went ok today Jaz. Sounds like your mum helped a bit there to get the doctor straight on what you can and can't do.

When we filled in my DLA form, we were told to also put the worst day scenario; but then I do have days where it goes from ok to awful!!

Indie_Kid

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

When we filled in my DLA form, we were told to also put the worst day scenario; but then I do have days where it goes from ok to awful!!

This is fraud. You're meant to base the form on an average day.

Invasion

As SH said, filling any forms in on your worst day/days is fraud, it's very risky, and just not worth it, it's very bad advice to have been given to anyone. It should be filled in on your average day, if you want to, put in how things are different on your worse days, how often these are, and the same for good days- if you have them. It's not worth having a giant benefits nightmare because you filled in your form on what's typical 2 days out of 7.

The DWP do do surveillance, plus, if you were called in for a medical and (using Jaz's example) you say you can't walk on your forms, cos you can't on your bad days, and you're able to walk in your medical exam, then that's not going to go down well.

pipkin71

Fantabulous wrote: »

Just wanted to add my tuppenceworth here

When I originally needed to claim for DLA my GP told me to complete the form as if it were for the very worst day I ever had with my illnesses. So that is what I did and have done with every DLA form since

Hope all goes well for you

Very wrong and very risky, as you're opening yourself up to a fraud investigation by claiming all days are your very worst day.

Your GP was totally wrong for offering that advice.

black_paw

Jazz glad all went ok with you today//mega hugs for being brave.
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i agree with pipkin you never claim all days are worst...what happens if you get worse your dead ? no you true in saying what you are like and what you can be like on bad days that come at odd times and even old hours ! even on our very best, one day a year look ...any one can still tell we are poorly ..in our movement ect

bigzippy

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

suep is OK, just not really into posting at the moment. I think she had a hectic run up to Xmas with some family problems and is busy recovering. Will tell her she was asked after. It'll perk her up a bit

I'll PM sharon - she's been in my thoughts a lot recently.

Don't know about Dragon, will you come and wave at us pleasse?

How about sending seaside a pm? Just a thought

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

Fortunately it was on Romeo & Juliet which I did at 'O' level.

My brother and I, being somewhat strange, used to play a game called "Alcoholic Shakespere". The idea was that you had to take lines from The Bard's plays and change key words to give it a drinking reference. Here's a few examples:

R&J
Soft! What light from yonder window breaks? 'Tis the pub and Juliet the barmaid

Hemlet
To drink or not to drink; that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of an outrageous hangover

Julius Ceasar
Is this a lager I see before me?

Errr... Jennihen.... You may want to find a different corner. I'm going to sit here with my pointy hat with the letter "D" on it for a while......

LOL! That's awesome. Shame i have such a pants memory for anything, nevermind shakespear or i'd be playin it too

sandy71 wrote: »

I thinkyuo are being a bit hard on yourself, it was really only about 450 :rotfl:

Lol sorry i wasn't about for your medical freak out Jaz, i do know how you feel/felt about it cos i'm the same. I know i'm not lying but i don't express myself properly, or get all the pertinent points across.

I won't labour the point further about filling the forms in as if it's your worst day, but i've been told the same. I tend to qualify it with 'this varies depending on the severity of the symptoms i'm suffering at the time' -or something to that effect.

Hi and welcome to all the newbies :wave: hi also to the rest of you. I've been struggling with technical difficulties, and them when i've had the chance to pop in i couldn't focus enough to catch up. I do want to tell lamewolf to stick around too tho. I miss you too

I'm writing this on my phone, in bed next to heavily snoring hubby, cos despite taking an extra ami (and two lots of tramadol) i can't sleep. Again. And i have the tramadol itches. *sigh*

Btw does anyone else have a pretty much constantly dry and itchy feeling inside your nose/nostrils? I'm trying to work out if my antihistamines aren't working anymore, it's some kind of eczema thing, or it's some kind of side-effect thing? I have it pretty much all the time!