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Esa Medicle exam Twisted everything i have said!!

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  • Do you not have to read and sign them before you leave or they leave your home?
    Do you receive DLA as you are quite disabled?

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  • SomeBozo
    SomeBozo Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    From the OPs posts on here, its clear he/she

    Can drive a car
    Can read
    Can type to a PC
    Can use a computer.

    I respectfully suggest that there is some work out there for you and that free careers advice would be a great help!

    Bozo
  • SomeBozo wrote: »
    From the OPs posts on here, its clear he/she

    Can drive a car
    Can read
    Can type to a PC
    Can use a computer.

    I respectfully suggest that there is some work out there for you and that free careers advice would be a great help!

    Bozo
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  • jox_2
    jox_2 Posts: 138 Forumite
    SomeBozo wrote: »
    From the OPs posts on here, its clear he/she

    Can drive a car
    Can read
    Can type to a PC
    Can use a computer.

    I respectfully suggest that there is some work out there for you and that free careers advice would be a great help!

    Bozo

    yes i use a pc read writre etc. but at the same time im in so much pain 99% of the time just because i wirte on here and get in my car dosent me i have no problems doing it doosent me im not rite at this moement in agony! everyday is a knightmare for me im sick of been in pain i think what is the point of my life sometimes i wish i could just end it... i just wish people knew how i have to live the sheer pain im in all the time and the excrusiating pain i have moving around. you just have no idea im 24 years old male and i cry on a regular basisi from the sheer pain alone belive me there is regualr times im in so much pain if somebody said to me i will give you 10 millions pounds if you walk 5 steps there is no way in hell i would be able to do it. you have no idea its easy to say you eyes and hands are perfectly fine so you can work stop winging you really dont have a clue what im going through and yet im still expected to attend theese apointments and look for work im sorry but nobody knows what i go through on a daily basis i wouldent wish it on my worst enemy

    i am on highrate mobility and care dla. the dla doctor who came to visit me was very nice and did and exeelent report for me but this women i cant belive she has been so sneekys a
    also i didnt read or sighn anything
  • SomeBozo
    SomeBozo Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    jox wrote: »
    yes i use a pc read writre etc. but at the same time im in so much pain 99% of the time just because i wirte on here and get in my car dosent me i have no problems doing it doosent me im not rite at this moement in agony! everyday is a knightmare for me im sick of been in pain i think what is the point of my life sometimes i wish i could just end it... i just wish people knew how i have to live the sheer pain im in all the time and the excrusiating pain i have moving around. you just have no idea im 24 years old male and i cry on a regular basisi from the sheer pain alone belive me there is regualr times im in so much pain if somebody said to me i will give you 10 millions pounds if you walk 5 steps there is no way in hell i would be able to do it. you have no idea its easy to say you eyes and hands are perfectly fine so you can work stop winging you really dont have a clue what im going through and yet im still expected to attend theese apointments and look for work im sorry but nobody knows what i go through on a daily basis i wouldent wish it on my worst enemy

    i am on highrate mobility and care dla. the dla doctor who came to visit me was very nice and did and exeelent report for me but this women i cant belive she has been so sneekys a
    also i didnt read or sighn anything

    No one has said "stop whinging". From the posts on MSE its clear you can type, read, use a PC and drive a car with help. I can see why a doctor might think you can do something and offer careeers advice.

    Pain is not an impairment, it is the result of impairment. My sister has a disability and is also in constant pain. She gets regular medical treatment, takes her prescribed medication and follows the medical advice and she is coping and trying to a live a normal (ish) life.

    About 4 years ago, she was very understandbly down and upset with her disability affecting her living.

    With help, she changed her attitutude and sought help.

    The first step is yours. Get help for your pain and suicidal thoughts and remember whats good about the life you have.

    You can read, you can communicate your wants and needs, you can use the internet, you can get about with help, thats a lot more than some people have. Don't dwell on what you don't have, but what you do have and can get.

    Start there and move on.

    Bozo
  • nogginthenog
    nogginthenog Posts: 2,649 Forumite
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    SomeBozo wrote: »
    From the OPs posts on here, its clear he/she

    Can drive a car
    Can read
    Can type to a PC
    Can use a computer.

    I respectfully suggest that there is some work out there for you and that free careers advice would be a great help!

    Bozo
    That is not always true!
    Under the present rules..if he was in pain, he would be right to say no to all the above questions.
    If you are in PAIN ....you cannot read ... that would be the correct answer.
    The same applys to using the computer under the present rules if you are in PAIN......YOU CANNOT use a computer.
    The most i personaly can use a computer time wise is about 15 mins at a time and that is with a lot of pain...some days not at all.

    PS...chapter 42 from the ESA decision makers guide.

    The test of whether a claimant cannot perform an activity is not whether or not they
    are physically incapable of performing it. Matters such as pain, discomfort and
    repeatability are taken into account. A claimant is not capable of carrying out an
    activity if they can only do so with severe pain or, if having done it once, they are
    unable to repeat it for hours or days. The extent of a claimant’s ability to repeat the
    activity in a single stretch and of the intervals at which the claimant would be able to
    repeat the performance should be identified. A decision can then be made on
    whether the claimant can perform the relevant descriptor with reasonable regularity.
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  • SomeBozo
    SomeBozo Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    That is not always true!
    Under the present rules..if he was in pain, he would be right to say no to all the above questions.
    If you are in PAIN ....you cannot read ... that would be the correct answer.
    The same applys to using the computer under the present rules if you are in PAIN......YOU CANNOT use a computer.
    The most i personaly can use a computer time wise is about 15 mins at a time and that is with a lot of pain...some days not at all.

    PS...chapter 42 from the ESA decision makers guide.
    The test of whether a claimant cannot perform an activity is not whether or not they
    are physically incapable of performing it. Matters such as pain, discomfort and
    repeatability are taken into account. A claimant is not capable of carrying out an
    activity if they can only do so with severe pain or, if having done it once, they are
    unable to repeat it for hours or days. The extent of a claimant’s ability to repeat the
    activity in a single stretch and of the intervals at which the claimant would be able to
    repeat the performance should be identified. A decision can then be made on
    whether the claimant can perform the relevant descriptor with reasonable regularity.


    You don't need to quote the guide to me.

    The point here is that the OP can use the internet, can read, write and use a PC. He can also get about and can drive.

    No one here is suggesting that he can go get work as a roofer, I am merely suggesting that instead of concentrating on what he can't do and what he has not got, he looks at what he has got and what he can do.

    It sounds like he has a painful physical disability, so he needs to remember to get help for that and not let him effect his mental health.

    Its such a simple mind switch but some people find it so hard.

    Bozo
  • Contact welfare rights at your council to apeal this decision and good luck
  • NASA_2
    NASA_2 Posts: 5,571 Forumite
    Appeal what decision exactly?
  • nogginthenog
    nogginthenog Posts: 2,649 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    SomeBozo wrote: »
    You don't need to quote the guide to me.

    The point here is that the OP can use the internet, can read, write and use a PC. He can also get about and can drive.

    No one here is suggesting that he can go get work as a roofer, I am merely suggesting that instead of concentrating on what he can't do and what he has not got, he looks at what he has got and what he can do.

    It sounds like he has a painful physical disability, so he needs to remember to get help for that and not let him effect his mental health.

    Its such a simple mind switch but some people find it so hard.

    Bozo

    Well i have quoted the guides and the rules and you obviously needed to be reminded of them.
    If you score enough points in the descritors the law says you are not fit enough to work whatever your own personal thoughts.
    From the OPS origional post,my guess is that he/she has not read the advice guides or/and not seeked proffesional advice before going to the medical...sorry if i am wrong.
    Child of a Fighting Race.
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