Help with DLA night time care needs

krisskross

sh1305 wrote: »

What, even with limited movement in your neck and shoulders?

I managed fine when i had a frozen shoulder for 18 months. What's with the limited movement? Is it a new thing? Last I heard you had sight issues and depression.

You really do exaggerate your problems sometimes.

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

I managed fine when i had a frozen shoulder for 18 months. What's with the limited movement? Is it a new thing? Last I heard you had sight issues and depression.

The pain comes and goes and has done for almost 3 years now. It has been quite bad over the last few days.

TheBottomLine_2

krisskross wrote: »

Not to be crude but I think I could wipe my bum with my eyes closed! It doesn't move.

Hehe true, but when you're blind it's not so easy to 'see' when you're done wiping. It is entirely possible though as I've been doing it for years.

kpwll

TOBRUK wrote: »

Yes, it's the pain that wakes me up somewhere between 4 and 5am. It takes an hour or so for medication to work and to get any mobility - just sitting there waiting for it to kick in. Making a cup of cofee is a task in itself!

Careline scheme is definitely something to look into, thank you.

RCT council runs a scheme for this, my 90 yr old stepmother has one that is around her neck. I haven't got the number handy, sorry, and as she is partially sighted she wouldn't be able to see it if I rang her. Try the general enquiries line and they should be able to put you through to the relevant dept so they can send you out the information. Good luck.

TOBRUK

kpwll, thank you for that information, it's very kind of you to let me know. It's just having the guts to phone - it's hard to accept that I need this sort of help at my age (in my 40's) as it really makes you feel quite useless!

TheBottomLine_2

TOBRUK wrote: »

kpwll, thank you for that information, it's very kind of you to let me know. It's just having the guts to phone - it's hard to accept that I need this sort of help at my age (in my 40's) as it really makes you feel quite useless!

I completely empathise with you but I must say that the moment I accepted myself as 'disabled' and swallowed my pride to accept all the help I can get life became much easier.

kpwll

I know it's hard but it's a matter of keeping yourself safe and for your peace of mind. Just phone and ask them to send the information, you're under no obligation to buy. You might never need to use it, just think of it as an insurance policy.

TOBRUK

kpwll, yes you are right I know ... it just gives me a strange feeling.

TheBottomLine wrote: »

I completely empathise with you but I must say that the moment I accepted myself as 'disabled' and swallowed my pride to accept all the help I can get life became much easier.

I have had to accept myself as 'disabled' as you say for a few years now, but when you know that you are gradually getting worse, when once you were so active, running around (people even telling you to slow down!) and working all hours ... it's just something I didn't expect of how my life would turn out!

Yes TheBottomLine, I have got to the point of swallowing my pride aswell ... I absolutely hated asking for any help but now I really have no choice in the matter, especially as I live alone.

There are so many things you take for granted when you are fairly healthy and as if someone has flicked a switch it's all gone belly up! The simplest of chores - making a cup of coffee even!! A few days ago I was making a coffee and as I put the kettle back it clipped the mug and it went flying ... boiling coffee everywhere (how could a mug of coffee make such a big mess), along the top, down the cupboards etc and the mug on the floor in bits and coffee on the floor - I couldn't clear it up! I got a towel to get the coffee all over the top .... Ugh .. how pathetic did I feel! Anyway, that's the way it goes.

jennie-jack

it is always hard asking for help. i was 26 when i got a bath lift. the guy fitting it must have been 60.