The (not so old) Crocks Cafe -Part 2

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Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

I don't know about IS, but I would think it would purely be based on your income rather than household income?
Hopefully someone who knows a little more will be along soon.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/On_a_low_income/DG_185670

I have read a bit more and I don't think I'd be better off as I thought I might get an extra premium but it looks like my IS would be just under £80 and my ESA would be just under £100 but I think if I didn't have all the horrible stress of everything ESA entails I would seriously consider IS instead. However, I don't know how that would affect my mid to long term goal of being well enough to hold down a part time job.

Careful_with_that_Axe

Are you eligible for (what I think is called) severe disablement premium? My WRO mentioned this last week but I don't know any details of eligibility etc.

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Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

Are you eligible for (what I think is called) severe disablement premium? My WRO mentioned this last week but I don't know any details of eligibility etc.

Thats what I thought but I then read you have to get high or mid rate care DLA, have no one claiming carers allowance for you and live on your own

Careful_with_that_Axe

OK, sorry about that. It just popped into my head as WRO had mentioned it.

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Nothing to be sorry about, these things are very complicated

Indie_Kid

You can't get IS now if the reason you want to claim is due to being unable to work due to disability.

Careful_with_that_Axe

Understatement! *g*
Hope you can find something that helps.

I'm on the quest to find somewhere to live as I only have til 9th March here. *sigh* Wish for a miracle for me!

bigzippy

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Chest pains?

DD gets those. The GP said it was nothing.

Mind you, they also said that her fainting regularly is nothing.

I think I need to be having a terse word or five with the GP....

One doc told me it was nothing; another told me it was my ribs rubbing up against my sternum and causing scar tissue - which then gets inflamed (I have a lump that gets bigger and smaller on/around my sternum, been there as long as I can remember, and is more painful at some times than at others); and lately, when I said I couldn't take a full breath and was in tears when he asked me to and my peak flow was fine, latest GP said it was costochondritis - all thrown in with the HMS/fibro/ME/CFS.

formaldehyde_perfume wrote: »

Can someone here answer my question?
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I shall phone the job centre on Monday but I hate phones and only have a mobile so it will cost a bomb.

Imo you're better ringing BEL than Job Centre directly.

SingleSue

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Chest pains?

DD gets those. The GP said it was nothing.

Mind you, they also said that her fainting regularly is nothing.

I think I need to be having a terse word or five with the GP....

His chest pain they put down to his very mobile ribs.......I'm still not happy with that explanation (he also goes breathless with it but they say it is unconnected to his EDS or heart murmur) and we are going to be having another word about this.

Also going up for his dizziness and fainting, the fact he needs (not just wants, actually needs) high cafeine drinks to stay upright and focused....someone else has mentioned POTS, so I am going to mention that to the doctor as it would explain an awful lot.

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SingleSue wrote: »

Also going up for his dizziness and fainting, the fact he needs (not just wants, actually needs) high cafeine drinks to stay upright and focused....someone else has mentioned POTS, so I am going to mention that to the doctor as it would explain an awful lot.

I have relied on caffeine from about age 13, gradually getting worse as the higher my education levels became although eventually when I was on 6 to 8 cups of strong coffee a day and a couple of unbranded canned drinks I had to stop completely as they were becoming a problem, that was when I was 17. When I went to uni at 19 i gradually became dependant on it again and at one point I stayed awake for 37 hours working on a very important project and drank 16 cans and a fair few coffees, a normal person would still be buzzing after that much (plus a ton of sugar) but i barely felt it, and had my normal sleep patterns after. Now I don't have to be alert I don't drink that much, but if I have to do something that day I still need the caffeine to help. It's sort of another form of medication, so I know exactly how your son feels