What are your experiences with ESA, good or bad?

FleurDuLys

Was your husband diagnosed as terminally ill back when he first put in his application for ESA, Celinepatricia?

MrsManda

My experience with ESA has been good so far. It was nerve wracking filling out the form and waiting because I'd never done anything like it before. But my ATOS interview went fine, I was award WRAG and I've had nothing but good experiences with the Pathways to Work Interviewers and my local Disability Employment Advisor.

On saying that I've now received my renewal form and despite previous good experiences I'm still nervous but I guess that's life.

snoopy89

@ jakes mum. you can always contact your mp if artosdo not do what they should be doing or you think they are treating you unfairly. i may help. i for one do not belive they only have one home visit doctor, no way. like to see them proff that one.

jakes-mum

snoopy89 wrote: »

@ jakes mum. you can always contact your mp if artosdo not do what they should be doing or you think they are treating you unfairly. i may help. i for one do not belive they only have one home visit doctor, no way. like to see them proff that one.

Hi snoopy, thank you for that ive also bene put in contact with a very nice lady who worked for DWP for 10 years who is kindly looking over my supporting letter and making sure I put everything into it as my memory is so rubbish. Luckily (or unluckily depending on how you look at it) im going through a really bad period health wise so all my symptoms are here and reminding me just how bad I can feel which is helping me explain exactly how bad I can get

rogerblack

celinepatricia wrote: »

I totally agree with you bertiebat, My husband is on tablet form chemo, and will be for the rest of his life. He has all the side effects that somebody on IV chemo has , seeing what he goes through with these side effects I dont know how anybody who suffers them could hold down a job.

'Chemo' varies enormously.

It's very important people realise this.
My mum was reluctant to take 'chemo' - as she associated it with hair loss, not being able to keep food down, and other things.

In the event, when convinced, the side-effects were that food tasted a bit funny.
(not bad - just that some spices were more noticable).

The fear of chemo caused her to delay getting it for a year.

This very likely significantly shortened her life, and may have made the terminal cancer not terminal - as it shrank for a period when she started on the chemo.
If it had begun shrinking when it was less serious, it may have been operable.

I am _not_ saying that for all people chemo is as mild as this.
However, there are many cancers, and many chemotherapy drugs used to treat them.
Each drug and combination of drugs has its own symptoms, and the body will experience the side-effects to differing degrees.

Don't hear 'Chemo' and assume you know what it means without asking the doctor what the side-effects of the proposed medications are.