Disability living allowance for over 16's with diabetes

alba37

Gazfaz wrote: »

Thanks Glaswejen.

We do get bread + pizza bases on Rx however it is far too time consuming (we parents both work full time) and convoluted to vary the Rx order from week to week. Therefore stuff like gluten free snacks/pasta/flour/biscuits/sauces/dressings etc etc etc we tend to pick up from the supermarkets where available.

When she was first diagnosed around twelve months ago she was fairly symptom free apart from feeling 'bloated.' However now when she has gluten she feels quite unwell for a couple of days with tummy upset and dyspepsia.

In some ways (obviously apart from being potentially fatal!) the Coeliacs is more of a pain to manage than her Diabetes!

I've had to get stronger lenses to read labels on jars/packets!

It's also a little restricting for her when she goes out with friends (fast food chains are not Coeliac friendly!) and when we travel we have to plan ahead if she needs meals en route.

It's a constant chore.

Gazfaz, are you aware of the CWD email support group? It's for parents of children with diabetes, several of the children also have coeliac. It's a very busy group, but very helpful.

davsidipp

Jomo wrote: »

Sorry, I haven't read all the comments (too many to catch up!) but I know of two people who have T2 and a know someone with T1 and all of them live very normal lives. T1 by a change of diet and T1 with daily injections.

No way would I have thought they could make a claim for it...I'll have to go and tell them ;-)

your a medical expert i see!not all diabetics have that luck my husband being one one of them.he is chronic diabetic made worse as he has other medical problems.no amount of diet change would make any difference.as for them claiming anything for it thats up to them they have the diabeties not you.

GlasweJen

Gazfaz, do you live near a big chain pharmacy? If so most of those will allow you to phone in a repeat prescription, just tell them what your daughter is running low on and they will get the prescription sorted, order in the food and some will even deliver the items to your door, we bend over backwards for people with sick kids and we prefer to deliver food items as 1. stops them going off in our shop and 2. frees up floor space which is pretty limited anyway.

Jomo

davsidipp wrote: »

your a medical expert i see!not all diabetics have that luck my husband being one one of them.he is chronic diabetic made worse as he has other medical problems.no amount of diet change would make any difference.as for them claiming anything for it thats up to them they have the diabeties not you.

Tell me exactly where I stated I was a medical expert please

If you can see that by what I posted...WOW!

I can't comment on your husband (I am not a medical expert:D) but you say he suffers from other medical problems along side which is not the case in any of the ones I mentioned.

As you so rightly stated I am not a medical expert but I do know that one of the types is normally controlled through the diet and the other has to be controlled by daily injections.

And as for claiming for the condition you are correct again...as it stands now people with diabetes seem to have every right to claim! In all the cases I mentioned, they have never done so as they have always managed to live a normal life..the condition hasn't stopped them from performing like any other so personally speaking I don't feel it is a disability.

davsidipp

Jomo wrote: »

Tell me exactly where I stated I was a medical expert please

If you can see that by what I posted...WOW!

I can't comment on your husband (I am not a medical expert:D) but you say he suffers from other medical problems along side which is not the case in any of the ones I mentioned.

As you so rightly stated I am not a medical expert but I do know that one of the types is normally controlled through the diet and the other has to be controlled by daily injections.

And as for claiming for the condition you are correct again...as it stands now people with diabetes seem to have every right to claim! In all the cases I mentioned, they have never done so as they have always managed to live a normal life..the condition hasn't stopped them from performing like any other so personally speaking I don't feel it is a disability.

by saying they cope with their conditions as you state you said you would tell them they could claim dla as though it was some joke.have the condition yourself maybe you would have a different view.and what right have you to judge someone on their medical condition but as you said one is controlled by injections the other by diet.have you not taken into account diabeties is genetic in some families its not just a case of being overweight.no you cant comment on my husbands condition but i love people like you who claim they know about peoples conditions without suffering thereself.as for being a disability thats your opinion but then you dont have diabeties do you.

shegar

I dont believe that type 1 and type 2 diabetes are a disability on it s own, but its normally the long term diabetics that do have problems that are associated with diabetes to start with , having type 1 diabetes over a long term causes other medical problems that then result in the person being disabled. Such as kidney probs, leaking blood vessels in the eyes, neuropathy, various joint probs,cheoroarthropathy, infections etc etc. I definately wouldnt want a child with type 1 as it would be a constant job checking on them with low bloods etc, but there are millions out there with the disease.

Jomo

davsidipp wrote: »

(1)by saying they cope with their conditions as you state you said you would tell them they could claim dla as though it was some joke.have the condition yourself maybe you would have a different view.and what right have you to judge someone on their medical condition but as you said one is controlled by injections the other by diet.have you not taken into account diabeties is genetic in some families its not just a case of being overweight.no you cant comment on my husbands condition but i love people like you who claim they know about peoples conditions without suffering thereself.as for being a disability thats your opinion but then you dont have diabeties do you.

I don't know why I'm bothering trying to explain anything to you as the majority of your post doesn't even make sense :rolleyes:

You have completely overreacted to something I wrote which wasn't even commenting on anybody on here...so exactly what gripe have you got with what I have said?

I know of 3 people with the condition, 2 of which were diagnosed later in life and 1 who has had it since he was a young boy (T1) and all I ever commented on was how the condition has affected their lives...I made no mention of anybody else (how could I - I don't know them:rolleyes:).

Who are you to come back to me with your sorry, pathetic ramblings, accusing me of something that must be going on in your little head :rolleyes:

I have every right to an opinion and just because I don't have diabetes doesn't mean my opinion doesn't count! I know people who do and I do speak to them

All I will say is this, benefits should be there to help those who really need them, if we start giving money to all and sundry for every condition that exists on this planet regardless of whether the condition actually stops them from living a reletively normal existence...my god we'd be skint!

Oh and btw, I have no doubt there are some cases that will be deserving of benefits...but as I was only commenting on the people I KNOW OF personally! Some people should CHILL!

alba37

I think you have to live with someone with whatever condition inc diabetes to know if or how it affects their life. There is not one other person who has any idea how diabetes affects my son. A large number of Type 2's progress to insulin, I could be wrong but I think it's around a 3rd. I am sure it is by far a monority who can control it by diet alone for any length of time, out of the dozen's I know very few have got past a year without starting pills.

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As a type 1 diabetic, I would just like to add everyone's body is different and it's not just sugar you have to watch it's the carbohydrates which is found in most foods. Plus illness, stress, weather, unexpected exercise can all alter your blood sugar levels be it up or down. It is a completely different disease to most others..... most diseases you take the medication and the GP adjusts it and gets the condition under control.... a type 1 diabetic adjusts his or her's themselves. Some conditions allow you to claim DLA and some don't and as Diabetes is not automatically considered to warrant DLA I was informed of this by DWP.