Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3

jobbingmusician

Awww elsien, you must be the same age as me. Every time a brown envelope drops through the door it proudly announces that my retirement age has been put back yet AGAIN!!!! (Not really, but it feels like it )

Meanwhile, our best friend neighbour, who is over 5 years younger than I am, retired on 31st (and got a new puppy, which is a great joy), and my younger sister is planning to retire next month. Both have loads more money than me. Moral of the story - don't work for a charity!

faerielight

Well done Troy for making that leap Elsien, does your work get sewage backed up too ? environmental health will step in but they warned me that it was 98% likely that I will get a revenge eviction, so I'm too scared to get them involved.. Last year the agency paid for a camera down the pipes.. it's an extensive problem where the flat was split up from the upstairs flat but they did a bad bodge job. The loo roll gets stuck underneath my lounge floor and would involve excavating the floor to fix it, it would cost too much money so they refused fixing the repairs. I'm desperately trying to keep a roof over my head until I get a council place.. I still haven't sent the forms off for band a , i'm still waiting for my crappy dr to write the letter.She's only had 2.5 months to do it! I know they will leave me over the weekend with a non working toilet and they seem to be denying there is anything wrong at all, even though it's been going on for 5 years. The terrible odd job man is going to put some drain unblocker in tomorrow, but it never works.. I'm getting really stressed as I've got the assessment, also my new mattress is broken so they are picking it up and delivering a new one tomorrow, which will overlap with the assessment.

I always beat myself up when I forget to bag my loo roll up.. I should have known better than to put loo roll down my loo. I'm so embarrassed that the flat smells of poo, goodness knows what the assessors will think of me

elsien

Try not to stress too much.
If it's a bit pongy and it worried you, just tell them there is a problem with the block drainage and it's being sorted. They're not there to make judgements about your flat and will be well used to people being nervous and anxious.

faerielight

I empathise with the brown envelope fears.. it's a terrifying sight

System

faerielight wrote: »

I empathise with the brown envelope fears.. it's a terrifying sight

Oh I know that feeling all too well, PIP form came today, had a mini meltdown but tried to tell myself I have till the end of the month to send it back so im gonna try and do a bit each day and spread it out.

Got a million and one other things I need to do including a doctors appointment asap and writing to dvla so I can renew my bus pass.

However one positive from today, ive decided im going to sign
Up for Race For Life :eek: figured it's good motivation to keep up couch to 5k plus cancer reasearch is one of the charities I support since losing my grandad and aunty to cancer.

Izadora

((((Torry)))) Well done for reading the article and I hope all goes well with speaking to someone.

((((Faerie)))) I hope all goes well tomorrow.

WaS, I hope your hand's less itchy now.

MU, well done on the scratch card and it sounds like a great idea to celebrate your birthday with something you want to do rather than waiting for that actual date.

Sorry for posts I've missed, I've just caught up with everything from Monday evening onward so have forgotten loads of stuff I was going to reply to.

I'm pretty much housebound at the moment and it's driving me crazy. I fell over on my way home from work on Monday (new shoes with slightly smooth soles and cobbled paving aren't a good combination) and have mangled my knee quite badly. The lovely people at A&E did a good job of patching me up with steri strips but I'm so bruised and swollen that I can't really walk properly.

Yesterday I thought that I'd be okay going to the shop as it's only a five minute walk away, I was wrong. I knew it would take longer than normal but didn't realise just how much effort it would be and by the time I got home I was in so much pain that just standing up reduced me to tears. I know that it'll heal and it probably won't take as long as I fear it will but I'm so fed up with it already. I hate the fact that I'm useless and clumsy and wish I could turn back time and walk a different way home.

One good thing is that I had the work laptop here so at least I don't have to take time off sick. As much as I often think I'd like a couple of days lying on the settee watching films, I hate to think how bad I'd feel if I was letting people at work down too.

Very gentle hugs and squishes to all xx

Waves_and_Smiles

This is a happy and sad story all at once.

I checked with my doctor today and he didn't want me in a wet bandage so the nurse came and changed it. she ended up staying for 25 minutes and talking to me about psychosis. We have discussed it briefly before a couple of years ago because of her personal situation and she remembered me. She has adopted a little boy from Russia after working there who has childhood schizophrenia. She asked me lots of questions about how it feels for me and what she can do to make life easier for him. He is struggling very badly with day to day life and she cried when she spoke about him because she is so worried.

She thanked me profusely because she hadn't found any schizophrenic who could openly talk about it and although she has read books and doctors are involved she said learnt more today about how he might feel than she ever has. I told her that whenever I need to see a nurse which is several times a year I will always book her so that I can keep up with his progress. So happy and sad, my heart went out to both of them but I am glad that they have each other and he has a chance at a good life.

I feel useful yet helpless, I can imagine what the poor boy is going through and as a child it must be terrifying. Please send good thoughts to the little boy and to his mum for strength for me.

jobbingmusician

Awww Wassie, you are so sweet. Lots of good thoughts going to that little boy and his mum. I have no idea what childhood schizophrenia is and I don't think anyone else does either. Not quite as stupid as it sounds - I have read plenty of autobiogs of people who say they have schizophrenia as a child, and ditto for people with autism, and I challenge anyone to draw a firm line between the two. Discuss, if interested! (OK, I know that there are some symptoms which would probably ONLY be called autism, but I can't think of any which would definitely be only schizophrenia, with the possible exception of voices, which don't exist in childhood autism AFAIK but can exist independently of schizophrenia or indeed any other MH problems.)

Going out on a limb here and genuinely interested in responses!

whitewing

WaS,

See how much good you do for other people!

I hope you keep us updated too, and warm whitewing wishes to the little lad and his family.

Torry_Quine

WaS That was obviously meant to be. What an amazing lady the nurse is and it must have helped her so much to be able to ask you things. You are such a help to others :A