“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

Honeysucklelou2

Thinking of you Wannabe...

Chrystal

Hope things are going the way you wish them to. (((hugs))) X

teafor2

Hi WB Hope DD's treatment and your new daily routine is proving easier for you all this week. You're 1/3 of the way there now so hang in there. Fingers crossed this will all be worth it in the long run. xx

WannabeFree

Evening

Thank you. It's going as planned. Not as tough as it's been. A long way of where we need to be. Still long and pretty stressful.


How long is January though? Still 10 days till money in again. Where am I up too. No idea.
From what I can remember
Paid school £150 for childcare
Paid £18 for DD a school trip
Spent the best part of £20 on coffee/sweets and painkillers. Mainly coffee

Really need to top my phone up

Can't wait for some normality to return. Think we are all feeling tired

Hope everyone's well I will catch up again with every one as soon as I can

x

Sun_Addict

Glad it's going well. Keep plodding on and you'll soon be through it xx

WannabeFree

Thank you SA

Managed to get enough together to top my phone up.

I'm struggling with 'myself' there's a very dark black cloud looming.

DD has another school trip need paying for. She's really looking forward to and some will be aired on tv. The excitement is real.

DS has mock exams this week and next and is hating it on top of the long days. We've had a lot of tears and attitude.

Youngest is okay. It's tough but on the right track. She literally wants to stay on the train and go to the sands every single day. Will have to work this in next month/the month after. Maybe for her birthday.

I've gone from feeling on top of everything and it going well. To just about keeping my head above water. To now drowning again. Have chased the DLA. Should receive a date for the tribunal very soon but still no date set. I explained how tough things are. We've been propped up with help and food etc from elsewhere just to keep the roof over our head and now I feel like I'm not sure how to make it through another month.. then another.. And so on. I need a break

Bit doom and gloom

Honeysucklelou2

Is it worth visiting your doctor and explaining to him/her exactly what you put in your post? It's a huge pressure that you are living under financially, let alone the enormous pressure from juggling hospital visits and the older 2. The doctor must surely be able to write a letter to DLA to explain the impact the prolonged delay is having on your own health. Thinking of you ...

milann

Things sound tough but you’re doing great.
Hope you hear soon about the tribunal.

beanielou

Honeysucklelou2 wrote: »

Is it worth visiting your doctor and explaining to him/her exactly what you put in your post? It's a huge pressure that you are living under financially, let alone the enormous pressure from juggling hospital visits and the older 2. The doctor must surely be able to write a letter to DLA to explain the impact the prolonged delay is having on your own health. Thinking of you ...

Agree with this.
Keep plodding x

SusieT

Ditto seeing your doctor when you can around the hospital. Is it possible that there is someone at the hospital you can see faster than your own since you are there, it may be the staff can help you as they will know the strain you are under from a child health point of view even if they do not have a complete rundown?

You are getting there, and there IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and from your past posts it looks as if the finances may be very slightly less crazy short in a couple of months, so you will make it through somehow. I just hope that with the evidence of all the extras you have to do for smallest from before the time that you applied for the DLA, and the proof from afterwards that it is very much ongoing that they uphold the appeal and get you paid fast. If you can use it to get a day out or weekend away for them being so good (I know that the tears/attitude from DS is not exactly "good") it will give you all a much needed boost.
Look after yourself though, you are doing an absolutely fantastic job and really deserve to get to the end of the tunnel and have a bit of relief in the budget/finances