pip renewal today - terrifed

pip-man

i wonder if you can help
I am a disabled chap - who gets PIP, higher mobility and normal living rate
I do deserve this - and i would say i was entitled to it.

Recieving this payment changed my life entirely, and i have been recieving it - for a tiny bit over 2 years.

It has allowed me to return to work, and live a happier life, due to having a car - through this, without the car i would really really struggle.

I am however in a ok paid job - but without my car,yes i could technically get another car, but i would really find life hard.

I have a few other conditions, but the main part is a triple ankle fusion, yes i can walk, and i can walk far - but it hurts like hell

I was originally handed the benefit, due to the amount of pain i was in, and the pain management making me ill

If i dont take my painkillers i cant move much, and if i do i cant work much - the car etc helped so so so much it was unreal - means i dont have to walk for the bus in the morning, which starts me with a day of pain etc.

I have my first review for renewal today and im scared about it

i know that if i told the truth, it would be 66% that the award stays the same, on a typical day.(my original assessment took place on a day i was VERY high on tramadol)


However......... every 6 months i have a large cocktail of drugs pumped into my foot, which stabilises it for about 3 and a half months

I had this 2 days ago, so im currently pain free. Which in essense i assume will mean i will breeze through the assessment, and have PIP removed.

i dont want to lie, but if i have PIP removed, my life goes back to just bed and pain killers.

any advise on how to deal with this.

Ames

Explain to them. PIP is pretty good when it comes to variable/fluctuating conditions. It's how you are more than 50% of the time, so you're not quite at that level.

If you've only just got the form then your meds might have worn off by the time you have the face to face assessment anyway. If you take a month to get the form back (longer if you ask for the 14 day extension) and according to a recorded message on the helpline there's currently a wait of 8 weeks for the f2f then you're looking at two to three months.

Are you truly pain free and able to do everything with no problems? Or are you just a lot better than you usually are?

Can you get an appointment with CAB or another advice agency to help you fill in the forms?

pip-man

Ames wrote: »

Explain to them. PIP is pretty good when it comes to variable/fluctuating conditions. It's how you are more than 50% of the time, so you're not quite at that level.
B or another advice agency to help you fill in the forms?

the actual face to face is today
i wouldnt have worried so much, if my surgery (i have to be put under for the injections) hadnt been brought forward 2 weeks....