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Has any successfully been accepted for pip for hidradenitis?

tania12 · 2020-11-03 20:29:10

I suffer with bad hidradenitis - I've had several abcsesses lanced and and operation on my armpit last year to remove infected cysts and abcsesses again then yesterday I under went an operation to remove 3 large abcsesses from my other armpit. I have boils daily and I'm on long term antibiotics for the condition and I…

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poppy12345 Posts: 18,942 Forumite

4 November 2020 at 7:09PM

Jetter said:

Try the benefitsandwork.co.uk site. Lots of help and advice.

There's plenty of advice out there for free, no need to pay. Besides, some people may not even have the £20 fee they charge on there.

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