How is your day going?

WelshBlue

@Grinchy ... I'm with you there.  I call them the Crystal Gayle nights ... "3 o'clock in the morning and it's going to be another sleepness night... "

Between not being able to switch my head off and the drug dealer across the road performing again, adding to the fibro' flare up ... makes it hard for the Melatonin my GP prescribed to knock me out.

At least I can catch up with what you're all doing 

Sandy_123

@loladale87 welcome hope you have a better day today 
@Grinchy an easy for you nothing worse then not settling 

@WelshBlue that's a great name for it, hope an easy day for you too

I'm up early got drs at 8 for b12  early and out the way

66Mustang

Hi all

Thanks @Lou67 and @chiarieds for the kind comments

Chiarieds - I was thinking about this overnight and the reason I wanted to PM instead of make a post was that I actually did have lots of respect this particular admin member and also I notice a few traits of myself in the way they come across so I thought if Access to Work successfully helped them into work, it might be able to do the same for me and wanted to hear experiences from someone who I can relate to at least a small amount

I'm not shy of posting on the general forum but I realised that if I asked everyone for their experiences I may get people wanting to share stuff like how they managed to help them get in a job when their disability is something entirely different from me - like epilepsy or being in a wheelchair - while I would absolutely love to hear their positive stories, I don't feel they would "encourage" me, as my disabilities are entirely different so it wouldn't mean I would have similar success

I hope this does makes sense but I do understand now that the admins don't have to help us if they don't want to and perhaps it was forward of me to ask so assumingly so I might ask on the public forum anyway at some point

I hope you are well today and thanks again for your thoughtful words

66Mustang

Hi everyone

I hope you all have a good Friday today  

I'm not sure what the plans are for us but my Granny has not had us do a shopping trip for her for over a week so I think maybe that's on the cards for today

Sandy_123

Morning @66Mustang can I give you my list too.
It's 24 degrees here today 

66Mustang

Hahaha @Sandy_123 I actually enjoy shopping, I don't have any physical restraints and it gets me out, I would gladly help if I loved closer  

24 degrees sounds about right, not scorching, I hope you enjoy it

Teigr

Morning all.

A lovely day here after a misty start.

Albus_Scope

Morning folks, I hope everyone has a super fab day today, the sun's looking lovely!

@66Mustang please try not to worry too much, we just have rules in place where we can and cant do certain things, so I'm sorry if it came off as a negative event for you. I've used Access to work too and it's helped me settle in here brilliantly, it's definitely worth looking into.   

As for your post, I'd say 1 comment and 49 views is actually pretty good going! Just because someone doesn't reply, it doesn't mean they haven't enjoyed your post. We all think the world of you and you've been making some really interesting posts recently, so don't let it put you off.

Amberpearl

Good morning everyone 

I'm. Still worried about felix and Bruce as both elderly with health issues 
Felix has a long wait til 24th may for bloods and xray to find out if the lump in his mouth is an abcess or cancer 

He seems bright enough ate up  clean and grooming 

Lou67

Morning I hope everyone has a lovely day whatever your plans are. 

I’m watching 2 off my granddaughters after for a couple off hours, there’s a park just the next street down from me so I will take them there for a wee while.

@Ada
Hi I hope you had a decent sleep I was awake a while again not sure why. 

@66Mustang
I hope your feeling better today and hope you enjoy getting out for your granny’s shopping. 

@Sandy_123
Hope you can enjoy the sunshine it’s to get to 22 degrees here about lunchtime. 

@Teigr
I hope your able to enjoy the nice weather to. 

❤️

Amberpearl

I had a text 10 minutes ago from dwp
Said we have received the written report re your pip assessment 
Please allow up to 8 weeks for a decision 
We will write to you

66Mustang

Thanks @Albus_Scope I didn't know you used it as well!!! That's all the kind of thing I wanted to know really, I don't really know what rules sharing this would break but I do respect you have to follow the rules even if they are silly. It's really encouraging to hear that from you as I've seen from your posts that you are neurodivergent and also have to live with some anxiety issues 

Do they offer lots of things that are super irrelevant or do they try to tailor it to your needs??

I know the big thing today is "focus on what someone CAN do not what they CAN'T" but I think what someone can't do is really important because that's why we are out of work in the first place and need something that can work around those limitations

Do you get offered jobs with lots of employers?? I imagine Scope is one of the first to want to encourage disabled people but are there lots of others as well?

Sorry for all the questions

Amberpearl

That's a long time 
I applied early feb. Had my assessment 3 weeks ago 
Fingers crossed 

Just I read it's very hard to get and most people are declined

I've bills to pay 

66Mustang

@Amberpearl is this for PIP or for income benefits??

If you look online it will seem most people are declined but in reality I think most are accepted

If you think about it if someone is accepted they don't need to post online so you won't hear from them, using the internet as a data source is not the best idea as the proportion of successful to unsuccessful claimants making posts is naturally very biased and skewed

Good luck and keep your fingers crossed

Teigr

I'd like to do some gardening @Lou67,but there's a ton of housework and ironing waiting to be tackled.

Albus_Scope

@66Mustang Access to work seems to be more about helping disabled people who're in work. So I've had a grant for work coaching especially tailored for neuro-divergent people, some software for when my brain just refuses to read, etc. It's all been super useful and they tailor it all to the individual.
  But for getting into work, don't forget we have Support to work, which has been great for loads of disabled people get into work.

As hard as it is @Amberpearl I'd try to put PIP out of your mind for a while, it takes ages and I found dwelling on it just made my mental health a lot worse. Even _if_ you are declined, we're all here to help you if you wanted to go for a mandatory reconsideration or tribunal. And I'm still keeping everything crossed for your little ones.  

Hope you have a fab time at the park @Lou67

Teigr

It's like that old saying about tradesmen isn't it @66Mustang?

If someone does a good job you'll tell half a dozen people, if they do a bad job you'll tell the world.

Lou67

@Teigr
Could you not put the housework off till tomorrow as the weather might not be as nice then.

@Amberpearl
I hope you can trying put it out off your mind easier said than done I know. I hope you have a good outcome with your pip as I know how much it’ll help you.

@Albus_Scope
Lovely having you with us today. I hope you can get out in your garden for a bit.

❤️

Albus_Scope

Well said @Teigr you tend to only hear the horror stories, not the good stuff. 

And I recommend doing a bit of gardening as breaks from the housework.  

Teigr

I think the forecast for the weekend is good @Lou67,I really do need to crack on with cleaning though;the carpenter fitted some new skirting board on Wednesday and I'm still finding sawdust everywhere.