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I am disabled and struggling
Suzanne910
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My name is Suzanne.
I have a few disabilities just had surgery on my hand ,and foot I have arthritis in both hands feet hips I also suffer ,with asthma /copd and am a type 2 diabetic on insulin injections 4 times, a day I am waiting for bariatric surgery as I am over weight and bladder surgery as I have a prolapsed bladder
Besides this is am always tired suffer with awful constipation and vaginally dryness I also suffer with depression and I have taken antidepressants for the last 6 years .I am 57 years old just lost both my parents dad in January this year and mum in 2015 .
I have a poor long suffering partner a sister and brother and two sons .
I also work 30 hours a week in a shop no sitting down doing two shifts 6-2 or 3-11
I have a few disabilities just had surgery on my hand ,and foot I have arthritis in both hands feet hips I also suffer ,with asthma /copd and am a type 2 diabetic on insulin injections 4 times, a day I am waiting for bariatric surgery as I am over weight and bladder surgery as I have a prolapsed bladder
Besides this is am always tired suffer with awful constipation and vaginally dryness I also suffer with depression and I have taken antidepressants for the last 6 years .I am 57 years old just lost both my parents dad in January this year and mum in 2015 .
I have a poor long suffering partner a sister and brother and two sons .
I also work 30 hours a week in a shop no sitting down doing two shifts 6-2 or 3-11
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With regards to your work, can you ask for any adjustments? To have some seated time perhaps?
Senior online community officer
You could ask your GP to refer you to a specialist gynaecology unit about your vaginal dryness.