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Assessment tomorrow morning. Do I stand any chance?

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Long story short, I have severe Arthritis in both knees, Decaying Facet Joints in my back and chronic long term gout. I was also diagnosed with depression in January although anti depressants did not work.
Been self employed for 18 years but can no longer really work apart from remote stuff or easy access clients on a good day but its all gone now really as a result of me not being mobile. Cant put my own shoes or socks on and on bad days cannot even get downstairs. On occasions I Can be laid up for days and even weeks and spend most of my time just laid in bed. I Can however with care get out to the car on good days, drive no problem and the one exercise I can do on good days is swim if I can get in the pool and arrive in Flip Flops.
Not much wrong with my mind or remembering stuff etc. Have no idea if I am eligible but just wondered what my chances were and if there was any other advice members might offer. My wife wants me to go on my own while she goes shopping but it seems the advice is to have someone with you.
I hope other members will be able to offer some more advice. If I don't have chance to reply again then I wish you the very best of luck for tomorrow and please do let us know how you get on
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What happens to all these people? Do they just eventually starve? Its all new to me really. Ive always been able to work, earn and save but not anymore.
Thanks again.
Sorry for being dim but what is "MR" everyone keeps mentioning please?
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Well I think it went very well, in terms of it being nothing to worry about really or remotely stressful. The lady I saw was lovely and I didnt get the impression she was trying to catch me out on anything or ask leading questions but then again what do I know? Was in there just under an hour but it flew to be honest. Sad as it sounds I actually quite enjoyed most of it. Human contact! I live in the middle of nowhere. She reckons I will get to hear in 4-6 weeks. I asked about seeing a copy of her report and she suggested I contact the PIP people in about a week.
Towards the end though having gone through it all it did leave me feeling somewhat down having spent an hour describing just how restricted your life has become but hey ho, there are a lot of people worse off than me. Cheers for all the advice, will update on the outcome as and when.
I have had a PIP assessment and can completely relate to feeling a bit rubbish afterwards due to the topics that were discussed (even with a good assessor) but I guess this is due to often not thinking about our lives in this way. I hope you have a relaxing afternoon and are able to do something nice
We have a lot of discussions in the coffee lounge if you would like to talk about other things on the community besides PIP.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and please do let us know how you get on
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I seem to spend most of my life horizontal due to various conditions, cant sit for too long and standing is out. Im pretty bad at the moment though so hopefully will get out when the weather improves but yeah the whole thing has driven home to me just what a crappy state Ive become. Im not skint though (yet) and have a roof over my head so all is not lost.
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then again i had on my report i can open a door with my right hand, never mind the left hung limp and was found fit for work, and as im dyslexic every pages can sometimes feel like reading the last one more than a few times tbh
and was never meant as meaningful and correct reply, sorry my sort of humor seems to not to be understood by many
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Well done great news.
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