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Hi, my name is cockneyqueen!
cockneyqueen
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I’ve recently become disabled at age 56 due to damage to my spinal cord. Only been out of hospital a week and was recommended to join scope for advice, support and friendship.
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Hi and welcome
Sorry to hear of your disability
You have come to the right place we can offer support on many subjects like benefits, employment , aids and adaptions just to name a few
As well as support in general even if its just a virtual chat
Have a good look around feel free to join in or ask any questions
We all know how hard it can be to adjust to having a disability and any aspect we can make easier for you we are here to help -
Hello and welcome to the community @cockneyqueen How are you doing? How has your recovery been?
Thanks for sharing some information about yourself.
As Janer1967 has said, you're more than welcome here, and we'd love to have you involved in our discussions. You might like to start by taking a look in the virtual coffee lounge, which is the best place to have a casual chat with our other members. You can also view all of our categories of discussion here, and see what our most recent discussions are here. -
Hi @cockneyqueen - welcome to this friendly & supportive community, & thank you for joining. You've certainly been advised to come to the right place. We have some lovely members, whom I'm sure you'll get to know. Do you mind me asking what damage occurred to your spinal cord? If you're comfortable in saying, we might have other members with something similar.As Tori asks, how are you doing? If you have any questions too, then please ask away. My best wishes.
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