Yes, me again. Starting new thread as my last is almost a month old. As I have now been in contact with just about everyone at Heathcotes in an attempt to improve my situation, and got nothing but weasel words and gaslighting in return, I feel I have no choice but to commence litigation. I have searched and come up dry - and, of course, I need legal aid. I did have someone at Irwin Mitchell, but I've not heard from her since the beginning of May, and she's no longer replying to my emails (nor is her paralegal).
Remember the lad who's always slamming his door? There is supposed to be at least one member of staff stationed outside his room 24/7 - there rarely is. They know how much it affects me, and yet still they do nothing.
As I think I mentioned in my previous post, I strongly suspect I have developed both Addison's disease and Graves's disease due to the constant stress. I have told staff repeatedly that I am so burnt out that I am unable to hold a conversation, yet still all they will do is get a doctor here and expect me to be able to describe my symptoms, and then I have staff say "If you don't speak to them, they can't help you" - what the (and I'm really, REALLY trying not to swear here) **** AM I SUPPOSED TO DO...?!
What part of "I am too burnt out to speak" is so difficult to understand...?! I have told them that this isn't going to change - except for the worse. I'm not going to suddenly miraculously recover (if I could I'd not need medical help). I am really shitting myself now as it took me developing tinnitus for them to stop other residents turning off their shower extractor fans and setting the alarm off - I'm terrified that it's going to take me either going into adrenal crisis or thyroid storm for them to take my physical health seriously.
They are still holding meetings behind my back, without my knowledge or consent, people who don't have the first clue - and I need that to stop. They know full well I'm too ill to participate (and I'd not do so without legal representation, because my human rights are being flagrantly abused). I also still can't force them to get my benefits restored - and I need to challenge the closure of my PIP claim.
Due to my being hyperthyroidic, I'm on edge 24/7; I can't sleep, I can't eat, because I now have almost permanent diarrhoea (and I keep being sick due to the suspected Addison's) so, obviously, I'm still losing weight. I'm extremely weak, I have fibromyalgia-type pain, literally everywhere, permanent headache, I need to pee constantly, and typing this is almost impossible due to the tremors in my hands.
Not to mention the brain fog, the constant fatigue and lethargy, the constant sensation of feeling like I'm going to black out - the global parasthesia - my entire body feel numb, muscle spasms, and the onset of Graves's opthalmopathy (which, if left untreated, will lead to me losing my sight). Oh and my abdomen which is so swollen and distended that sitting up isn't comfortable. I know I've also got some kind of bowel obstruction.
There is something that helps (not much, but a little is better than nothing); I can't say what it is, because it's not strictly legal (no, not that, although if I could get that it would be even more beneficial. It is a plant, though). I buy it from someone in Austria, and, although he's very generous, he's not going to give me it for nothing. I last had a delivery back in July and, usually, I can make the amount I buy last at least 6 months but, due to the extreme stress I'm under, I'm almost out now. This is why I urgently need my benefits restored. The other thing I'm getting through ****-tonnes of is Nicorette Icy White 2mg gum (I'm addicted to NRT - how do I cure that...?!).
When I say I could die in here, I'm not being hyperbolic, it is a very real reality. Hence the very VERY, urgent need for legal advice.
