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  • debbiedo49
    debbiedo49 Community member Posts: 2,904 Disability Gamechanger
    @sandyp196 great tips thanks. Outside in, yes, well put!
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Community member Posts: 5,209 Disability Gamechanger
    whistles said:
    Expected letters are fine. This wasn't because I already had the break down of changes from ESA.
    But this is good, it's an extra £1.75  :) 
    Carribean holiday booked ? :)
    Be all you can be, make  every day count. Namaste
  • whistles
    whistles Community member Posts: 1,583 Disability Gamechanger
    I wonder where they get their figures from. I don't think they could manage to live on it. 

    But let's face it you are not expected to function are you so you stay in bed all day. I was yesterday so you eat less? 

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  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Community member Posts: 5,209 Disability Gamechanger
    I don't get it

    Why is the minimum wage less than the living wage ?

    Why are the benefits that we get, that we are supposed to live on, even though the government admit that being disabled carries extra costs, less than both ?

    I don't engage in political c*** I don't have the energy

    CR
    Be all you can be, make  every day count. Namaste
  • whistles
    whistles Community member Posts: 1,583 Disability Gamechanger
    I don't understand this either. They must decide somehow.
    But having just lost pip care plus the premium they decided my condition isn't severe and I don't have these extra expenses. 
    Not complaining against dwp, I did the self test and scored 6. And weirdly it came at the best time to hit the heating button off and send friend out to get throws. Actually these are lovely and cosy. 
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  • susan48
    susan48 Community member Posts: 2,221 Disability Gamechanger
    @whistles

    Its nice you can find a positive out of your situation x
  • whistles
    whistles Community member Posts: 1,583 Disability Gamechanger
    susan48 said:
    @whistles

    Its nice you can find a positive out of your situation x
    I didn't feel that way to start with. But I can try and look for positives. The nice weather is on its way and it is really really warm in the thick throws with a film and chocolates. Sorted. 
    Just need that man in uniform and the step that @Victoriad will put me on.
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  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Community member Posts: 5,209 Disability Gamechanger
    @whistlesI don't have a uniform or a naughty step but I do have a naughty knee you can sit on  :)

    CR
    Be all you can be, make  every day count. Namaste
  • debbiedo49
    debbiedo49 Community member Posts: 2,904 Disability Gamechanger
    Get a room lol
  • whistles
    whistles Community member Posts: 1,583 Disability Gamechanger
    Ha ha. Gotta love this forum.
    It makes you and everyone else smile, go red or need a lie down with the smelling salts.

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  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Community member Posts: 5,209 Disability Gamechanger
    A sense of humour can work wonders in your darkest hour

    CR
    Be all you can be, make  every day count. Namaste
  • debbiedo49
    debbiedo49 Community member Posts: 2,904 Disability Gamechanger
  • whistles
    whistles Community member Posts: 1,583 Disability Gamechanger
    And its tax free!
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  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Community member Posts: 5,209 Disability Gamechanger
    SSH!!!   Don't tell the tories
    Be all you can be, make  every day count. Namaste
  • susan48
    susan48 Community member Posts: 2,221 Disability Gamechanger
    You all have made me actually laugh, thank you.

    the first post I read was CockneyRebel said:
    @whistlesI don't have a uniform or a naughty step but I do have a naughty knee you can sit on  :)

    CR
    Omg , so funny, thanks x
  • sandyp196
    sandyp196 Community member Posts: 142 Pioneering
    I had a brown letter this morning.  I ripped it open as I walked back up the hallway. I had my f2f assessment on 7th March for pip so am awaiting a decision. The letter easy thin so wasn't hopeful. It was a 'we have recieved all your information to make a decision' letter.  This is the same letter they have now sent me THREE times since my assessment oN the 7th march. 
    What are these people trying to do to me. That's my day ruined as my anxiety is sky high.   
  • charlene
    charlene Community member Posts: 555 Pioneering
    I Know  the feeling, the wait is awful. Just wish I had the decision, In no mans land at present.
    When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
  • sandyp196
    sandyp196 Community member Posts: 142 Pioneering
    Me too  :/charlene said:
    I Know  the feeling, the wait is awful. Just wish I had the decision, In no mans land at present.

  • whistles
    whistles Community member Posts: 1,583 Disability Gamechanger
    I waited a month and then called for a copy of the assessment.
    Whilst on the phone I got told the decision had been made. 
    That was back in February. DLA swiped March off me and gave me the reduced award.
    Disgusting!
    Its meant to pay a month after the decision, the award hadn't even started when they did that!!
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  • sandyp196
    sandyp196 Community member Posts: 142 Pioneering
    I still haven't had a decision from my assesment 5 weeks ago. Iv gone from not wanting a brown letter to now really needing it.  Can I ask someone to ring the dwp for me? I cannot phone those people. No way. But I'm at a point now where I need information and to request the assessors report. Will they accept someone else ringing on my behalf? 

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