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  • Lisatho11987777
    Lisatho11987777 Scope Member Posts: 5,874 Championing
    @woodbine I have lupus but  how I see it is so what I am alive I csn still do things iieaz 18 when I started to get ill  I was diagnosed with all sorts of things but at 26 I was diagnosed by professor Hughes Louise  Cooper unit st Thomas hospital London 

    I had already had a stroke and a heart attack before  that  I was told I wouldn't live long  told me I wouldn't be able to carry a child I had 4 children by then and six miscarriages  he was shocked he told me I wouldn't be able t to work

    I ended up hsveing ten children two sets of twins mind  I worked nearly all my life  and I am 58 everything he said I couldnt do I did the corona virus has more chance of killing me off than my lupus  don't get me wrong I have had carers I do struggle and I am in pain if any one asks I normsly say I have the ability to do things when I can  

    I said for the lady to have her xrays  on her hands so she knew what was wrong and new what to expect as it is better to say that you can't use  your hands properly and why  you can't than say you don't know 
  • Lisatho11987777
    Lisatho11987777 Scope Member Posts: 5,874 Championing
    @poppy123456 I was saying about a  programme that was on about pip using two different ladies one was an alcoholic   without a  care in the world  and was awarded pip lady with the false leg didnt and showed how the two lives were lived 

    The same as swansea love story they all got dla  they were all drug addicts but people who really  need it can't get it 
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,138 Championing
    Hi everyone, may I politely add, if anyone wants to google it further, that alcoholism is a medical disorder. In some people it's a genetic predisposition to it. My son-in-law is an alcoholic. In his case, he had a gastric bypass some years ago. Losing his brother caused him to start drinking nearly 3 years ago. With his surgery he really shouldn't drink, as one glass of wine is as if he'd had 2 or 3. His problems with his alcoholism have caused our family great grief, but it's also a disorder.
    @lisathomas50 - most disabled people are successfully awarded PIP, but in some circumstances it may just come down to one person having a better understanding about the PIP descriptors than another....which is often where members here try to help. 
    PIP is about your functional problems, & whilst getting an X ray to work out the problems a person might have is useful, you don't need a diagnosis, all that's needed is the exact way you have difficulty with activities of daily living &/mobility.
    Your opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. You don't need to keep on having to have the last word, nor to infer you know more, I'm hoping to say...everyone's opinion is equally valid, & we all contribute due to either knowledge, & life experiences, or both.