Pip text saying they haven't yet made a decision. Anyone else had this?

happyfella said:

poppy123456 said:

happyfella said:

I filled in my PIP review forms in September last year I think it was, and i got a text message before xmas saying they have not made a descion yet. My claim runs out in May. I am shocked that I have not heard anything since then.

Your PIP will not end, it will continue until a decision is made on your review. There's many other threads related to the same thing and there's lots of other members in the same boat as you are. There's extremely long delays with PIP review decisions and some are waiting as long as 18 months.

I understand that, but it seems they don't care about the stress that many people go through waiting to hear. They could provide more communication. I know they have a backlog but they should provide more communication to put people at ease.

trase06 said:

I received a text message from dep saying they hadn’t made a decision yet how long do you think I will wait for decision is it standard to sent this text 
thank you

stay_positive said:

So with the points I could be awarded the standard daily living only and not the mobility ?

stay_positive said:

Shazzys07 said:

I'm just waiting on my appeal as some of the things the assessor have wrote r untrue. Hopefully dwp have until 5th May to respond 

I was reading yours and its disgusting . I applied back in 2016 and was refused , the assessor said I was well nourished (she meant fat) yes at that time I was a little over weight with my anxiety and was comfort eating . Then she said I had a French manicure , I do not have chemicals on my or near my body due to my phobia of side effects , She said i was clean and turned out well . I needed 2 points on each to get both , I applied for the MR and was turned down , never took it any further as my anxiety and panic sky rocketted and I couldn't cope with it . 
I recently had womb cancer and had a hysterectomy in Jan, they said there is a small risk of it returning and offered me brachytherapy , but i am too frightened to have it in fear of it causing more cancer , the gyno said the tumour was a tiny tiny tumour and there is only a small risk of it coming back .
I have to live this now and its causing me more anxiety than ever and my confidence is no nil , I have agoraphobia , only go out with my husband and can't face people. 
I will have to appeal if they turn me down and my case worker at MacMillan said he will take it to tribunal should it get that far . 
The phone call was sneaky in my opinion , out of the blue and I feel they try to catch you out , I have had pain in my left side since the cancer started last August and I can neither sit nor stand for being in pain so need to lie down most of the time , she asked me this on the call and i said I have to lie down , she asked me how long this pain has been there and I said from last August , I am not finished with my treatment, because of it being a high risk tumour I am at the hospital every three months for check ups , and this is for the next five years . Even when i have got past the five years cancer free I won't be discharged as I can contact them should any issues arise. It's all stress and I honestly really need this benefit , we are financially broke, haven't paid the mortgage for six months , we are living off £400 a month ,my husband is self employed and covid ruined the business as we had to close because it was none essential, when he finally got it making something I got cancer and had a break down so he had to close it again to take care of me , and I am afraid to be alone in case I die , I turned down the biopsy in September in fear of dying , but then I was having so much pain and bleeding i went for it and they did it under anaesthetic , then the diagnosis in December and then everything else . I'm used to waiting , but i am sick of it , its causing me so much anxiety on top of the risk of losing the house as we can't pay and the interest rise makes it even more difficult to pay , they want £800 a month lol . Perhaps we need to look for a tent to live in , 

stay_positive said:

I think months of waiting is wicked and mentally straining , its not fair on people . It's like they are just trying to stop people getting the benefit .