Finally getting my pip assessment in July

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Only applied in April

[Noggin]

I know language is maybe an issue, but I so wish you could come back over, the care here for strokes/ACV etc is incredible. Don't know if you were on a ten year CdS, but if you are, maybe look at the options near your place xx

[Taipan]

Only applied in April

Do your research on the internet ahead of this. Every question is a loaded one, and you'll be scored on each answer. You have to park your pride and respond with all your answers being worse case scenario, and not you on a good day. They will lead you on conversations about how well you're doing, and talk encouragingly to you about this, but you'll lose points if you follow their lead. Again, and I really can't stress this enough, please research on how to answer, as your condition(s?) may well qualify on paper, but you need to answer correctly to get your point score or your application will be declined.

[Scootabout]

Have a good read of this. You might also need to brace yourself for going to appeal after they make their initial decision:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benef ... arers/pip/

[McSatan]

Oddly enough I've just phoned up and cancelled mine*. The malnutrition, sepsis and pneumonia after the chemo/radiotherapy royally fucked me. Still not completely recovered but much better than I was, I can actually walk about a bit now

* Or tried to. You can't do a change of circumstances online, and they wouldn't even take my word for it on the phone, they're going to send a form out.

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Thatwasgruellingnearly3 hrs

[dern]

Thatwasgruellingnearly3 hrs

Nicely done. My daughter did hers last week and was about two and a half hours. Good luck with the assessment.

[Cousin Jack]

Best of luck, but if you get refused get thee to Citizens Advice. They have (or had) a good record for overturning PIP refusals.

[Count Steer]

Hope you get the right result.

3 hours is ridiculous. It's almost as if the thinking is 'If you can survive this for 3 hours, you can go to work'.

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Hope you get the right result.

3 hours is ridiculous. It's almost as if the thinking is 'If you can survive this for 3 hours, you can go to work'.

my thoughts exactly that's why we had 3comfrtnteaks

[Scotsrich]

The Mrs is applying for Pension Disability due to her arthritis.

First bit was done over the phone a couple of weeks ago and someone from Disability Scotland is coming to the house next week to help her fill in the main (80 page) form.

Of course she’s going to maximise her symptoms but she pretty hopeful. Will be interesting to see how much push back, if any she gets. And how easy it is.

[Felix]

The Mrs is applying for Pension Disability due to her arthritis.

First bit was done over the phone a couple of weeks ago and someone from Disability Scotland is coming to the house next week to help her fill in the main (80 page) form.

Of course she’s going to maximise her symptoms but she pretty hopeful. Will be interesting to see how much push back, if any she gets. And how easy it is.

Our neighbour has just been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Little did we know until speaking to him, CAB over at Haddie has someone to help fill these forms in also.

[dern]

To hopefully encourage you… my daughter was approved for her pip yesterday which means that she’ll be able to live independently. Huge relief and it means that awards are being made. Cab helped her a great deal with filling the forms in.

[Cousin Jack]

To hopefully encourage you… my daughter was approved for her pip yesterday which means that she’ll be able to live independently. Huge relief and it means that awards are being made. Cab helped her a great deal with filling the forms in.

The forms are not easy. People spend ages listing diagnoses, medications and operations and it counts for nothing. You have to explain what you cannot do in normal life that others can do. Most CAB people can help, many people need help but are reluctant to admit thatcthey cannot do stuff, or that a 30 second task takes them 20 minutes of struggling.

[Noggin]

To hopefully encourage you… my daughter was approved for her pip yesterday which means that she’ll be able to live independently. Huge relief and it means that awards are being made. Cab helped her a great deal with filling the forms in.

The forms are not easy. People spend ages listing diagnoses, medications and operations and it counts for nothing. You have to explain what you cannot do in normal life that others can do. Most CAB people can help, many people need help but are reluctant to admit thatcthey cannot do stuff, or that a 30 second task takes them 20 minutes of struggling.

There's also the issue of adaptation. There's a ton of stuff I can't do with my right arm, even basics like drinking or brushing my teeth (doable if I bend my head down a lot, but not without that big physical adaptation). I can't remember all those things when someone asks me because within a pretty short time I had to make adaptations, so I can now do what I need to do, but not like a normal righty !! Things like doing my hair - absolutely have to lean my head a LOT because my arm won't lift!

When I was given a form to write the list of things I can't do back in rehab to reapply for my "handicapped for work" certificate, I could only think of those three things. Took me days to add more simply because I now do the same things, just differently and after so long it's my normal - but it isn't quite right

I have every sympathy for those filling out the PIP in the UK, the form here wasn't that long and I had a social worker to help me!!

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Just6 got a text confirming that I have been awarded pipavonfirmatoonletyrrshould tell me st what level

[dern]

Very cool, nicely done. You should get that through pretty quickly. It took 5 days for my daughter to find out what she'll be getting and to get back payment for the period since she first applied.