Meetings

I had the meeting with the lady from social services the "fincial adviser" on tuesday, on the letter that the DLA has send me there was a list of reasons why i did not qualify for middle or higher rater DLA all of which we had shown on the form that i needed help with so i did qualify for it. It seemed that the people at the DLA did not even bother reading the form! This is what Mel the fincial adviser said too, i suppose it is simular to when you first apply they say no to try and say money and discourage people but i wrote several essays the first about my currrent status and also saying why i did qualify and putting in detail every single one of the things on the list. Also i wrote all about what the carers do for me in great detail. Then i photocopied a copy of my care plan, and a copy of the journal written my carers daily and also the letters i have gotten from my specialist and Occupational Therapist. Mel got all these and put these together with the appeal form she filled in and has sent them back to the Appeal proccess DLA hopefully they will bother reading it this time!!

Next week i have a couple of appointments firstly one with my proper Social Worker to talk about my current care, eg carers i am tempted to talk with her about respite to give my fiance a break and possibly see if i am entitled to go to a care centre one day a week where i can do activities so this will get me mixing me with more people and get me out of the house.

Also later in the week i have an appointment with the distrist nurses to see if i can get an electric bed, i am hoping something will happen from this as i have been finding it harder and harder to get out of bed and also been strugging with alot of pain in my legs at night time and been finding it increasingly difficult to get comfortable :-(

Unfortuantely i have to attend both appointments alone which i am not keen on. Both will be at home, my fiance is at work for both of them although technically he could attend the one with the nurses but they are in the same team as him and it would be very awkward. I hope something comes out of it this appointment has been along time waiting and also alot of referals.

Fingers crossed everything goes okay.