My Personal Independence Payment application form arrived 2 days ago.
Even though I'm the one who started this new application, I've used my (limited) available energy on cleaning instead of opening the envelope.
I don't want to do this but I know I need to do this.
Spouse is on rest days for a couple of days, so he will help. And I've counselling soon, so I can deal with these feelings.
I'm guess I'm sharing this for accountability, and because it's hard and I know so many of you can relate
Last time around - the time when PIP was reviewed - my GP surgery were unable to provide a copy of my file because it is lost.
Instead, they printed a patient summary. That had brief mentions of most everything I needed so I went with it, lost PIP and failed the appeal
This time, I asked for an up-to-date printed patient summary first. They only printed 6 months, and it is missing a bunch of stuff
#PersonalIndependencePayment #PIP #UKBenefits
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Among the missing conditions and actions are:
• my diagnosed depression and anxiety,
• my fatigue diagnosis,
• the reason I take anti-vertigo meds,
• my repeated attempts to get physio through the surgery,
• the results of my eventual self-referral to hospital physiotherapy,
• my referral to Occupational Therapy and results of that,
• and my Atrial Fibrillation diagnosis and ongoing care plan.
No wonder I lost PIP last time.
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I'm going to have to do Subject Access Requests (SAR) again, for both the GP surgery and the hospital trust, and be firm about it this time, and then find out how to get all that missing information added into my patient file.
This is energy that I should be spending on self care, on working on independence, on trying to boost my energy levels.
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Also, I have 2 weeks left to complete this form and organisations have a month to respond to SARs. So, Spouse is going to have to request an extension on the application time for me.
When PIP was stopped last time, it broke me.
Why am I putting myself through this again? /rh
Please excuse me. I need a break from screen time, and a nap.
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El, out of spoons error
Samantha Rose 🌹