clarification on wording my Wifes pip application.

Hi
I have 14 days to fill in my Wife's pip application.She has just started Chemotherapy two weeks ago after having an op for bowel cancer.
My Question is As my wife is not well enough to fill in the pip application form.
Can I fill it in for her and address the information as my wife has difficulty etc

Or do I get her to quote her problems and I write them out,
And inform pip I have done this.

Her current conditions being osteoarthritis in her hip causing mobility problems. and bowel incontinence due to the cancer.
Can I also add the problems she is having with the Chemotherapy or will it not count due to length of time on the Chemotherapy medication thanks.

Thanks for your reply Gordon and yes I will be using the PIP Claim guide to help me frame the answers in regard to her problems.

My only other question is MY Wife has just started Chemotherapy two weeks ago.
And the side effects are just starting to show now.
Am I able to include these side effects in her claim or do they have to be present for at least three month.
As it will probably at least 6 month from now that pip actually look at this claim.
Thanks again.

As said earlier my wife is being treated for bowel cancer.
She has suffered with hip problems for the last six month but due to the cancer she has not had it diagnosed until recently as osteoarthritis.

Is it possible to include her hip problems ie osteoarthritis in her pip claim as she has been suffering mobility problems with this for the past six month.

Or would it be disallowed due to the 3 month before and nine month after rule.

Thanks for all your help.

The 3 months back rule applies to the problem, not the diagnosis itself. As you state that your wife has been having problems for 6 months, and OA is a long-term condition, you are perfectly justified in including it in her PIP claim.