ESA medical

Shitmagnet55 wrote: HaVe my ESA medical tomoro! Am terrified! My copd and asthma is exacerbated at present and I also have degenerative back issues and right leg weakness! Have joined and read all I can on b and w site although it's hard to follow in parts!

Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explain where everything is

Welcome to Benefits and Work

Have a look at the ESA Claim guides there is a section towards the back that covers the assessment and the questions you are likely to be asked, You will notice that very few of them relate directly to the questions on the ESA50 so I would advise you to take a moment before answering.

If you are not already aware, the assessor will consider how you get to the interview as part of your assessment so you need to be prepared to explain how you have managed if your problems would be called into question by your travelling.

If you have more questions, then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Best of luck

Gordon

Shitmagnet55 wrote: Had medical yesterday! Was kept waiting while they presumably spied on me from the many cameras around! Saw one doctor,male! Seemed pleasant enough! The women doctors I saw about all looked like they'd eat you up and spit you out, thankful I didn't get one of those so I couldn't be tempted to lose my rag! The doc kept on about how I got there! Dad took me! And how far I could walk!!!! As I'm having breathing difficulties and my right leg weakness is intermittent,,,, not far! But I hated the whole debacle, I'm a grown added 56 yr iold woman who has worked all life, I'm going to make every effort to live best I can before I die!!! And I felt like a criminal!

Weeks of waiting now to see my fate!!!!!!!

The Decision should only take a couple of weeks.

Gordon