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13 years 6 months ago #27817 by tinkerbell
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just had my esa medical turned up an hour early they asked me everything that was in the benefits and work guide after having to tell them everything it was a trasumatic time they are awful when ur like myself had chemo and radio cant lift ur arm they got me tryting tov bend move my arm up i was in real pain they tried there hardest to try and get me to bend i wasv lucky had my support worker with me a ver4y awful time i will let u know the outcome

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13 years 6 months ago - 13 years 6 months ago #27819 by Crazydiamond
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tinkerbell wrote:

just had my esa medical turned up an hour early they asked me everything that was in the benefits and work guide after having to tell them everything it was a trasumatic time they are awful when ur like myself had chemo and radio cant lift ur arm they got me tryting tov bend move my arm up i was in real pain they tried there hardest to try and get me to bend i wasv lucky had my support worker with me a ver4y awful time i will let u know the outcome


Sorry to hear that you had such a traumatic ESA medical assessment, particularly as you have already had to endure gruelling and unpleasant chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment.

Unfortunately it just epitomises the complete unfairness and the shortcomings of ESA and all that it entails. Hopefully the outcome will be positive and you will receive your correct entitlement.

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13 years 6 months ago #27821 by tinkerbell
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i had a neck disection chemo and radio i have radiotherapy side effects cheonic pain neck spasums i am on two lots of meds that make me drowsy my memory is veryv hazy with the chronic pain i couldnt remember dates they were not understanding in anyway i had been for my check up the day before then this today pathways interview friday i was very lucky to have my support worker with me today i know they have a job i am also going to see a chronic pain specialist hopefully within the next few weeks

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13 years 6 months ago #27825 by Gordon
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I'm sorry this advice is too late for your medical, but in the hope it might be of help to someone else, i have copied the following from the ESA Physical pdf in the members section.

Just say no
If the health professional asks you to do something that you know will cause you pain or severe discomfort you are perfectly free to say that you won’t do it and explain why. If, however, you do something and it hurts, don’t suffer in silence. Tell the health professional you are in pain or they are likely to assume you have no problems with that activity.
And don’t put on a brave face and tell the doctor ‘I manage’ when they ask you about daily living activities. If you do that then they will have no choice but to assume you don’t score points. It’s important that you put aside your normal coping strategies and any desire to avoid appearing to feel sorry for yourself. The health professional can’t make an accurate assessment if you don’t tell them just how difficult your life is, and how miserable that sometimes makes you, no matter how hard that might be to admit.


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