When people read that I get just over £300 a month total income from a disability benefit, many people often think you aren’t claiming all you can and they reply and tell you about other benefits or extra discounts you can get. When I reply that I am not eligible, some people don’t understand you … Read more
Multiple BIG issues living where I live that leave me living in a street that gets flooded every time it rains and even has sewerage in the garden, right up to the front door when it rains heavy! Every time! Plus trapped with a road that is so damaged I couldn’t get out with a … Read more
My name is Heather and I am writing a public plea to the UK government and NICE to do something so that people like myself can get a legal painkiller (Cannabis) on the NHS.I know that they are very unlikely to read this, but I can only try. To the government and NICE, please change … Read more
Over the last year and especially over the last few months, prices of essentials has been rapidly increasing. Everything is getting more expensive in England. The majority of price increases have been due to Brexit and prices continue to climb every day. Being chronically ill, disabled, housebound and unable to work, I only live on … Read more
Having chronic fatigue (CFS), I should be able to get a free flu vaccine every year but I don’t!Why? Because doctors, nurses and other people read the eligibility but as they don’t see CFS/ME written there, they say you aren’t eligible. YOU ARE!CFS/ME are neurological conditions which DO qualify for a free flu vaccine. The … Read more
Every day is such a battle. A battle with health, money and just life. I wake up at 11am with my alarm otherwise I would sleep all day due to chronic fatigue plus the opioids and amitriptyline! I struggle to get up and feel like I haven’t slept even though I have had 11 hours. … Read more