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lol jude and thanks xx
thanks las xx

Everything crossed for you Puss.................gonna make work a bit tricky, but never mind.

Off now, will look in later to see how it all went.

xx

(((((((((hugs))))))))))

lynn x

Morning Pusser - aww l'll hold your hand, your not a baby. Fingers crossed for you. Take care. Think positive:o)))))) have a slurp on some rescue remedy:o))

jude sarf wales :o) xx

thankyou andy xxx

good luck puss...

will you all hold my hand im so nervous i feel sick ive got to wait al day too
sorry to be a baby but ive got some major decisions to make today x

thankyou xx

Hiya Pusser - l do hope you have'nt got it, you've got enough to contend with with the FM.
l have arthritis but just the ordinary type and its not painful just annoying at the moment. l realise how lucky l am.

Take care:o))

jude sarf wales :o) x

Thinking of you Puss let us know how it goes.

Take care.

Love Linda x

will be thinking of ya puss,xxxhugs

my cousin i have managed to contact has fm/me and pain full joints she is unable to work but has been refused dla, i will let her know its the norm to be refused 1st time so thanks for that, she is appealing with a letter from her gp
personally i would always take the form to your gp and go through it with them, or get a letter from doc and send copys with your claim xx

Thanks for that Stella... I haven't applied for it, to be honest!

Part of my job used to be filling in all the application forms for the residents (I was for a while manager of a residential home for profoundly disabled (but not always physically disabled) young adults) and I had some horrendous ding dongs trying to get the appropriate levels of Allowance!!

Technically, my situation is currently managable, and technically, I should be able to hold down a job of one sort or another. But the reality is that I am a bit all or nothing, and it would stress me right out if I couldn't give 150% to my job!! That makes me so much worse.

Thanks again for your offer.. but I have a sneaky feeling that part of me adjusting to the diagnosis is not to accept the full impact of needing the DA etc! Sticking my head in the sand, a bit, I know, lol

Love

Daff xxx

daff, did you know that when you apply for da they always turn you down on the first application, pm me if you want to know more, i have been there

i have to take bp pills daff coz my damaged kidneys put it up and water tabs aswell as holes in kidneys allow water to seep into tissues what a state to be in , i even take pills to counteract the side effects of the pills i take lol
god, i am getting old!!

good luck puss:))

jetxxx

lol Stella.. mine is a fairly new diagnosis, so I have not really got my head around it.. my previous gp just told me that everything was due to my time of life, and I just had to get on with it, lol. I had a stroke when I was young slim and in my 30's, so those drugs have always needed to be a priority!! No HRT for me, and many of the drugs for RA etc can also raise BP, but I manage it quite well.

The one thing is that I am not unwell enough to receive DA, but in order to manage everything I didn't feel I could commit to a job. Hubby has been brilliant, so I am now officially a kept woman. This means that when I am good, I zoom around the countryside strutting my stuff like a 5 year old, and when I'm not so good, I huddle away indoors, sleep when I want, and basically just hibernate.

Love

Daff xxx

puss, my head pain usually is from my spondelosis in my neck may just be something like that hopefully , good luck with it all anyway

thanks all i so there is different options for arthritis thats good, just hope my exrays are back then a decion can be made, , julie i really admire you and ann, for keeping working this must be so difficult as i know the tramodol, does help but i sleep half the day lol, so working would be out of the question
unless there is a job for a proffessional snorer
julie i said yesterday the head pain is horrendous and hope they find nothing serious wrong and it is the fm, i had this last week and it was nearly as much as i could take so good luck for that xx

daff i too cannot take anti inflammatories because of a kidney condition, so ihave hydrotherapy and steroid injections,
this bloke arthur itis has got some thing to answer for, good job i know mr quaker as well so i get my oats lol