New Short Form Success! Thank you!

I just want to express my thanks for this website and the people here. I have been a member previously and decided to renew again. I am glad I did. I received the new short form and I read the tips - such as getting a letter from the doctor and downloading the full form.

Unfortunately I did not have time to get a letter off my doctor as my allowance was due to run out, I was too poorly to fill it in. However, what I did do was take an old tip and I filled in an old Health Professionals’ Sheet which I downloaded from the Internet.

I have to see my doctor once a month so I passed this to him and explained I had the short form and I was updating him on my current needs at home through this sheet.

I then decided to write an indepth letter to go with the short form to post to disablitly and made sure that I included important points on it that were questions on the longer form.

My family typed the letter as I spoke and it took a few weeks to complete. By the end of it, I had a 42 page letter of things I experience at home, what my life is like, how being disabled makes me feel etc.

I was previously on middle care and high mobility but people said I should have been on high both given the severity of my conditions (and the fact I have 14 different conditions, 6 of which are severe) although I never challenged this because I was scared and also because I was grateful for what I did receive. I was always awarded in stints of 2 and 3 years.

I got a letter today saying that they have not only awarded me indefinitely after all these years, but, they have also given me high rate care too! I am so happy! Still concerned over PIP but for the time being I am pleased that the short form can be a success and that it is not a waste of time putting effort into explaining how you feel and are, and how giving the doctor the sheet explaining how things are at home also worked! Thanks again!

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It should be a smiley face for the topic, I must have dotted the wrong one sorry!

Hi Annubis

Well done, and thanks for sending us some positive news.

Derek

Thank you Derek!

I should explain that the long letter was started as soon as I got the short form. It took a few weeks to do and by the time I saw my doctor it was too late to wait another few weeks for him to do an indepth letter, so filling in the old professional's form worked wonders I feel, and certainly helped contribute to the decision as they had used the doctors report for the decision along with my letter.

I am so glad I became a member again - I could not remember my old details to had to log in as a new member, but can say that paying the membership is worth it because I don't think I would have been this successful without this site and the tips.

I just want others not to panic if they get the short form - just do additional pages giving as much details as you can. I know mine was pretty long and they were likely fed up of reading it but they just had my letter, my prescription form and the short form and the doctors form that they sent him to fill in to make the decision. I panicked because I thought it would not be enough evidence, and I am relieved it was.

I put my sole faith in God and tried not to lose hope - and your site is, in itself a pure Godsend for many.

I changed the smiley for you. It did look odd when you received your award.

Heehee, thank you Derek, that looks a million times better