No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1163219 |
| Date: 2025-04-09 12:03:44 |
| Nickname: Sueb62 |
| Age: 63 |
| Main health condition: Both physical and mental health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: osteoarthritis predominantly in both knees, and toes, my fingers and wrists.. I am 63 years old, and have lived in absolute pain for years, and housebound, every little wobbly step I take is beyond excruciating, it leaves me mentally and physically drained. I dream of just being able to get up on my feet and walk.. walk in the woods or on a beach! the hardest thing is knowing that I cannot dance with my son, at his wedding this month. I feel a burden as I have to have family members help me with things I cannot manage. If I was to become a financial burden on my family, it is beyond thought. |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Standard |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: I have been told by PIP I have my award until February 2030.. but we will see. |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: bathing, I had a bathing cushion, and when I let the air out to be able to "sit" in the bath.. I slipped off the cushion. it was so embarrassing, I could not get back on it, it took my 2 sons around an hour, coaxing and trying to haul me up on to the bathing cushion. I don't use that anymore, I have now a special bathing seat, but only my legs can soak in the water, I have to use an old fashioned set of shower head (the one that has suction cups that you push on to the taps, again I do not have strength in my hands to do this, my sons do. Everything is a struggle, I can't change bed linen, lift, and I have a wheelchair, but I have to get someone to push me, as I don't have the physical strength to be able to self propel. Incontinence, embarrassing. I have bad osteoarthritis, my left knee is fused, so I cannot extend my leg outwards. Pain everywhere, and always picking up a virus, or an infection, there is absolutely no joy in what I have. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: I am too afraid to even think about it, plus I have dyscalculia, so iam not at all great with numbers. |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: transportation.. i don't drive, and couldn't drive with my legs. I live on top of a hill, with a steep downward hill, I couldn't negotiate this on my own, and couldn't even get back up the hill in my wheelchair. I couldn't manage a bus alone. I have concrete stairs down to my front door, which I am terrified of. I dont think there is a job I could do.. in all honesty. |
| Anything else to tell us: I cannot understand what goes through the government's minds! None of them seem to be of medical background, so it is beyond me when I read that working is good for your mental health! no it's going to multiply my mental health. What's happening now is pushing my anxiety and ocd through the roof. I wouldn't wish the pain I go through 24/7 365 on anyone. It's so cruel to pick upon the weak, and vulnerable.. this worry is adding to mental health. I am on antidepressants, I have had depression for years, and it is the most awful thing, your mind being swallowed up by a great big black clad crakken. |
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