Another dip on that bugger of a roller coaster mate. Hopefully the up comes again soon. Thinking of you and your wife, that’s a terrible way to find out, but keep on the fight. Best wishes to you both.
You’ve come across so strong during this period Badger; keep that up mate. Sad to hear this latest news and all my best wishes to you and your wife. Thinking of you.
Well we have little kids and I woud worry a bit I suppose when they get to a gang age! But actually totteham is a great (where we lived) and very up and coming albeit we were in the posher bit! But we left because we wanted a house / space and northampton offered good value i think and we love our nice town house with all its character (built 1860)! very good train links to london (45 mins) so handy for me and work and also we have family in daventry which is handy for baby sitting. I keep finding nice places in northapton too. The Goad Loaf for breakfast is very nice!
Oh Badger more **** news! Tears in my eyes. Isn't it a great shame there is nothing we can all do? I'm sure we just would,(even if we like to disagree on here occasionally). Thinking of you and wishing both of you all the best mate?
Oh St B - what horrid news and a terrible way to hear it. Keep strong and know that so many people are thinking of you and your wife.
Thank you all for your lovely messages of support. You are the nicest people I have never met. My wife is the most amazing person I have ever known and just carries on relentlessly, rarely complaining and forever hiding any increase in pain. I feel so upset for her because although she hates being ill, she actually looked forward to seeing the consultant and would always ask after his two young children. She also enjoyed the manner in which he explained how her cancer was either stable or changing, by the use of scan images showing before and current images and pointing out the differences. In December he specifically said that he would see her on the 11th January, to discuss the latest scan and to potentially change any treatment (should it be required) to one that was just tablet based, removing the need to spend 2-3 hours receiving two bags of infused drugs, every 3 weeks. So, when the appointment didn’t happen how we expected it to, my wife, for the first time, felt as if she was just a number/name on a sheet of paper, rather than a person. She has had her treatment today and is understandably tired, especially as it has stopped her from having her daily bed rest, but she is in fine spirits. Thank you all again for your kind words.
The state of this Dickensian villain... https://www.theguardian.com/money/2...fter-tycoon-issues-eviction-notices?CMP=fb_gu
That’s appalling. Unfortunately the problem won’t be solved just by building more houses. All too often when so-called “affordable” housing is built, they are snapped up by private landlords like the delightful Mr Wilson and the whole disgraceful cycle goes on. The biggest need in this country is for social housing on secure tenancies.
This is awful. Section 21 evictions need to be stopped, but won’t be because too many MPs are landlords and they will not vote to make evicting people more difficult for themselves. Just as they voted against changing the law to make ALL rented accommodation habitable. I can’t find it, but I am also sure that I have seen tales about families with children below a certain age (can’t remember what age) being served with no fault eviction notices, simply because the law changed and made it a legal responsibility of the landlord to repair broken/faulty boilers within 48 hours of being notified of the problem. Many years ago landlords welcomed tenants on benefits, because the money was (and still is if on the old benefits system) paid direct to them and was guaranteed. Now they are turning away from tenants on benefits because of Universal Credit, where the money is paid to the tenant who may or may not pay it to the landlord. Well, the selfish bastards might choose to buy food to feed themselves and their families instead of paying the rent.
Pension Credit. The qualification for this is being changed and will potentially make poorer pensioners up to £7000 worse off, per annum. Currently you qualify for this when the elder person, in a marriage reaches pensionable age. This is now changing and will not be payable until the younger partner reaches pensionable age. As you can guess, there has not been an announcement proclaiming the values of this change and it is just “a coincidence”, according to the DWP that this is happening whilst everyone is distracted by Brexit.
My wife has just received another Capability for Work Questionnaire to complete. What a wonderful country we now live in, when people with terminal illness are continually pestered by the DWP to prove that they are not capable of working.
Jeeze. It never rains eh? It's astonishing how insensitive and hopeless some of these people are. I guess automation being part of the problem. Try and laugh at it, it's probably the best way.
I think the problem is automation, and unfortunately fraud. It really is ridiculous that she has to fill it out, but without checks in place the system is too open for abuse. You would think though a doctor's report or suchlike would suffice. Sorry to hear of your woes Badger, and as LTL says, it is tough (and easy for me to say on a forum), but try to keep your chin up.
Thank you. I think benefit fraud (which I don’t support) is less than the public are lead to believe, and pales into insignificance when compared to the amount of money the country loses, as a result of clever accounting. In one way you might say my wife is “fortunate” that she has cancer, as she doesn’t have to answer every question, with some reliance for answers being passed onto the medical profession. But for those who have never seen one of these forms, I will list a few random questions that they use to determine if you are capable of working. Can you lift at least one arm high enough to put something in the top pocket of a coat or jacket while you are wearing it? Can you lift one of your arms above your head? Can you pick up and move a half litre carton of milk? Can you use either hand to: Press a button such as a telephone keypad. Or turn the pages of a book. Or pick up a £1 coin. Can you SEE to cross a road safely by your self ( my wife can SEE to cross a road but couldn’t do it safely because of lack of strength to get her wheelchair up and down pavement ramps). Can you set an alarm clock or use a washing machine? Most people being asked to complete this form will be able to do all the above, but it doesn’t mean that they are capable of working. The whole system is loaded in favour of cutting benefits at all cost, and feck the people who get financially hurt and have their character maligned in the process.
