I was supposed to see Dr B on the 6th of Feb, but for one reason or another it got cancelled and now I won’t see him until March. By the time I do see him, it will have been about 6 months since my last appointment. It’s pretty unacceptable, but when you only have […]
Life
My Flawed WCA
As I mentioned in my last post, I am now going to talk about my most recent WCA and how flawed it was in favour of the DWP The stress and anxiety of the WCA doesn’t just start on the day that your assessment is. It starts the moment you open the letter that says […]
ATOS, DWP & WCA – Why All The Hype?
Who are Atos? The problem here is that the DWP has outsourced the conducting of the Work Capability Assessments (WCA) to a company that specialises in IT – by their own admission. The company do not have the expertise to provide the skills necessary for conducting this brutal assessments. In my case, they have very […]
An Update On My Journey
So, I was looking back through my blog and noticed that it had been quite a while since I posted anything about my mental health journey. I was shocked to see that it had been nearly 5 months and thought that I had better update my blog with everything that has been going on in […]
Jamies Birthday Trip: Bath – Home
So, after we left the hotel we headed into a park and ride on the outskirts of Bath. I think Jamie was really relived to get there. The hills that Sat Nav Lady took us up were quite crazy. Here is one of them, the picture doesn’t do justice to the steep incline that was […]
Jamies Birthday Trip: Stonehenge – Bath
So, once we left Stonehenge, we made our way to Avebury. Jamie wanted to visit here as she had read about it in one of her OU courses. The drive there was nice because it took us through the countryside and through some tiny villages and through some nice rolling hills. As we were driving […]
Jamies Birthday Trip: Home – Stonehenge
So, I asked Jamie what she wanted for her birthday. Her first response was to go back home to Utah to visit friends and family. She realised that she wasn’t able to get the time off work so that plan went out the window. She then decided that she has always wanted to go to […]
Ten Things About Me
When Jamie & I were on our last trip, she said that she had some things we could do on a road trip. One of them was a list of 30 questions to answer about ourselves. We didn’t end up doing it because the scenery took our attention away. Well, I thought I would try […]
Dear Seetec – I Hate You!
So, I received a letter last week from the DWP stating that I failed to attend an appointment with Seetec on August 8th and that I needed a ‘good reason’ as to why I didn’t turn up. If I didn’t have a good enough reason then my entitlement to my ESA may be affected. I […]
What Do You See?
I had an appointment with Shirley yesterday and one of the things we touched upon was how I see life. She made a list and did 5 check marks and 5 crosses. She then asked me how I interpreted the answers. I did that and decided that I would put it out to vote to […]