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Message: <blockquote data-quote="leahkian" data-source="post: 1648394" data-attributes="member: 32193"><p>Diabetes can make you disabled by all the parts of the body it effects but like most people it depends on the person who has it and how it effects them as no one is the same. A few years back i was sent for a medical by the ESA at the time i was at end stage renal failure, was sleeping 18 hours a day, had serve mental health problems and my diabetes on top. I was in 30 mins and a week later got a letter saying i was fit for work, so i contacted them to ask how i was fit for work and they replied because the doctor said so and i could appeal but there was not much hope of getting it overturned. I got in contact with my renal and transplant team, i also contacted my diabetes doctor who is one of the top diabetic doctors in Europe, my GP and the mental health team. I told them that i was to appeal and would like the doctor who said i was fit for work to be there as we went in front of 3 people who would say if he was right. On the day my transplant nurse came and also a mental health nurse. The doctor went in first to explain how i was fit for work and we followed after we waited for 2 mins before being called back in. I was told that i was not fit for work and asked to wait outside why they explained why i was not fit after 5 mins my 2 nurses came out and the doctor shot off. I asked what had happened and they said all we can tell you is that he won't be doing anymore assesments again, i never claimed that i was disabled because of diabetes but if the doctor had bothered to contact my medical care team it would not have come to that. I have about a month ago got a letter off PIP asking for any new info even though my claim is till Dec 18, they say this will speed up when i reapply. I got it just after my SPK transplant and on the new form i got you had a choice off three answers which were better, worse or no change, since my last award i have nerve damage all over my body causing serve pain, an enlarged bladder which can hol over 2 litres of fliud and have to self catheterize 4 times a day, bowel  problems which means i can't go or i need to go very fast and am also tired and have no energy also some other ongoing medical problems. Before i sent the letter back i had to see my transplant doctor and told him and he said that they are to right to him for a consultants view and i asked him when would i be able to work and he replied not for a very long time yet if ever. So am i disabled i don't no that is my answer my dad is as he has polio but says i am more disabled than him, so i just don't have a clue anymore!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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