Re: Disability Lving Allowance.
Hi Peter dealing with the fact you have no hypo symptoms must be hard to live with I know I spend most of my day trying to work out am I to high or to low so not being able to that must be frustration. Have you ever considered getting a dog for diabetes. They now train dogs to alert you if you are low. Here's a link to a website
http://www.dogs4diabetics.com/
I know it doesn't have much to do with dla but if they have stopped it you could see if they would fund one of these dogs for you. Anyway just a thought.
Good luck
peter.c said:i have type 1 with complications.
i do not get any warning signs when taking a hypo and i just collapse and become unconsious..
i had been getting dla for a number of years because i need somebody with me all the time.
i am at the moment going through an appeal as they say i am fit enough and dont meet the
requirements..my argument is if i was alone and collapsed in the street how long would i lie there until somebody phoned an ambulance.
if somebody was with me they could inject me with glucose to bring me round i have tried expaning all this to the dla but nobody seems to listen and i have to wait until a date is set for an appeal hearing.after waiting 15 months i finally have a hearing date.they also sent 1 of there drs to examine me at home and she couldnt understand why my dla had been stopped.i feel the goverment are targetting disabled people to claw back money on there cut backs which i feel is totally unfair..
peter
Hi Peter dealing with the fact you have no hypo symptoms must be hard to live with I know I spend most of my day trying to work out am I to high or to low so not being able to that must be frustration. Have you ever considered getting a dog for diabetes. They now train dogs to alert you if you are low. Here's a link to a website
http://www.dogs4diabetics.com/
I know it doesn't have much to do with dla but if they have stopped it you could see if they would fund one of these dogs for you. Anyway just a thought.
Good luck