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<blockquote data-quote="ange-eren" data-source="post: 111528" data-attributes="member: 12516"><p>I know wat u mean, ive tried explaining this to DLA & ESA, theres is so much more to being a "diabetic" than we all care to admit to but i said exactly the same to my rep at CAB. At the mo im expected to "live" on £40 per week my food alone comes to that per week i also have my 7 year old to care for etc & i just dont no how im going to survive- my mum & dad have been helping me with food costs but i hate relying on them as they aren't financally "well off" either but when it comes to gas/electric i sit with blankets around me when my son is at school but with my neuropathy im never warm anyway!!!</p><p></p><p>Like you & all us diabetics out there i also have to attend diabetic clinic, eye clinic, podiatrist, GP & DSN on regular basis so like yourself i either get the bus or get a friend to take me appointments as i am prone to get on a bus have a hypo & end up 8 miles away from where i should be, my diabetic consultant says" Im not safe on a pavement let alone in a car!!" so i have never learnt to drive. There was a new act that was goin through Parliment i remember reading somewhere that people with "long term" illnesses would get a payment to help with cost for items not available on prescription etc.... the sooner the better is what i say!!!! :?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ange-eren, post: 111528, member: 12516"] I know wat u mean, ive tried explaining this to DLA & ESA, theres is so much more to being a "diabetic" than we all care to admit to but i said exactly the same to my rep at CAB. At the mo im expected to "live" on £40 per week my food alone comes to that per week i also have my 7 year old to care for etc & i just dont no how im going to survive- my mum & dad have been helping me with food costs but i hate relying on them as they aren't financally "well off" either but when it comes to gas/electric i sit with blankets around me when my son is at school but with my neuropathy im never warm anyway!!! Like you & all us diabetics out there i also have to attend diabetic clinic, eye clinic, podiatrist, GP & DSN on regular basis so like yourself i either get the bus or get a friend to take me appointments as i am prone to get on a bus have a hypo & end up 8 miles away from where i should be, my diabetic consultant says" Im not safe on a pavement let alone in a car!!" so i have never learnt to drive. There was a new act that was goin through Parliment i remember reading somewhere that people with "long term" illnesses would get a payment to help with cost for items not available on prescription etc.... the sooner the better is what i say!!!! :? [/QUOTE]
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