Emily Griffiths
01-06-15, 16:16
Hi,
So I'm new to this forum and also new to claiming for ESA. The process has only just started, and naturally I have a million and one worries about it. I'm terrified that they are going to find me "fit for work" when I'm really not. I would really like some second opinions from people who have claimed ESA and been both successful and unsuccessful, so I can gauge whether or not I have a chance of being successful. I'll try and summarise because there's a lot going on.
Three years ago, I was hit by a car as a pedestrian. I suffered numerous injuries. I contracted glandular fever a short while after, and since then I've had basically no immune system. I've had countless bouts of the flu and tonsillitis. I've suffered immensely with recurring UTI's (with bladder and kidney infections - and have been hospitalised many times for them). Because of this, I now have referrals to Urology and Immunology. I suffer with severe depression, anxiety and PTSD and am being investigated for possibly having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or something of the sort. On my worst days, I can't get out of bed, not even to shower or eat. I'm in constant pain and I am constantly exhausted. I've been in and out of hospital over the past six months having surgery and then developing infections and complications. The strain that the past 3 years has been, has really taken it's toll on my body and I am at my wits end because I am so poorly all the time. Do you think this is a severe enough situation that they will grant me ESA, or is there any way they might find me "fit for work"? I will be devastated if they don't grant it, because I dread to think how badly having to work, will affect me.
Thank you for all your support :)
So I'm new to this forum and also new to claiming for ESA. The process has only just started, and naturally I have a million and one worries about it. I'm terrified that they are going to find me "fit for work" when I'm really not. I would really like some second opinions from people who have claimed ESA and been both successful and unsuccessful, so I can gauge whether or not I have a chance of being successful. I'll try and summarise because there's a lot going on.
Three years ago, I was hit by a car as a pedestrian. I suffered numerous injuries. I contracted glandular fever a short while after, and since then I've had basically no immune system. I've had countless bouts of the flu and tonsillitis. I've suffered immensely with recurring UTI's (with bladder and kidney infections - and have been hospitalised many times for them). Because of this, I now have referrals to Urology and Immunology. I suffer with severe depression, anxiety and PTSD and am being investigated for possibly having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or something of the sort. On my worst days, I can't get out of bed, not even to shower or eat. I'm in constant pain and I am constantly exhausted. I've been in and out of hospital over the past six months having surgery and then developing infections and complications. The strain that the past 3 years has been, has really taken it's toll on my body and I am at my wits end because I am so poorly all the time. Do you think this is a severe enough situation that they will grant me ESA, or is there any way they might find me "fit for work"? I will be devastated if they don't grant it, because I dread to think how badly having to work, will affect me.
Thank you for all your support :)