So having struggled to stay afloat for god knows how long today the rug gets pulled out again , if you feel ok don't read on its going get real depressing.
For those who know me you'll know my partner has been physically and mentally unwell for a very long time , heart issues , pneumonia at least ten times in the last 18 months , hospitalised twice for overdoses so we've been claiming pip and carers , because of my own mental health problems plus some physical ones lve only worked part time for myself , the long winter has been tough and my work has dried up , so due to the new fantastic government shake up partner had to have an assessment, the letter came back today and was pretty unbelievable, half of it was pack of lies , the woman who did the assessment said my partner said she enjoyed going out socialising with her freinds and daughter , sounds harsh but she no longer has any freinds she hasn't been out with or had a freind round in well over ten years she doesn't like people in general because of her depression , she only leaves the house with me except on rare occasions.
Long and short of it is they say she is fit for work without contacting her psychiatrist , Gp or hospital consultant all of which would say no way she is fit for work .
So the situation from today is no money coming in , no savings left except enough to cover us for maybe a month , neither of us are well enough to work full time , we have some rent arrears from a few years ago so if we miss a payment we are out , basically as the title says .
She's contacted her psychiatrist who says they didn't even contact him , there is an appeals process but we don't know how long it takes or the chances of the outcome being any different , has anyone been through the appeal ?
Trying hard not to cave in but we both know prospects are not good , it's hard to see any way out right now other than a cupboard full of morphine and codien that the bleeding chemist keeps sending , nothing can be done until Monday now anyway so just sit and worry .
Thanks and sorry for the depressing post .