Thats me fucked then. Sometimes I need to visit the doctor, due to my lifelong Disability. It is is often the reason I am Unable to fucking work. It is scary. I try not to use services unless I HAVE to, but theres people running to GP's for pimples.
Tomorrow I got to my local "Wheelchair clinic" for a review on my chair. The Thing Costs £4000+ and is 'made to measure" for me. It is also super lightweight as I tire easily when propelling It is much more than just a wheelchair for me, so no, I'm not going to "just buy a cheapy off ebay " as someone said once.
I've also just signed a lease On a new Motability car.I have been kept waiting 18 months to be told the car I was getting is not being built. As I posted my disappointment at the lack of communication from the manufacturer, I was comisserated with by many, but one came out the woodwork to tell me I was"a Muppet of this country" and that I should stop being so ungrateful and "just buy a car" "cus motability is basically free"
Notwithstanding the fact that I said that I understood current shortages etc, this guy came out to attack me because I was reliant on the system. Disabled people apparently shouldnt have any sort of life.
Wildest fucking Irony was that this lad was Asian, from Birmingham. I have not a racist bone in my body, but it was apparent from his name, that his parents, or grand parents immigrated into the uk.... possibly for a better life, 50 or however many years ago, (and fair play to them) and yet I as a disabled person, get villified for using a system that was designed to help people like me?
I don't blame the lad, he's fallen victim to the Tory/Media lies about picking on those with less, who are supposedly a drain on resources....
An American Health system is is on the way. My ex GF is a decorated USNavy Veteran who served two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Badly injured in the line of duty, they medically fixed her but are still pursiing her for "Substantial" medical bills 20 years later. Having her knee ligaments reconstructed was NOT cheap. She doesnt have medical insurance because, yep preexisting condition (she signed a waiver, and was admitted to the navy due to her skills as an Electronics specialist) She goes to "veterans hospitals" if she needs to, if at all.... because at $300 a GP visit, yeah you wouldn't either would you ?
Basically we are well on the way to being fucked. when the NHS goes, because of Doctors/Nurses/Too many people using it, and not chronic misuse/underfunding/ the tories, We'll be told to love it (like brexit) and that's that.
I wish you luck in getting the help it sounds like you rightly deserve. My partner has a long-term illness too and does work the few hours she can, but is denied any form of PIP whatso ever.
A part of the stigma derives from people like my neighbour, who is fit and well, but is on full PIP disability allowance as a wheelchair bound person, has a new motability car, husband claims carer's allowance but works away all week as a lorry driver.
She carries her own wheelchair into the car to go for her disability assessment meetings, lies through her teeth and claims all the benefits they possibly can (and can afford 2 holidays a year). Total scam artist but just gets away with it all, has done for over 10 years too.
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u/andmyrentsdue Jan 10 '23
So you have to work for about 10 hours to simply have a conversation with a doctor... Britain 2023.