Since I have received the letter from the benefits people, I have been very down! Not surprising really, but it is also taking it's toll on my Fibro! A well known symptom of the disease is that stress exacerbates the pain, and I have certainly had plenty of that in the last week! I went to the doctors last Friday and got my sick note, which I have now sent to the benefits office with my letter informing them that I am appealing against their decision and asking for copies of all the reports they have for my case, as decreed by the Freedom of Information Act. The problem I have is that my benefits will stop next week, and I don't know how quickly they will act on my letter and sick note. I was told that as long as I sent in a sick note with my appeal, my benefits would continue until my appeal was heard! The other problem I have is that I am going on holiday on 13th June, and I have no doubt I will be coming back to letters and demands to go into the Jobcentre for work based interviews! Another daft idea the government have come up with - people who are given this benefit have to go into the Jobcentre and be interviewed to see if they are able to apply for jobs! Ridiculous really, if they aren't fit to work, what is the point? I thought the whole point of this change in the system was to save money, seems to me they are spending more! I fear this debacle will go on for a lot longer than I have the stamina for!
I also had a bad day last Thursday, it would have been my lovely mum's 86th birthday had she still been with us, and I miss her so much! My heart still aches for her, and my arms want just one more cuddle and to tell her I love her! But I know that she knows that, and I also know that she is very proud of us all. I just wish she was here to see it, my lovely mum, my rock, the woman who made me who I am today. Love you mum, with all my heart, always and forever. xxxx
My lovely mum, I always light a candle for her on her birthday.
On the brighter side of life, we have had a spell of glorious weather, which usually makes me feel so much better, but alas this is not the case on this occasion! I still feel rubbish, and when I was at the docs last week I also asked for some stronger sleeping tablets and he upped my Amitriptyline to 25 mgm from 10 mgm, so since then I have felt like a zombie! Everything I do takes me three times as long, and I sometimes feel like my brain is sloshing around in my head! I also feel like things in front of me are moving around, a bit like being on a boat in a storm! Yuck! But I did get a good nights sleep, so now I just have to decide if the side effects are worth it!
On Saturday we went to see our friends Elaine and Vic at their new residence in Northampton and had a lovely afternoon and evening with a barbecue and a few glasses of bubbly to celebrate their retirement! We will also be in Spain at the same time in June, as they are making their way over there to do some work on the apartment they are moving into before the weather gets too warm! Lots of happy times ahead I hope, with two very good friends! Sunday we spent the day at home, just chilling out, sunbathing and eating! Bliss! Sitting outside for breakfast makes the whole day seem so much better!
This weekend coming up is the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, who has this year been on the throne for 60 years, an incredible achievement for one so young when she started - she was only 26 when she became Queen Elizabeth II!! We have a very busy weekend too, Aaron moves into his first ever home on Saturday and we will be in Leeds helping him move. We will be going up on Saturday morning and returning Sunday evening. On Monday we will be going to a neighbours house for a Jubilee Party, and Elaine and Vic will be joining us, with Vic's mum Mary. So for the next few days I will be getting the house sorted ready for them coming, thankfully the cleaner will be here Thursday so I am going to ask her to help me clear out the little bedroom, and we will be moving everything into the study for a few days! Well, until we go to Spain - we keep thinking we have taken everything we need then we find more 'stuff' to take! This gets piled into the little bedroom, and piled, and piled! But hopefully this will be the last lot, especially as the Christmas decorations are now going! I want some over there just incase we ever get a Christmas over there, maybe one day we will! The only thing I cannot do is be away from my boys on Christmas day, they will always be my priority!
So all in all a busy few days ahead, a nice weekend of celebrations to look forward to, and some good times with my lovely hubby Richard, my boys Aaron and Luke and their partners Vicki and Abby, and also with special friends Elaine and Vic! All it leaves is for me to say Happy Diamond Jubilee Lizzy, and here's to many more!
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