DLA Alert!

So, there's a HUGE elephant in the room . . . . I have my latest DLA claim sitting under the coffee table awaiting completion.  Its lurking, mouldering, glaring at me under its eyelashes; every so often it creeps out to remind me its there.

I know I've got to complete it and get it sent off - how I'd cope without my DLA I hate to imagine - and I've done half of it, but that was the easy half.  Now I've got to the questions that really get to the heart of my disability; I've got to put in words the struggles I face daily - the simple things like just getting out of bed, getting in and out of the bath, getting myself something to eat.  All those things most people take for granted - the things I used to take for granted - and now I struggle to do for myself.

I've got to put into writing how my lovely husband - now retired, who should be thinking about himself, not looking after his younger wife - has to look after me throughout the day.  How he does most of the cooking, ironing, helps me get up from bed, the sofa, in & out of the bath, etc.

My health has been so low for the last couple of months and I'm wondering if this is part of the problem - I know the government has to make cuts but the worry about losing this - and my Incapacity Benefit - is stressing me out so much.  I paid into the system all my working life yet now I live in fear that my only source of income is going to be taken away from me.  I have friends who have had this happen and the thought of it makes me so scared.  Without my money we can't manage on my husband's pension (we're barely managing now).

I know I HAVE to get this completed this weekend and posted on Tuesday but every time I psych myself up to do it the gremlins kick in and I'm too afraid to open the paperwork.

Wish me luck - tomorrow's THE day.

Honest

Update 9th May:  
Slightly late but all the questions are completed.  Just waiting for my supporting statements to come in and we're ready to go!