No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1161209 |
| Date: 2025-04-07 21:37:44 |
| Nickname: KitKat |
| Age: 45 |
| Main health condition: Physical health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: Bilateral Developmental Hip dysplasia with secondary osteoarthritis of hips Osteoarthritis of spine with bone spurs & degenerative disc disease Ménière’s disease Trigemenial Neuralgia with TMJ disorder & chronic migraine Opioid induced bowel dysfunction Anxiety & Depression |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Standard |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: I suspect that even though my health has deteriorated since my last review, the assessment will somehow find fit to deny me 4 points in any descriptor |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: I waken every 15/20 mins per night as I can’t lie down without back pain. I am so stiff in the mornings that I need assistance to toilet, wash & dress. On days when my Menieres is flaring I must lie flat due to vertigo, tinnitus, nausea, vomiting & risk of drop attack. This is a very stressful way to live in fear of attacks & therefore can’t be left alone. My mental state is poor due to the fact I need so much support to do simple tasks such as shopping, cooking, dishes etc. I rely on my husband & children to do all the things I should be able to do myself. This is without mention of the daily, debilitating hip, groin, knee & ankle pain that I must endure. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: I will lose standard daily living I am on contribution based ESA & there is talk of that being time limited? I have been on it since my mobility problems started 12 years ago I will loose/have cut the health element of UC I estimate if I loose all of the above I will loose £1000/month & will no longer be able to pay my mortgage |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: My conditions all vary in that I don’t know how I will be from day to day & sometimes hour to hour, and therefore I cannot predict if or when I’d be fit to commit to work. Even a job from home, working online would be impossible on days where I can only lay, with my eyes closed, flat on the floor, with a basin to vomit in as even lying on a bed makes me feel like I’m on a ship in a storm |
| Anything else to tell us: Whilst I know that the disability benefits system can be exploited, the reforms have not considered the implications for those with multiple lower level disabilities that add up to a pretty hefty burden for the person to carry. To be made feel like a fraud or a beggar, when I would love nothing more than to have a healthy body, with which to engage in meaningful employment, is utterly cruel, callous & infact I’d argue, inhumane! |
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