Thanks for signing mine. Yes DLA is hell. Leisje of flickr told me this
"M.E. is a serious illness . . . In Holland a lot of people think that people with ME should follow a graded exercise programme because here apparently a lot of people have benefitted from it. But it is not for everybody. Every person is different. Now people who are on a disability benefit have to go through a re-examination again because it is costing the government too much money. Those who suffer from M.E. can only still get a disability benefit if they are too ill too dress themselves. Everybody else gets a normal benefit which means they have to start applying for jobs again. Which as you know is impossible for (some if not most) M.E. sufferers. So now the politicians are talking again of making it an official disease. Let's hope that they will succeed.
How do I envy your ability to make things grow! I am struggeling with the plants I have, but had to put another one in the compost today... Still I'm dreaming of tomato plants... You're surely an inspiration!
I've had ME/CFS since March 9th 1992. I am lucky that I got an early diagnosis, and also that I was advised to rest as much as I needed to. My belief is that because of that I am far less disabled than I might have been... I can garden still to a limited extent (hubby does all the hard work and I do the fiddly bits) and I'm rediscovering drawing, knitting, and my love of spinning and textiles.
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Gorgeous, your amaryllis' swan song.
Take care,
Laura
Thanks for signing mine. Yes DLA is hell. Leisje of flickr told me this
"M.E. is a serious illness . . . In Holland a lot of people think that people with ME should follow a graded exercise programme because here apparently a lot of people have benefitted from it. But it is not for everybody. Every person is different.
Now people who are on a disability benefit have to go through a re-examination again because it is costing the government too much money. Those who suffer from M.E. can only still get a disability benefit if they are too ill too dress themselves. Everybody else gets a normal benefit which means they have to start applying for jobs again. Which as you know is impossible for (some if not most) M.E. sufferers. So now the politicians are talking again of making it an official disease. Let's hope that they will succeed.
How do I envy your ability to make things grow! I am struggeling with the plants I have, but had to put another one in the compost today... Still I'm dreaming of tomato plants... You're surely an inspiration!
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