Benefit Scrounging Scum: The Broken Of Britian Response To DLA Reform Consultation

Benefit Scrounging Scum: The Broken Of Britian Response To DLA Reform Consultation

The cost of a life

Ok so the snow turned out not to be quite as pathetic as I thought it would be. In fact I have about had enough now. It’s turned in to a nightmare. A real nightmare, so far 2 people have frozen to death. That’s the only two we have heard about so far but I’m sure that once the roads are open proplery more will be found. The 2 that have died so far, a man and a woman, was in there garden and must of fell not been able to get help and froze. Meals on wheels have been struggling to get to the people that they help; it’s only a matter of time before we find out how many have starved to death. These lives could have been saved. They did not need to die in such a poor way. Alone, cold, hungery, scared. All it would have taken is for someone to bother. I’m not on about the government, councils, or people that work for organisations such as meals on wheels. As far as I’m concerned they are doing their best. No, all it needs is for people to get off their arses. Yes snow is fun. Yes snow is cold and wet. Yes it’s dangerous. But how much effort would it take for someone to walk next door, down the road, or even phone and see if anyone needed help. Why can’t Joe bloggs next door go and ask Mrs. 92 if she has enough food, if her boiler is working properly? If you’re going down the shop why not ask the little old man who can hardly walk if he wants some milk or bread? Why not ask the mother with a newborn baby if she needs anything? Why think that someone else is going to do it. Not everyone has a family that can look after them and those that do may not be able to help. How much time and effort is it going to take? How many lives could we save if we as a nation got off our arses and done something about it. Everyone is complaining that they can’t get to work but how many people have you seen out there with a shovel helping to clear the streets? I have not seen one person. It doesn’t always take money to save a life most of the time it’s just time. Plain and simple. 5 mins here, 10 mins there, half hour cooking a meal for the man down the street.


Put yourself in there position. You’re old, infirm, unwell, have a new baby. How would you feel? Someone that reads this might be one of those. The person that is writing this is. I am disabled. I have a young child. I went out and asked complete strangers if they needed help. I phoned around friends and family and asked if they needed anything. If I can manage to struggle down the shop in the snow, with a baby, on crutches to get my nana some food why can’t everyone pull together? Why is it we are either too scared, embarrassed, or damn right stubborn, to ask for help or to offer it? Yes everyone that I asked if they needed help barr my nana didn’t. But the point is help was offered. I’m not saying go and ask your neighbours if they want their drive cleared, and when they say no, wait up till there asleep and do it anyway. That would be pointless and cold. But offer.

It could save a life.



Enough of the rant now. I know everyone’s properly sick of them now but have some snow pics:

update

It’s been awhile since I last posted. So here’s the quick low down of what I have been up to in the time I have vanished.

I fell out of the bath. It’s easier said than done. Falling in the bath is easy falling out takes real talent, baby I have that talent!!! I managed to dislocate my knee in the process and have a few extra bruises to add the works.

We pulled up the carpet in the hall way which meant I have spent the last 2 nights out of my mind due to the chemical cleaner we had to use to get the sticky stuff up. I honestly can’t believe that stuff is legal....wow



Hallway



We have a new kitten... She’s roughly 9weeks old. So feisty, cute, and looks a damn sight better then when we got her. She was flea ridden had ticks under weight and couldn’t clean herself. In the 4 days we have had her she has learnt to clean herself, steadily putting on a little bit of weight. She is so clumsy as while trying to play with one of our other cats she fell off the table head first and busted her tooth so that now pointing the wrong way and is going to cost almost £200. To put right. We haven’t manage to find a name that suits her so please feel free to leave a comment or message me any name ideas or suggestions you have. If I choose a name from you then I will be giving you a little surprise, nothing big.

Kitten

It’s nearly Xmas. He he are you as excited as me? I can’t wait. We got our first lot of snow today. It was pathetic and within 2 hours had pretty much melted, but.....it snowed. Hopefully the first lot of loads. I’m not normally a snow person I like to look at it, but when I spend most of my life on crutches it makes things that are already hard for me seem impossible. Instead of clambering down the shop for some bread, I’m out travelling frozen wastelands looking for the lost treasure of some long dead pirate. Braving freezing temperatures, hidden patches of ice that are intend on slipping me up. Pretty to look at but deadly.

Pathetic snow

I have an appointment due to come through sometime next year with a neurologist. Should be interesting. It’s in London again which is going to be a problem but hopefully we get lost again. I can’t afford another £50. Taxi fair just because we didn’t know where we parked.

One of my biggest cosmetic problems is dealing with the endless bruising that is part and package of EDS. It’s an absolute nightmare. I woke up this morning with a bruise on my inner leg the size of an orange. How it got there, well your guess is as good as mine. It wouldn’t be such a problem but I have only just started to get rid of the bruising from falling down the stairs awhile ago. Which is the reason for my absence. My little trip has given a lot more time to work on crafty bits. I have major problems with my cross stitch at the moment as nothing seems to be right. I think I have used the wrong grey for one of the wolves, the sky don’t seem in the right position. The only thing that seems vaguely right is the tree which I have only got half way through. I’m considering starting all over again providing that I can unstitch it without damaging the Aida. I really want to get it finished before my next project arrives. A Xmas stocking for my son cross stitched with polar bears and presents. I think it will be a mad dash to get it finished ready for Santa to fill up.


I have had an eye test and pick up new glasses on Wednesday which will make things easier. The doctor said about putting me on beta blockers to try to stop my migraines, I’ll admit I’m a bit worried about taking them. Let’s just hope they will help.



Nap time project



warning:bad spelling

Wow thats a good start. I use microsoft word to write my blog then copy and paste after spell checker has done its magic. Its crashed. So i am truely sorry for any typos/spelling/grammer problems.


Ok so update time. I have done no arty bits no cross stitch no crocheting. I am how ever thinking abouta new project im hoping to start in january. Quilting. I have never tried this and have been reading up on it. I souds very complicated and i think will take me the best part of a year to complete. I have different ideas on the style of it but havent completley made up my mind yet.

My health isnt great. Even more so now the colder weather has started to kick in. all i want to do is sleep and watch the world go by. I love winter none the less. There is something about the way the streets are empty at night. Watching snow fall, my street flood, and then theres xmas!!! I cant wait for xmas to get here. The look on connors face as he opens his presents is gonna make the highlight of the year for me.

I am pleased to report that my mind is less frazzled then it was on my last post. Connor has managed to total his glasses again. This time by headbutting the wall as he fell over. Another trip up town for me asap. He is enjoyng nursery and has grown in so many ways since started bearing in mind this is his secound week. His speech is amazing his using animal nioses, his even sleeping better.

I will be adding a poll to here as soon as i can work out how to do it. Keep a eye out as it could improve things around here for you lot instead of my ramblings i will be adding new topics to the top bar thingy. I was thinking along the lines of informatin into EDS, tips and tricks, backstory, helpful pages and groups for informatin or help. Let me know what you think. As alot of the time i dont know what to write about.



Sorry again about my spelling. :)

Muddled

Just a quick note to say will be updating soon when I can work out what I want to say and how to say it. The great thing about pain it feels like I have been stuck on a merry-go-round for years and not been able to get off, my mind is quite frazzled at the moment. There’s so much I want to say but not too sure how to make it make sense. Wish me luck!

Freedom

Isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Connors hopefully enjoying his first half day at nursery. I’ve put it off for months even though I needed help. Now I’m sat at home alone listening to the washing machine on a spin cycle. I am bored senseless. His been there almost 3 hours now and I already have my shoes on ready to limp out the door and go get him. Don’t get me wrong I am more than happy to have some time to myself I even managed to do some of the housework. But now the house is just too quite. I am sure that once I get used to being able to pee without a 2yr old trying to pull up my trousers ill settle down a bit and maybe even attempt to make some friends or be really daring and have a cheeky little nap.


The thing people don’t understand when I say about my friends or the lack of is that keeping friends when you have a child is hard enough. Your no longer fun you, pretty much always smell of sick, and instead of a night on the town all you want is to sleep for more than 3 hours without having to do an arse change. Needless to say most my friends disappeared as soon as my bump arrived. Having a child and having EDS makes friends almost as rare as an honest politician. On top of the fore-mentioned there is also the different “elements” of the condition. I’m not just talking about the unsightly supports, the crutches or embarrassing “problems” in public but also the mental and emotional aspects of EDS. If they can get over the physical problems the mental ones are normally the thing that makes them skip my name in the phone book. Depression, anxiety, fatigue, pain. Most people don’t understand how isolated being disabled or being a parent can make you feel. Especially if they don’t have any experience of it. I’m not bitter or angry or even that upset about it now. I have always liked my own company. I just wish that instead or someone thinking”oh no I won’t invite her, she can’t do it” I would rather they let me decide after all it’s my disability, my choice. And just because I have said no once don’t think that I’m always going to say no, maybe the last time you was kind enough to ask I was laid up in bed where as this time I’m ready to shake my booty till something pops!!