Disability rant. Apologies in advance.
Is there any actual proof she has arthritis? She posted a LONG thread on all the things she’s tried for the AGONY… but none of them were arthritis medications other than possibly steroids which isn’t the best or even the primary treatment for RA.
Sunbeds are NOT a treatment for RA at all by the way. She’s confusing the ultraviolet rays of sunbeds which burn and prematurely age your skin (even using factor 50.. ) with the soothing warmth of infrared lamps (as sold in Boots etc). They’re a totally different thing.
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She seems to misunderstand arthritis- it’s not an ‘achy shoulder’ or a bad back etc it is an autoimmune disorder- one of my friends has it and the poor guy is sick a lot as he has to take an immunosuppressant and when he catches a virus it can take months for it to burn out.
For chronic RA with flare ups so bad she can’t walk up stairs her doctor would absolutely try her on methotrexate or similar. And she’d be able to claim non means tested PIP as she’d be classed as disabled if it’s lasted over 12 months or is reasonably expected to. (And get a parking permit etc).
She did add on (almost like she forgot which is odd as she calls it lovely so why ask for recommendations but moving on)
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This is strange to me because I’m also on Naproxen and it’s ok (doesn’t touch my bad days but I know each medication affects people differently) and you are diagnosed Omeprazole with it as it causes issues with your stomach / gives you awful reflux if taken alone. Also, if you took that with tramadol (or 40 tramadol…) you’d be incredibly poorly.
I have been ‘disability shamed’ loads of times - literally people standing in disabled parking spaces as I drive an arguably nice car and therefore I clearly am not disabled, a few weeks ago even I had an older man try and break into the disabled loo I was using and when I opened the door to scream at him shouted at me I wasn't entitled to use the loo as I was too young to be disabled (I was out of my chair for a change and on my stick). I am 39 by the way so maybe it’s a compliment
I used to be so embarrassed and get upset but now I shout and shame them right back.
And I really REALLY don’t want to be that person. But knowing this particular person and her distant relationship with the truth and her addiction to attention I struggle to believe it when she plays the disability card because I equally struggle to understand why ANYONE would suffer for years yet never take the help both medical and financial they would be fully entitled to.
), they still have to get assistance from the CAB or other organisations, or recruit friends who are good at paperwork (like me!), and in some cases they even have to get a lawyer, in order to claim the benefit from the DWP - because most people disabled enough to claim PIP actually do need the benefit and all the things that they can only access if they have it.
- very similar has happened to a close friend, who’s the same age as you and who has the same condition, and it’s always so demoralising to remember we share a world with such horrible people. But most people don’t treat strangers so badly, so at least there’s that.
she sounds very brave. I wonder if any frays know, what effect does alcohol have on arthritis medication, Naproxen, ADHD meds etc. Not a good effect I suspect.
(still 560k too many, mind).
