PIP help - also work looking to go down occupational health route,

Hi Julies good to hear from you ! I have no idea re your question as I’m retired but don’t macmillan offer financial advice on this site somewhere ? Hope your doing ok take care Tricia x

thanks tricia, how are you getting on post op, hope you are not doing too much!!, have reached out to maggies, will see if they can help with pip, cant believe its only been nearly 4 months since the op, big learning curve but getting there, weight still an issue, but not using the feed as now its reacting badly.  hope you are doing well xx take care jules

Yes all good thanks jules waiting to find out next week about my post op FLOT ! Talk about up and down !! Just start to feel good and they throw more s… at you lol xx

Hi Jules 

I hope you are well when my SSP ran out my employee advised me to apply for ESA ( employment support allowance)  which worked out to be around £278 per fortnight I didn’t apply for pip. 
I have also found that not eating after 7pm has helped manage my reflux which has been an ongoing reoccurrence but I just take one day at a tired but the fatigue can be difficult to manage . My oesophagetomy was May 24 and I have just gone back to work.

Wishing you well on your healing journey

Good to hear from you Jules. I can’t help much as I’m retired too but just wanted to send very best wishes for your continued  recovery. You have been through so much. 
Geraldine  xx

thank you Barr, such a lot of paperwork, will look into that, dont think people realise the long term recovery if not dealt with this little so and so, unfortunately this came few months after a masectomy so, a lot of time signed off work.  hard not to feel bad, but on days like today when my stomach is not playing ball, and i lost 2lb, still keeping me mid 6 stones, then anything i can sort financialy will be one less thing to worry about.  really appreciate the help. appointment week after next at maggies churchill financial person, so will get all the forms ready to take.

jules

thank you geraldine, its deffo one day at a time, main concern apart from work is recovery and weight gain, least time on my hands to start sorting the admin out!!

thank you for checking in, x

jules

Hi Jules 

I am just catching up, did you get any help form Maggie's re financial support?

Lowe'