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23-02-2011, 09:31

While it is easy to mock Pete and have a go are we dealing here with complete ignorance of an issue where a little education might be better then buckets of scorn. Pete this week for me so far monday i wake up at 05:30 severe pain right knee i hobble downstairs make myself a coffee and sit for a couple of hours till the pain wears off had it many times before and it's a pain nothing seems to impact not the morphine i take or any of the other meds i am on weird pain in that regard.

I then spend that day tired, snappy towards those around me because i am tired and in pain i spend everyday in some degree of pain until mid afternoon when i can feel the damp in the air increase mainly because i get significantly stiffer and the pain i was already in increases as well evening is not fun for me. Tuesday i didn't sllep too well through the night but maybe caught 3-4 hours of naps between periods of discomfort i wake up stiff and in pain again i can walk a bit better and despite what to most is not a lot of sleep it's ok for me i have gotten used to it so am in a relatively good mood.

Morning is relatively ok pain isn't too bad but then i am not moving around much afternoon it starts to rain stiffness increases pain increases starting to get uncomfortable (when i say uncomfortable Pete i mean by my standards which is years of having high degree's of pain that i have now by and large gotten used too not the usual definition) and movement even in small amounts is now pain inducing on a nasty scale.

I woke up this morning after little sleep and my right arm hurts like hell my hips feel like they are on fire and i have a headache more like a migraine then anything i can describe which probably means my spine has stretched and my spinal cord is straining that will die down more or less in a few hours but till then i am not a happy person or a person anyone wants to be round.

Now here's the thing Pete on my best day i can walk maybe 50 metres before i start feeling severe pain which increases the further i go, where i live i am approx 325 metres from the town centre and i sometimes will walk with my wife to get out of the house and pay for it for the next three to four days in terms of not being able to walk much at all. Nearest industrial area with a decent chance of a job to me is approx 550 metres away so i am pretty sure i can make it there and back but for only one day a week and if weather is bad or i am having a bad day being honest and much as i hate it i don't think i could even make it there before the pain was too much.

It isn't a lack of will to work it is the fact i am disabled my condition is incurable and will only get worse as i get older i am in employment terms unreliable and easy as that is to type it is still extremely hard for me personally to accept that. I am ex force's as well before i was injured and my condition was allowed to take hold i used to walk 15-20 miles a day for fun i loved walking but not anymore.

My case is more widespread then i think you realise and affects many many people most of whom each and everyday in casual encounters with strangers will bust a gut to hide the true extent of how bad life can be only those closest to them truly know. It's an act we learn to put on to try and retain some pride and dignity and sometimes the act becomes so ingrained even when we meet people like the wonderful moron's from atos we don't let the act slip as we should.

I don't actually blame you for your attitude Pete being honest it's the attitude a whole lot of powerful people want more and more in this country to have and you may well be part of a much larger group in the UK then some on here realise. What is really ironic of course is that in having the attitude you have to people like me and dili (who i do not know well on this forum but am aware of his condition and what he has done to make the best of it and have a lot of respect for him) you are the cause of the problem your complaining about because if you were to meet me in a job interview you would put that attitude onto me and apply it to me and not employ me.

Thats what some want they want a scapegoat too vulnerable to be able to oppose them but easy enough to lay all the blame for society's ills and the only thing stopping that happening is that by and large we in the UK are fair and we are tolerent and believe that we should look after those who for whatever reason beyond their control are unable to fully look after themselves that is a priceless attitude and it's a fantastic one that we shouldn't let anyone take from us.

Sorry for the long post folks but lets try this approach and see how we go

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23-02-2011, 09:31	#96
RizzyKing Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Goverments Attack on the Disabled? While it is easy to mock Pete and have a go are we dealing here with complete ignorance of an issue where a little education might be better then buckets of scorn. Pete this week for me so far monday i wake up at 05:30 severe pain right knee i hobble downstairs make myself a coffee and sit for a couple of hours till the pain wears off had it many times before and it's a pain nothing seems to impact not the morphine i take or any of the other meds i am on weird pain in that regard. I then spend that day tired, snappy towards those around me because i am tired and in pain i spend everyday in some degree of pain until mid afternoon when i can feel the damp in the air increase mainly because i get significantly stiffer and the pain i was already in increases as well evening is not fun for me. Tuesday i didn't sllep too well through the night but maybe caught 3-4 hours of naps between periods of discomfort i wake up stiff and in pain again i can walk a bit better and despite what to most is not a lot of sleep it's ok for me i have gotten used to it so am in a relatively good mood. Morning is relatively ok pain isn't too bad but then i am not moving around much afternoon it starts to rain stiffness increases pain increases starting to get uncomfortable (when i say uncomfortable Pete i mean by my standards which is years of having high degree's of pain that i have now by and large gotten used too not the usual definition) and movement even in small amounts is now pain inducing on a nasty scale. I woke up this morning after little sleep and my right arm hurts like hell my hips feel like they are on fire and i have a headache more like a migraine then anything i can describe which probably means my spine has stretched and my spinal cord is straining that will die down more or less in a few hours but till then i am not a happy person or a person anyone wants to be round. Now here's the thing Pete on my best day i can walk maybe 50 metres before i start feeling severe pain which increases the further i go, where i live i am approx 325 metres from the town centre and i sometimes will walk with my wife to get out of the house and pay for it for the next three to four days in terms of not being able to walk much at all. Nearest industrial area with a decent chance of a job to me is approx 550 metres away so i am pretty sure i can make it there and back but for only one day a week and if weather is bad or i am having a bad day being honest and much as i hate it i don't think i could even make it there before the pain was too much. It isn't a lack of will to work it is the fact i am disabled my condition is incurable and will only get worse as i get older i am in employment terms unreliable and easy as that is to type it is still extremely hard for me personally to accept that. I am ex force's as well before i was injured and my condition was allowed to take hold i used to walk 15-20 miles a day for fun i loved walking but not anymore. My case is more widespread then i think you realise and affects many many people most of whom each and everyday in casual encounters with strangers will bust a gut to hide the true extent of how bad life can be only those closest to them truly know. It's an act we learn to put on to try and retain some pride and dignity and sometimes the act becomes so ingrained even when we meet people like the wonderful moron's from atos we don't let the act slip as we should. I don't actually blame you for your attitude Pete being honest it's the attitude a whole lot of powerful people want more and more in this country to have and you may well be part of a much larger group in the UK then some on here realise. What is really ironic of course is that in having the attitude you have to people like me and dili (who i do not know well on this forum but am aware of his condition and what he has done to make the best of it and have a lot of respect for him) you are the cause of the problem your complaining about because if you were to meet me in a job interview you would put that attitude onto me and apply it to me and not employ me. Thats what some want they want a scapegoat too vulnerable to be able to oppose them but easy enough to lay all the blame for society's ills and the only thing stopping that happening is that by and large we in the UK are fair and we are tolerent and believe that we should look after those who for whatever reason beyond their control are unable to fully look after themselves that is a priceless attitude and it's a fantastic one that we shouldn't let anyone take from us. Sorry for the long post folks but lets try this approach and see how we go .