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fragless · 14-03-2005, 10:55

Almost everyone knows at least someone who fiddles the benefit system, but this does not mean everyone does or will, 6 years ago I lost my job due to my wife's illness, constantly getting call's from the doctor or hospital to come for my wife, leaving work (was a debt collector) meant I did not do my job correctly.
I soon , I wasgot another job but again asked to leave before I was fired due to leaving work to collect my wife, or being called home.
My wife has a condition were she pass's out between 3 times (good day) to 12 and more times a day, which causes all kinds of condition's to top it all off she also suffers from cluster headaches, When I lost my Job I went to the unemployment office, they advised me to claim IS and DLA for my wife, which we did.

Does this make me a scrounger or sponger, think of the cost saved over the last 6 years with me being at home, it has resulted in a lot less doctor call outs, ambulance call outs, and visits to the hospital, that does not include the cost of home help which if I was working full time, that would be needed to assist my wife.

I'm now 34, and to be honest prefer the working life, it was a lot easier, Imagine being up 2 nights on the run cause your wife has been ill, getting a few hours sleep, then on the 3rd day looking forward to a good nights sleep, you go to bed, and a hour later your woken with your wife crying her eyes out curled up in to a ball, rocking.
We call the doctor out, who always gives her a shot of pain killer's, you go to bed, and think a few hours sleep, but no your wife hallucinates cause of the drugs and ends up waking the whole family shouting due to what she thinks she can see.

Its not easy looking after someone who is disabled, and the above is just 1 little story of many that many carrer's have.

Yet still I know of 2 people that were turned down for dla, and yet they were entitled to it, I too don't like people that falsely claim any benefit.

/rant over, sorry.

14-03-2005, 10:55	#36
fragless Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Darwen Age: 55 Services: 120mb BB Posts: 84	Re: The Welfare State Almost everyone knows at least someone who fiddles the benefit system, but this does not mean everyone does or will, 6 years ago I lost my job due to my wife's illness, constantly getting call's from the doctor or hospital to come for my wife, leaving work (was a debt collector) meant I did not do my job correctly. I soon , I wasgot another job but again asked to leave before I was fired due to leaving work to collect my wife, or being called home. My wife has a condition were she pass's out between 3 times (good day) to 12 and more times a day, which causes all kinds of condition's to top it all off she also suffers from cluster headaches, When I lost my Job I went to the unemployment office, they advised me to claim IS and DLA for my wife, which we did. Does this make me a scrounger or sponger, think of the cost saved over the last 6 years with me being at home, it has resulted in a lot less doctor call outs, ambulance call outs, and visits to the hospital, that does not include the cost of home help which if I was working full time, that would be needed to assist my wife. I'm now 34, and to be honest prefer the working life, it was a lot easier, Imagine being up 2 nights on the run cause your wife has been ill, getting a few hours sleep, then on the 3rd day looking forward to a good nights sleep, you go to bed, and a hour later your woken with your wife crying her eyes out curled up in to a ball, rocking. We call the doctor out, who always gives her a shot of pain killer's, you go to bed, and think a few hours sleep, but no your wife hallucinates cause of the drugs and ends up waking the whole family shouting due to what she thinks she can see. Its not easy looking after someone who is disabled, and the above is just 1 little story of many that many carrer's have. Yet still I know of 2 people that were turned down for dla, and yet they were entitled to it, I too don't like people that falsely claim any benefit. /rant over, sorry.