The Long Road Part 3 (or Our Story Part 6)

J was home but in a lot of pain and discomfort, we reapplied for ESA and J was awarded support group. Not surprisingly as he couldn’t move without someone pulling his leg as it was lifted or moved to the side or lifted down, which meant he couldn’t go anywhere without help. Once upright with…

The Long Road Part2 ( or Our story Part 5)

June 2016 and J has been told he needs further surgery in fact two major operations with an 8 week gap between them. This is the surgery that was cancelled in 2015 because it was to risky… The surgeons would remove all the prosthetic metal work from Jons leg, three inches of prosthetic bone below…

The Long Road Part1 (or Our Story Part 4)

Hi folks, well that time out really was a time out… lol  The last part of our story was in Jan 2015 and it’s now July 2017, and what a long road we have been on… At the end of the last our story post, J’s surgery had been cancelled, the Drs decided to stop…

Desperate #Tories lying in their latest leaflets #GE17

Debunking the lies in the Torys letters… Dxxx SKWAWKBOX Letters landing on doormats this week sent by Theresa May to unwary voters shows signs of Tory desperation – and an shameless lie. The letter, snappily titled ‘Making Brexit a success is central to our national interest‘, carries an image of Mrs May that can hardly be…

Desperately underpaid paramedic tells Theresa May: “I’ve seen things no one should have to witness”

Originally posted on Pride's Purge:
A paramedic has written a moving description on Facebook (see below) of the difficulties he has to face every day in his job, and how he is paid a pittance of just £12.35 an hour to do it. This is because the Tory government has over the last 7 years…

18 more Tory ‘surveys’ that are much more. The SKWAWKBOX needs your help

Do you know anyone who has received this survey? Dxxx SKWAWKBOX As anticipated, last week’s article on the supposed ‘survey’ that appears to be a device to obtain voters’ data and persuade them to apply for a postal vote via the Tory party has flushed out another example. This one is being used at the…

The Social Model on Disabled People’s Pain and Fatigue, some thoughts

Originally posted on Tony Baldwinson:
Some years ago there was a strong debate around whether the social model of disability was flawed because it saw all discrimination as created by society and, it was claimed, had no answer for disabled people who had personal experience of chronic pain and fatigue. There is a link to…

X-Plan: Giving your kids a way out (#xplan)

Originally posted on Bert Fulks:
Friends, as most of you know, I get to spend an hour each week with a group of young people going through addiction recovery.  Yes.  Young people.  I’m talking teenagers who are locked away for at least six months as they learn to overcome their addictions.  I’m always humbled and…

I’ve reached the point that I need help from the #foodbank. Something inside me has died

Originally posted on Ben Claimant:
Food bank use is at record high says the headlines. Trussell Trust released figures recently that show that 1,109,309 three day parcels were handed out. The primary reasons are shown below. For nearly 3 years now I’ve been tweeting about food banks and the efforts made by local communities to…

Yvette Cooper: Imaginary wheelchair woman

Originally posted on Road To Somewhere Else:
By Daniel Margrain Those who were paying attention during Yvette Cooper’s challenge for the Labour leadership would have been aware of the undisclosed £75,000 businessman Dan Jarvis contributed to the New Labour enthusiasts campaign. The mainstream media didn’t pay much attention to that scandal at the time. Over a…