Thankyou ajn, very thoughtful for you to say. For years I didn’t apply for anything as I was under the impression if my legs worked then I won’t be “entitled” (probably not the best way to word it, sorry!) however I could never keep a job and was always very poorly in and out of hospital and gp (which I came to know as normal). After speaking to my in law who witnessed first hand how unwell I become, it was on her concerned advice that I ask for help and my doctor told me I was too unwell to work ☹️ It’s been a massive massive help for me but I worry as they gave 3 years for pip and 5 for esa. It makes me anxious about the renewal or review stuff as Iv never done it before and it took a lot to apply for any of it in the first place.
I haven’t got it in me to appeal again, I would love nothing more than to work and live “normally” but I physically cannot and I struggle with that sometimes, it’s a kick in the teeth when dwp lower your payments or stop them altogether and I believe most time they don’t fully understand people’s health conditions etc I guess just plodding along is all there is to it really.
The baby birds was quite saddening to see, they were doing so well and it was nice watching the parent birds going in and out with food. Did you know a single baby can eat up to 100 caterpillars a day! ? explains why they sqwak for food.