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24-04-2014 10:48 AM
I wonder just how many folk there are in the country that are in the same position as me?
I'm disabled with ankylosing spondylitis. I'm with it for life and it will never get any better. All that the docs can do is try to lessen the pain, Currently I'm on Paracetemol. Dihydrocodeine, Gabapentin plus injections into my neck every few days. Consequently, I never know if I'll be able to get out of bed. I can usually get downstairs and sit myself in front of the computer/tv but not always and I can't walk past the drive and I can't drive more than a mile or so. BUT, I don't claim any benefits. I live off my Army disability pension. For myself, I hate scroungers. Folk that need benefits and so claim what they are entitled to are fine. It's the ones that claim more than they are entitled to or in other ways abuse the system. I would be perfectly happy to be given a name and address of a possible scrounger. I would then go there with a camera and film the person's activities. Maybe they get around in a wheelchair, maybe they run around like a spring chicken. But here's the thing. If I did that, it would be claimed that I could get a job. I'd love one. But whi is going to employ a bloke whe may only get into work once in a fortnight?