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Just in case anyone missed the past two occasions I have attempted to get my Disability Travel Pass they are above.
Well I mustered up the courage and determination to tackle my local council once more, but this time armed with all the paperwork they insisted I had the second time I went and would not even take it any further. I listed all the 13 conditions I am been treated for. But stated on this list that I have confirmation of these condition on accompanying letters from my Lung and heart specialists which confirm the difficulty I have of having a normal life and lack of mobility. I also had a very good letter from the PH association that explains how it can affect me and those with PH. For good measure I copied my 14 prescriptions to show I am under some treatment.
So off to the car-park around the back of the council office and pay as I cannot show my badge as it will be with me in the council office. I have not been any where near my normal for some time since my tablet change so it was not a great trek to the office. When we got there a poor man was explaining in front of us how is 93 year old mother had had a week to quit her house but it has been arranged that she moves on the 28th June with the same department? The Reply was "It is a stock form" so thinking that was going to pacify the irate son she was very much mistaken. At this point I needed to sit down as all we could do was listen to bureaucracy compete with logic. Well it got to people blaming at that point and as if by magic the person named was not in that office today.
Some one further down the office could see my wife prowling the floor while we waited and I sat. "Do you want to come over here and I will see If I can help you!" Up I spring like a snail on a lettuce and get over to the desk and explained I was looking to apply for a disability travel pass and I have bought all my conditions and accompanying letters from the specialists with information that I feel will help the claim including my Blue Badge!
OK bare with me the system has just gone down! Not that long and she was in. OK we need the address and proof supplied her with the driving licence blue badge rates bill electric bill all with the same address and post code. Can you confirm your post code as it is different here? Well a little muttering to herself and it seems it is now all right? We are now on the pass section. OK do you have any of these conditions or a Blue Badge I forgot my glasses so I asked her to tell me what they are? She then pipes up "You have the Blue Badge it is in front of me is it not?" "Yes it is along with all the information regarding my conditions!" "Your Blue Badge is fine i just need to take your photo!" I was at that point of do I bubble up and explode and then probably be asked to leave the office and never get the pass? Or sit tight and then get the letter writing brain in action on the poor way I have been treated. I chose the later. Once I realised my wife was tapping my foot to calm down.
Photo taken and she said it can take a couple of days (Council Days) before it is processed and sent but do not call us until 2 weeks have passed if you have not received it? Once I collected all the paperwork they did not look at I asked why could I not of done this the second time I came? She was quite honest and said it may of been that you did not look unwell enough? I politely told her that as I have unseen ailments it does not mean I am not disabled. You cannot see the 57% lung function the failing heart and arthritis but I can assure you I have to live with it 24 hours a day and it is'nt fun. I also came in with the Blue Badge that time too?
Gentle tug from the wife like the ref intervening boxers and off home. Maybe after 2 weeks there might be another post regarding my travel pass. Just have to wait and see.
Be Well
Blue Badge horror
Travel Insurance / Staysure
trip out to Norwich City
