ATOS HOME MEDICAL. .....

[happycroc]

Hi peeps.. well i have to say its sods law.. last seek i was bed ridden and in crippling pain.. i wake up at 4.3 am feeling great for the first time in months Non the da i have a home visit from Atos........ THe lady seemwd very nice.. asked all the right question testd me ..asked rely ramdom questions.... and then left... i dont soppose for kne minute i would get my claim for dla.. but for now it is over... i cannot do anythi g about u till the letter comes...... so.. on that note. I will wish u all a happy and more impotantly a pain free day xx

[Ginsing]

Well done sounds like you have had a good day. Fingers crossed for the result xgins

[ehlers]

We all have good days , bad days , flare up days . During a course at pain management we covered this when looking at pacing our self / tasks . If you are unsuccessful it will be because the assessor has failed to see that when you have chronic pain/fibro that this is how life is for you . So I would definitely appeal and stress this fact . It happened to me first time I had atos assessment . During the period while I waited for outcome from atos (because I had similar feeling to how I think you are feeling just now) my pain nurse specialist suggested that I keep a day to day pain diary , and how the pain effected me each day with daily tasks, rated each day , good , bad , flare up. Then when I got the results and had to appeal I had by that time a months diary which I sent with my appeal showing how this condition was affecting my day to day life , how I felt that the assessor had failed to take this into consideration during her tick box / paper work excersise that I just happened to be having a good day on that particular day , but over the month since assessment I had only 4 good days , 16 bad days ( normal pain limited ability) , and 11 flare up days ( confined to bed ) therefore 27 days over the month I had limited ability / increased pain despite my list of medication ect...... I was successful on my appeal . So it may be worth keeping an honest diary while you await outcome . Good luck x

[happycroc in reply to ehlers]

Thank you very much for your advice,,, I actually found a brilliant app for my phone it s called Fibomapp. where i can document everything I am feeling, ect... I will certainly appeal if and when the need arises... gentle hugs x

[ehlers]

Hopefully it won't , let me know how you get on x