DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]

Worked several jobs, including in a nursing home. Got thyroid cancer and the treatment caused me to have a stroke and many other health issues. Thanks to the stroke I’m now partially sighted, can’t walk properly and can no longer work. Also have chronic foot infections and migraines. NHS treatment is so awful it has made my health worse rather than better. My local pharmacist tells me I’m a drain on the NHS because my medications cost so much. Got awarded disability benefits until 2028, but still waiting for the backpay and payments to start. Absolutely penniless and in debt.

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Cake day: September 21st, 2024
  • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPtomutual_aid@hexbear.net•Had my foot surgery yesterday, thanks so much for the help!English
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    2 days ago

    Thank you, it’s really unusual for anyone to say they admire me. The few people I have contact with in real life (mostly healthcare workers) make it clear that I’m an unwanted burden on society, my own pharmacist says I’m a drain on the NHS and the health board tried to switch one of my medications to a much cheaper one that had already been tried and didn’t work, just to save money because I’m not worth the money. When my begging to stick with the one that works failed and I started crying in despair, the woman laughed at me and told me not to be so dramatic. Whenever I make conversation with someone outside and they ask the inevitable dreaded question “So what do you do?” and they find out I’m unemployed they immediately change their demeanour and clearly don’t want to talk to me any more. I have some cousins who are doing alright for themselves, but when I became so ill that I had to quit work and claim benefits, they shamed me for it and then had nothing more to do with me, not even a check in to see if I’m OK. In this capitalist society no-one cares about you once you can no longer work, and once you cost the taxpayer money. I feel like absolutely worthless trash all the time, this is the only place I get treated like an actual human being.

    I really hope your injury heals up soon. It’s a sick world where we can’t get the help we need. I actually contacted my local council about getting some assistance with daily things but they said they’re so overwhelmed with people needing help that they are now only helping bedbound people and those with learning difficulties. I also know what you mean about feeling uncomfortable posting on mutual aid when others seem more in need. I actually need a lot more things than i ask for, I just try to ask for help with the most desperate things because I can see other people here are in warzones and probably even more desperate. Unfortunately this capitalist world has even caused mutual aid to be a bit of a competition where there isn’t enough to go around and not everyone can get everything they need.

  • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPtomutual_aid@hexbear.net•Had my foot surgery yesterday, thanks so much for the help!English
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    2 days ago

    My landlady went away for quite a while because her daughter who lives 4 hours away has been very ill in hospital, so I’ve been managing on my own for a while, having to get taxis to all my appointments which I’ve only been able to pay for with help from mutual aid. So I still need to pay for transport to my follow-up and other appointments as I can’t walk to the bus stop, the nearest one is over half a mile away. I do have some tingling in my feet, I don’t know if it’s the local anaesthetic or neuro issues. Overall, managing for now, thank you.