VERY happy with DLA result!!!

dippydoodah
dippydoodah Member Posts: 350
edited 12. Nov 2010, 06:02 in Living with Arthritis archive
Got my decision letter from the DWP this morning and Im very surprised and very happy :D:D:D:D:D:D

Ive been awarded High Rate Mobility and High Rate Care, backdated to June this year for 5 years.

What a wonderful birthday present! :D My birthday is next week and I shall be celebrating!

Thank you for all help, advice and guidance since I joined here. Its been much appreciated x

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  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh dippy
    That has made my day, not just yours, I am really please for you,it will certainly help make things easier for you.Have a lovely birthday next week.
    Thank you for sharing it with us
    Love
    Barbara xx
    Love
    Barbara
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well, Congratulations and Happy Birthday!!! :D Also, it does show that the system does work sometimes and give hope to us all. I'm so glad for you. Have a lovely birthday! You know now that we'll all be after you to pick your brains and find out what to say!!! :lol::D Love Sue
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That, dippydoodah, is very good news indeed! Happy Birthday for next week - treat yourself to something lovely, you deserve it. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mirabella
    mirabella Member Posts: 272
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    So happy for you,good to here that the system works for some :) Mirabella
  • dippydoodah
    dippydoodah Member Posts: 350
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    thank you so much, i appreciate it.

    im really happy. it has relieved so much stress and worry and im actually smiling. my husband and kids makes me smile dont get me wrong theyre fab at cheering me up but this has lifted such a weight.

    the thing ive really been waiting for is to get a blue badge. i have so many problems getting in and out of cars and my legs are so weak when ive been sat in a car that walking to the entrances of stores is such a struggle. just to be able to use the disabled bays knowing im entitled to will be such a relief. that itself is such a big change for me and its these little things that will help me.

    thanks everyone for your kind messages, i do appreciate them. my hubby and i shall be celebrating my birthday next week at home still with a takeaway and a dvd but with a much bigger smile x
  • cythna
    cythna Member Posts: 42
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Wow, that's wonderful, I'm very pleased for you!

    And you've finally made me apply for help to get a higher rate on the care componabt myself, something I've been meaning to do for at least the last year, so thank you.
  • janie68
    janie68 Member Posts: 1,186
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Congratulations!

    That's absolutely fantastic news! You must feel fab!

    You deserve it and you have the recognition that you are poorly, you have been taken seriously for this awful illness

    Janie xx :D
  • dippydoodah
    dippydoodah Member Posts: 350
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    i wasnt holding out much hope myself, thought i was going to have a battle on my hands but apparently not. obviously its taken a while, i applied in june, but it has been worth waiting for. thankfully i have good medical staff, my gp and my rheummy have been fantastic and the gp that gave me the medical for the claim was lovely.

    i asked the CAB to help complete the form, i don't think i would have been so successful myself.

    good luck to those awaiting decisions. its nice to know they do help people who need it at times x
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi dippydodah

    Congratulations I am pleased for you also. Bet you are singing dippy de do dah dippy de day my oh my what a wonderful day :) Will be humming that now for the rest of afternoon :roll:

    Yes a lovely birthday present and just in time for xmas too.
    Hope you treat yourself you deserve it.

    Take care
    juliepf x
  • dorcas
    dorcas Member Posts: 3,516
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Congratulations :!: :D

    I'm so pleeezzed for you ...
    and I'm grinning from ear to ear at such great news. . :mrgreen:

    Iris xxxxxx
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Caroline,

    Well done flower, its nice when they get it right! :D:D:D Cris x
  • ironic
    ironic Member Posts: 2,361
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    wonderful news. I am so pleased for you.

    Have a great birthday next week and enjoy your special meal.

    Lv, Ix
  • speedalong
    speedalong Member Posts: 3,315
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That is FANTASTIC news. Congratulations. What a difference it will make,

    Speedy
    I have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,087
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    WONDERFUL news Dippy!

    I am so very pleased for youa nd hope you have a great birthday too.

    Love

    Toni xx

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