blue badge application

Melrymax
Melrymax Member Posts: 226
edited 13. Jun 2012, 03:03 in Living with Arthritis archive
i am just filling out my blue badge application.... what do i put for: Where, in your local area, can you comfortably walk to from your home?
they want a land mark or adress etc? well i cant walk comfortably around the house.....!!!!!!!

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I put how far I could go which was the end of my garden path. And even that wasn't comfortable. Just be honest, that's all you can do. I wish you well. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • Melrymax
    Melrymax Member Posts: 226
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    i just put that i am unable to walk comfortably in my home there fore unable to walk comfortably outside.

    my doctor told me today that she will support my application and cant see why any it wouldnt be backed, and she said 'if they are sh** heads about it, then i apologise about it now' she was not my usual doctor but have seen her before and she is fab :):lol:
  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good Luck Melrymax

    Fingers crossed for you , Glad your doctor is supporting you also .

    xx
  • elainebadknee
    elainebadknee Bots Posts: 3,703
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi

    If they want that just put your postcode and things such as "my front door, my bedroom door"...I know its silly but needs be!
    Good luck with the application, my dad just got his renewed and didnt expect it so hoping positive vibes will waft your way.

    Elainex
    Melrymax wrote:
    i am just filling out my blue badge application.... what do i put for: Where, in your local area, can you comfortably walk to from your home?
    they want a land mark or adress etc? well i cant walk comfortably around the house.....!!!!!!!
  • SteveBurns
    SteveBurns Member Posts: 177
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I put "nowhere".

    Didn't do me any good however.

    In case you haven't finished the form, be careful not to say you are waiting for surgery. (I did and was refused the BB)

    They see this as making you better, the blue badge is for something that will not get better on its own.

    If you get the walking test make sure you are extremely slow and take lots of rests, look for somewhere to sit as you walk along.

    Good luck.
  • elainebadknee
    elainebadknee Bots Posts: 3,703
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Steve

    Its so not right that just cos you are awaiting surgery you are seen as well and fit...Its not always that straightforward and many people stll have problems after such surgery anyway....

    Silly world we live in...

    Elainex
    SteveBurns wrote:
    I put "nowhere".

    Didn't do me any good however.

    In case you haven't finished the form, be careful not to say you are waiting for surgery. (I did and was refused the BB)

    They see this as making you better, the blue badge is for something that will not get better on its own.

    If you get the walking test make sure you are extremely slow and take lots of rests, look for somewhere to sit as you walk along.

    Good luck.
  • Melrymax
    Melrymax Member Posts: 226
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Steve that's rubbish for you- you still have to wait for surgery and recover! And there is a chance that it may not be successful. . I have put nothing on there about my pregnancy and had put that surgery is very unlikely due to my age- my doctors keep telling me that! If they do an assesment on me, my belly will be bigger and I will be in more pain. My doc said to put that we expect the pain to go on for well over a year as wwith breastfeeding I will be more limited to medication than I am now. And also when I was diagnosed I lost alot of weight and it didn't make any difference at all so am not expecting to miraculously recover after I deliver.
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