In all seriousnessI spoke not one word of a lie or exaggeration at my DSA assessment, but the amount of stuff they decided i was entitled to was shocking.
* High-spec desktop computer with TFT monitor, MS Office and printer [and they later gave me £200 towards a second-hand laptop when my neuro decided i needed lumbar punctures every six weeks and I kept passing out when I sat up for more than 10 minutes.]
* Digital dictaphone - i ended up with a minidisk player/recorder and mic AND a USB-type dictaphone in the end - and free batteries for 4 years.
* Three bookchairs [stands to hold books at a 'better reading angle']
* White boards and pens
* Tungsten T3 Palm PDA
* 2 floor-standing lamps, 3 'task' lamps and free bulbs for 4 years.
All of it was useful, and all very well used and I definitely wouldn't have been able to afford all of it myself but.. REALLY? All of that?
*shrugs* hey, life gave me an incurable pain disease, I'm gonna take any advantage I can get out of it.
(* High-spec desktop computer with TFT monitor, MS Office and printer [and they later gave me £200 towards a second-hand laptop when my neuro decided i needed lumbar punctures every six weeks and I kept passing out when I sat up for more than 10 minutes.]
* Digital dictaphone - i ended up with a minidisk player/recorder and mic AND a USB-type dictaphone in the end - and free batteries for 4 years.
* Three bookchairs [stands to hold books at a 'better reading angle']
* White boards and pens
* Tungsten T3 Palm PDA
* 2 floor-standing lamps, 3 'task' lamps and free bulbs for 4 years.
All of it was useful, and all very well used and I definitely wouldn't have been able to afford all of it myself but.. REALLY? All of that?
*shrugs* hey, life gave me an incurable pain disease, I'm gonna take any advantage I can get out of it.
Seventh is somewhat subdued,
Sun 27 Sep 2009, 18:29,
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Is it permanent or temporary?And awww *hug*
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Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts,
Sun 27 Sep 2009, 18:40,
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permanentI've had a headache since I was about 9 years old. And unless something magical happens, will continue to have the same headache ceaselessly until I die.
Still - I get free stuff and hugs out of it! *hugs back*
(Still - I get free stuff and hugs out of it! *hugs back*
Seventh is somewhat subdued,
Sun 27 Sep 2009, 18:54,
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You are truly welcome to my tax money paying for that stuffand I'm not jealous at all. That disease sounds impressively horrible.
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Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Sun 27 Sep 2009, 18:56,
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