lostindaydreams-gemz:

Saturday, May 19th.

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Hi Tumblr, I’m Gemma and I’m so incredibly sorry to ask this but I really need your help. Is anyone may be able to send me £20 so I can buy myself dinner/supplies for today and tomorrow, or a little bit more to help me get groceries until the end of May when my benefit will be reinstated?

Thanks to some incredibly kind people, I have been able to keep my lights and hot water on for a few more weeks, but I’m still really struggling to get groceries/toiletries and general household supplies (laundry powder, dish soap, pads etc..) for this month due to my U.C benefit being under a Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and has been sanctioned due to it and I don’t receive any help until the end of May.

I also understand that everyone is struggling to get by, but even just £1/$1/€1 makes such a difference and sharing definitely helps just as much a donations and nobody has to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, thank you.💖

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♡My old YouCaring post with all the evidence/information about my situation and benefit sanction.♡

justsomeantifas:

Hey, I’m just in the beginning process of SSI. I have VACTERL syndrome–which is basically a lot of birth defects–everything is invisible, except under scans. I have to do “treatments” that leave me out for 3 days to a week, in extreme pain in order to move my bowels. Without them I get infections and can die. My scoliosis (40 degree curve, hemi-vertebre, butterfly vertebre, fused vertebre, calcification, and general arthritis) makes it extremely hard to work, both sitting and standing jobs. When I used to work, I had to go to the bathroom and cry out of pain. Way before my shift was over. Treatments always made it hard to stay in school, let alone jobs. (Teachers said I could have stifled my learning because of my “sporadic” attendance). A big problem might be, I was abused and isolated until I was 19. My mother never took me to doctors unless I was dying. Even though, according to every doctor I have seen after I moved out is astonished of my medical gaps, and said I should have definitely had ongoing care with my condition. I’ve gone to the hospital for near-death infections and obstructions, had x-rays of my spine, but my GI specialist dropped my case because I was too complicated for him (my syndrome and defects are incredibly rare) and everyone I see say that there’s nothing they can do, and that I need to go to a University hospital, which only takes things like Medicaid. I’ve never been able to hold down a job for more than a few weeks before I’m fired. Me and my dad (who I guess is my advocate in this instance) have just gone through SSA, and are now waiting on the medical side of things. But, because most people say there’s nothing they can do, I don’t visit my specialists often. I don’t have near as much medical records because of my mom, and because everyone around me says I belong in a university hospital, not doctors for “normal people”. I’m just wondering if you have any tips or resources on how to get approved for SSI in this situation (or in general), how long it may take, and if we for-sure need lawyers, since that’s what I see all the time, the only way people get approved for SSI is if they get a lawyer. I have an appointment for the Macintosh Center on the 22nd. It’s not a government program, it’s a state program but it helps people with disabilities. I figure it’s another start, as they can help if I am denied. But, any tips or information you could give me would be great. My condition gets worse every year, and according to a case study they did on adults who have my syndrome, my body will be that of a 80-85 year old by the time I’m 35-40. Give or take, depending on how fast the deterioration is. Which is why SSI is important to me and the resources it would bring. I live in California if that helps/is relevant. Thank you.