Ok, 20 years of being a software tester is drawing to a close as i can no longer do the daily commute from Helenburgh to Edinburgh. Nothing worse than the toilets being out of order (near enough everyday) so i am resigned to looking for part time work where I stay. I am banking on scottish social security payment in full.
Now i currently get full payment of ESA so i am hoping and praying i get full social security payment, i have spoken to MS Revive in Govan where they have been really good and they scored me a 12 out of say 20, i honesty cant remember the second number. So as things stand it is the waiting game to see which side the coin lands . Now it is a big ‘if’ if it goes the way the people in MSRevive say i will just about to pay my bills. However knowing my luck i will get shafted, happened before where my works criticall illness did not pay out as i should have told them i had MS prior to taking out the policy. My counter argument of ‘but how would i know?’ Got me no where. Now thats water under the bridge as it was 2007 i claimed AND I am pretty chuffed that my MP read my name out in Parliament and since then payments have been a lot fairer, I got zilch bit at least others get a fair deal. So my next question is how easy is it to get a job in morrisons or tesco for 16 hours a week? It is serious question as prior to MS I have never been in a position where i cant stand for a long period of time or walk to far before i trip/stumble. Now a days i walk with activator poles, to stop me falling