This last corner entering the finishing straight is not for the faint hearted, the video is a little deseiving as to just how fast they are travel, and a great win for local rider Scott Thwaites, second claim member to my club the Ilkley Cycling Club.
A superb evening with fantastic atmosphere, I was very happy to be involved with the marshalling.
So I have now gone from Employment Support Allowance to Job Seekers Allowance, job centres are superb places, how ‘healthy’ folks stay unemployed for life is a little beyond me, I guess its simply part of that cycle, and next Monday its my personal job helper or whatever. A job by the Autumn should be a decent target for me, silly me thought companies had to take on a % of folks with illness/disability, but, as its been pointed out including this morning its only those companies above a 250 workforce and I would need to be registered. Not to worry, Autumn is a decent target.
Sarcoids can work but we can be a little limited, for me none starters could be; healthcare – illness needs to be avoided best possible, manufacturing/engineering – fumes need to be avoided best possible, plumbing/construction – dust needs to be avoided best possible. Though I was very good in the Lean Manufacturing environment, maybe a warehouse, retail, work from home? need £16k gross to get by…
A nice eye to sign on with!
Posted in Blog, Sarcoidosis
It went unbelievably one sided, this is now my response;
Hello.
Where do I start…
Well, I believe I can appeal the tribunal decision if faults are found within one month, I have already found fault with the initial tribunal report.
I have wrote to ask for a copy of the judge’s hand wrote ‘statement of reasons’ as loads is wrong, for example I was in the room for about 45 minutes, I was told it would be no longer than 25, it was only about the last 10-15 minutes they actually started to go into a small detail of my sarcoidosis inc eyes, all the other time was spent going over ‘mental’ health problems, that I was completely unprepared for, ‘do you carry a crises card’ well in-fact I do and showed it, yet I was at the tribunal because my then – 2nd June 2011 works doctor (DR Smith letters), GP, and chest consultant all said as of 2nd June 2011 I was not allowed to work due to sarcoidosis and the Prednisolone, I lost my job, yet Atos and your government system say otherwise. The tribunal are hugely at fault. If I had known it was going to take so long I would have taken someone with me for support.
Just one of the fault’s is this; (tribunal 1) they say my eyes only bother me for 30 mins in a morning, that is roughly what they are like now, but for a minimum of 30 minutes, it can be anything up to three hours, last June 2nd 2011 I was on the back end of Bilateral Uveitis, my eyes could take all morning to start functioning OK-ish, this is when the tribunal is supposed to be based upon, other stuff too, the 11th Feb 2011 eye test with Atos was later in the day, my eyes had started to function OK-ish by then.
Have a good look at the attached eye photo (10th June 2012 eyes) as for today – 10th June 2012 is a typical look, my eyes blow blood vessels pretty much daily, can feel like pins being driven into them, so this is the present, uncomfortable, painful, cosmetic, but I can cope, last June it was very different.
I felt fully intimidated and under pressure, I felt I could not get my 2nd June 2011 circumstances across, by the time they had finished interrogating me about mental health I was completely at a loss of where I should have been explaining about my sarcoid and subsequent loss of employment.
This is a massive lack of reasoning, its very simple, on the 2nd of June 2011 I was not allowed to work, I was quite ill to say the least.
I will visit the Keyhouse drop in centre, I am also seeking advice on which media direction I can now take this, don’t forget Paul Burstow (PB2) ‘we are committed to improving services for people with this (sarcoidosis) and other long term conditions’ and then his departments next response is that it is not their department huh…
You all seem to forget, though much of me have improved, my lungs and lymph nodes are now in a worse condition, but thankfully appear stable…
The tribunal was a complete farce; the whole system is a disgrace, and the grotesqueness to those who are honest, with facts and genuinely ill is unbelievable, but now I certainly believe what a bizarre system it is.
I trust you will now contact who ever you need to contact on my behalf, I have been completely mistreated throughout this.
Stuart Briggs.
That’s pretty much all my evidence sorted for tomorrow’s tribunal. I no doubt believe it will fail, so I guess a fresh claim then has to go in from June 4th 2011. I would much prefer to be well again, and not a sarcoid.
Overall im in a worse condition than when diagnosed, all im after is the ‘system’ to support me while we get my sarcoid stable… then I most certainly would like to work in appropriate employment.
This has just gone to the tribunal;
Hello tribunal service folks.
I received the re-arranged appointment for the EaSa tribunal/appeal to 7th June 2012 at 14:40, on this day I also have an appointment with the Neurologist at St Lukes hospital, Bradford at 8:40, as you can – or not – imagine the hospital appointment is more important, the chances are though, and public transport permitting, I should still be able to get over to Leeds in time.
I also enclose three attachments, these are communication letters leading upto June 2011 at my then employers Airedale hospital, you should read them in the order that I have numbered.
Dr Smith is the Airedale occupational health physician, the letters are explaining a few things, including; one, my sarcoidosis prevented me from working and two, the dosage of 20mg/day Prednisolone was too high.
As of the 2nd of June 2011 (the date you mention the tribunal is to cover), I was still on 20mg/day of Prednisolone.
If required I can get a letter from my doctors explaining the same to that date, the problem is that will cost me £35…
I hope this information is useful to you, I take it all other information from the 3rd June 2011 would be irrelevant at this stage? including my increased dosage of Prednisolone to 40mg/day.
Yours with sarcoidosis and battered lungs.
Stuart Briggs
Posted in Advice, Blog, Sarcoidosis
Its almost two years since I first started with seriously bad problems in my eyes, eventually sarcoidosis was diagnosed, it was obvious that sarcoid had helped bring on bilateral uveitis. Some of the scariest times of my life followed, I struggled with simple things like filling out forms and counting out bus fares, crossing the road was another matter, judging the kerb and traffic was a huge challenge.
Thankfully things seem stable, well, my lungs, although one of the nodes is now slightly smaller the others are the same, the breathlessness can be so frustrating, but I feel sure the direction is still good. Onward and upward…
And so the evidence builds, my evidence against the corrupt benefits system. I have to prove that I was unable to work as of June 2011. As can be viewed here I started to be ill in June 2010, in fact it was earlier but this is the time I could no longer work and had to go on the sick. Eventually we found it to be a condition sarcoidosis, at the time I was employed as a healthcare support worker at Airedale Hospital.
As of June 2011 I was not allowed to return to work, jointly because of my medication and the fact I have sarcoidosis, both of these combined and working with ill folks are not good ideas as it could well have seriously put my health in a perilous position, you can view one of the letters from the hospital doctor below.
It should be clear cut in my favour but as so many sarcoidosis sufferers find out the system and its helpers in ATOS seem to struggle to recognise sarcoidosis, what is sarcoid they should ask, well sarcoidosis is/can be a serious medical condition and despite many folks views it can most certainly be fatal.
It were not until the end of 2011 that the consultants decided to reduce my Prednisolone, that resulted in my lungs getting some serious attacks from the sarcoid and therefore to double my original dosage of 20mg/day to 40/day.
Updates will follow.
Folks. the Giro D’Italia 2012 is up and off this arriving Saturday the 5th May! I have set up ‘The Giro at Ilkley CC’ fantasy race here; http://www.velogames.com/
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A good little piece about this gorgeous spot in Yorkshire, UK. Some years ago myself, and sons Matt and Jacob had a visit in heavy rain to Bolton Abbey and the strid wood, click the link to view all about it.
Laughter the best medicine they say, hmmm. well here I attempt some forced and unforced laughter, did it make me feel better? have a watch and find out how to laugh, join in and see how you feel…
, read the Blues in Britain magazine review or listen to my BCB Radio interview.