Whats the point
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By bransnan
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Tue 22 Jan 2008 13:42
10 years ago my husband had a heart attack leaving him with severe short term memory loss, we were about to buy his mothers house where we were living at the time, but had to cancel because he was left to ill to work and I had to give up work to look after him. I now get help and am able to work part time in the evenings to keep my sanity more than anything else.
6 years ago his mum died leaving the house to my husband and his brother who sent us letters from a solicitor demanding his half of the house.
If I had to move house there is no way I could cope with my husband as he wanders off and gets lost. I'm very lucky where we live in a small village where everyone looks out for him.
However I applied for a mortgage to pay my brother in law off and got it yippee, not so. I'm now running up solicitors bills of thousands of pounds because my husband can't fill out a mortgage application form because of his health, and the building society will not be able to evict him if I can't keep up the repayments. so I now have to apply for court of protection. God knows how I'm going to find this money. If I sell the house and my husband has to go in care the money will be used to keep him there, I feel I've given up my life for the past 10 years for nothing. Why is everything so hard.
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- By morello
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Re: Whats the point
Tue 22 Jan 2008 15:19Basically because this government dont give a damn about us. Not only are we working many of us 24/7, but for nothing and then they want to take what little we have from us. We are the slaves of the twenty first Century and it all begins in the UK with our politicians. We give our lives and yes you are right we often think why and what for, because we all end up sick, ill or with no home or income or savings, heavens forbid we should have any of them,,,,,,"off with our heads"
Mo
- By loopy
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Re: Whats the point
Tue 22 Jan 2008 17:23i agree, and i am sorry for your plight bransnan. I agree that this government does sweet FA basically. I have recently completed a teaching assistant course at NVQ level 2. I can only work so many hours because i have to be here to care for my daughter. But, my carers allowance will be taken off me if i do these hours because its just above the £95 limit and i wont be any better off financially . Whats the point when i am exhausting myself, caring full time for my daughter and getting up in the small hours of the morning with her,?I am sorry, but i would love Gorden Brown to spend 24hourswith me and see what life is REALLY like.
- By tracyG
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Re: Whats the point
Wed 23 Jan 2008 21:11Here, Here, I do feel its terrible what has happened to you but you must not give in and keep strong !
I have to say I was sent a form the other day by our local MP asking about getting carers back into work. I ask you, I have tried and studied so hard to get a career and each time been pulled back by my son's ill health. We try so hard, and do what anyone would do in our situations, and yet people are not happy till they have your blood.
Take the bull by its horns, and don't you weaken.
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By bransnan
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Re: Whats the point
Wed 23 Jan 2008 21:40Thanks for you're kind words I was feeling really down when I wrote that, needed to get it off my chest.
I'm a strong person really but I seem to be fighting for eveything all the time, get a little punch drunk sometimes ,but I know you'll know what I'm talking about .
Here we go again Round 306
- By tracyG
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Re: Whats the point
Thu 24 Jan 2008 12:04Thats the spirit ! Rome was not built in a day, keep strong now.
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