PIP assessor walked out!

Thanks Gordon, you're a gem. I consitently asked stupid questions here, that were answered already in the guides and mostly used this topic to remind me what I had to do, as much as ask for help! Despite my continued ridiculousness, you all showed extraordinary patience with me, and that is so appreciated! I just hope it all goes smoothly from now on. I might be the only person who is looking forward to the brown envelope! Most of my feelings are just a long exhalation of relief.

It's really bizarre, looking at my assessment "results", how much of the report doesn't stack up with my lived reality. I scored zero points for most of the things I had most difficulty with. I rly feel for Graham, cos it still seems that having intolerable pain is something we're supposed to shrug off. I was just lucky it didn't come down to life being ("merely") intolerably painful. Just a scandal AFAIC.

I wrote (again) to my (tory) MP who is vehemently anti anything social or helpful. I tried to be nice, but I was rly in campaigning mode. I hope I had some influence. I doubt it. I did try to shame her: that Scotland (omg) is leading the way on disability, rights, kindness and fairness. I prolly should've just said it costs a lot less to do things w/o stupid, humiliating assessments!

Anyway, thanks everyone! I'm rly just relieved and exhausted, mostly relieved! sry if it doesn't come across! I just hope that everyone fights until the end - the threat of a tribunal is rly the only thing that moves the DWP, so don't give up!

I tried to call the DWP about a decision today but they gave me some surprising news. The guy was trying to say that I won't get my PIP backdated to the start of my claim (end of 2018 ish) because I was on DLA? He started saying about "run offs" of a month, and something. My counsellor Ian said that it would be backdated - I assume it was, for him. He's was in the same position as me, same sort of conditions. Have things changed since last year?

I was receiving (only) middle-rate care on DLA, but (hopefully) enhanced for both on PIP. Should I get this (difference) backdated? I was told I can't receive "concurrent" payments, but I thought that PIP replaced DLA?

I hope it was just gaslighting; guy sounded like he was proud of himself and he put me on speakerphone for teh lulz.

I've just got a txt from "myPIP" saying I've got another assessment on 2/12/2020! OMG. What gives! Can they even do this? What, was the original assessment too accurate or something!?

I'm calling the DWP, but I just hope it's a mistake.

Also, can you get a lifetime PIP award, it seems like it's either 3 or 10 years?

Turns out it was from ESA, despite their saying it was all "sorted out, for defo, no takebacks, promise" until 2023! They haven't cancelled it either, I might talk to the provider later. Someone is apparently going to call me at some unspecified time for an unspecified reason! I hope it's to sort out this nonsense once and for all. Again. Feels for real that they just want to stress out disabled ppl until they give in or die; a feature of the lovely system, not a bug.

It's so annoying that everything always comes through as myPIP, even though there are two different systems and two different providers. I guess I should've realised the pattern, that ESA (for some reason) wigs out after anything to do with PIP or assessments? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯