ESA 0points - what happens now?

Sadly Mrs. H and an ex nurse, following the "closure" of my appeal and George's funeral my body has fallen apart and physically am not now in a good place but have seen my GP this afternoon for regular meds review and she says everything I am experiencing is "normal" so I just have to plod on . I think after seeing my GP I can allow myself to feel unwell in the hope that eventually I will come out the other side.

Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me along the way and I hope my thread might serve as an encouragement to to others if they have the time to read it all!!

Yes, I am not surprised that you have had a bad physical reaction to the past few weeks Remember 'This too must pass'.

Hi Judith, so sorry to hear you are feeling unwell. As Mrs HB said not surprising at all . Alot of my nursing career was spent in the field of bereavement support and grief often has very physical as well as emotional manifestations. Coupled with the sustained stress you have been under fighting for the help that was rightfully yours you must be at a very low ebb. I hope you will now have time to take care of yourself and relax a little. Accept all the help and support you are offered and allow yourself time to grieve and recover. Sending you positive thoughts for christmas and a peaceful and healthier new year. Very best wishes

Hello Mods, Unfortunately here I am again - I think the DWP have a personal vendetta against me !!

Following my successful appeal last November I have spent the past 3 months feeling very unwell which has included my Diabetes being very bad and now to top it all I have today received a letter asking me to attend an interview on 26th March. My ESA finishes on 11th April and I will be 62 in June and get my State Pension in September - why would they want to help me get work, retrain, - no-one has done anything for me during my 17 years of Incapacity when it would have been much easier for me to get a job and who would want to employ a 62 year old very rusty medical secretary and I am just so out of touch with technology ........... the mind boggles.

Anyway, I am unable to use public transport and the office they are asking me to attend is a bus into town and back out again and my husband is still working and has taken time off to take me to most important appointments but I do not consider this to be an important appointment. The points I scored for my ESA were "because I could not attend anywhere I am unfamiliar with on my own" and the issues with my unstable IBS.

Anyway Mods, what is your advice please? I do not wish to attend - interestingly just the letter has put me right down again and I had only just started to climb up again following the previous stressful 12 months

As my money stops in April anyway what else could they do to me??

Many thanks, Judith

As Judith has had a deterioration in her health since she was placed in WRAG, could she not ask for a reassessment? Could she now qualify for SG?