27 years on IB

I have just recieved the dreaded letter and i,m awaiting the phone call from the very nice man at DWP.I would like to know if anyones heard of someone in my position who for the last 27 years been on IB due to having spinal surgery which failed badly and left me with severe nerve damage being left with chronic pain. i also get the higher rate of DLA which i use under the Motability Schemeand have done for the last 20 years, i am 59 this year and if the government had,nt changed the goalposts on the pension age for women i would,nt be having this extra stress and anxiety. because iv,e been told that ATOS do not take much notice of someone like me thats in severe constant pain into account all they look for is what upper body movements you can make disregarding any pain or discomfort the person is in.

Any heipfull replies would be much appreciated, thank you chrissy v

Thats not right about the pain. In fact at a medical assessment you are not obliged to perform any activity that causes pain, and if a person cannot repeatedly/reliably do an activity

Make sure you get your doctor and/or other professional medical advisors to write and back your claim if they can be encouraged to do so.

Thank you

Thanks for the info Xfactor, i don,t think it will help me much, as iv,e been told by someone in the know that if you manage to make it to the assessment center you,ve already failed, because you,ve travelled by whatever means to get there, so you,ve already broken the 10 minute sit down assessment, also if you can drive there yourself, so having a motability car counts for nothing.

Chrissy v