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Help! Suggestions of how to earn money while undergoing cancer treatment!

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Ness
Ness
Apr 2023
5:00pm, 1 Apr 2023
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Ah. Glad you at least got a bit of help from them. Hope your oncologist can provide the help you need to fight that decision because, as you said, £77 per week is not enough!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2023
5:00pm, 1 Apr 2023
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I also had advice about using a small private pension to buy an enhanced immunity but that would pay out less than I currently draw down from my SIPP so that doesn't help either. My pot is so small, I pay myself £200/month. This was to pay for increased bills, so no luxury! Sigh!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2023
5:02pm, 1 Apr 2023
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£77 is a pittence but it is all I can get and I need it!!! I paid over £250.000 into the system. I should be entitled to something!
Ideally without having to proof I am not an illegal immigrant trying to fleece the government!!!
minardi
minardi
Apr 2023
12:12pm, 2 Apr 2023
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So sorry you are having such a shit time Hann, on top of all the cancer worries. I'm sorry I have no suggestions but hope something happens to help the powers that be see sense x
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2023
12:32pm, 2 Apr 2023
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My hopes are on my oncologist tomorrow 🤞
I fought very hard with Hereford council and got there...
But it is all so stressful and DWP is in another league 😩
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2023
12:33pm, 2 Apr 2023
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I am exhausted today and could not sleep last night... Tomorrow is another day of fighting for my life :(
PenW
PenW
Apr 2023
10:07pm, 2 Apr 2023
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So sorry to hear about all this - it’s so stressful when they say you can work when you clearly cannot. I hope the oncologist can help. In my experience (mostly with PIP), people very often get turned down when eligible and it gets overturned on appeal. I hope that happens for you.

The system is very broken.
Shades
Shades
Apr 2023
4:10pm, 3 Apr 2023
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Hanneke - if you're eligible for ESA then you may be eligible for the cost of living payments. Try gov.uk website

So sorry to hear you're so poorly, last thing you need is money worries.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2023
4:31pm, 3 Apr 2023
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Hadn't thought about that Shades, thanks!

I have just been granted ESA on appeal and it changed everything! I am no apparently also eligible for PIP, just started the application process. Will try other benefits related to low income.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2023
4:37pm, 3 Apr 2023
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Hanneke
OK, I just read up on it. I should get it automatically if I am deemed eligible. However, I think I am getting "new style ESA" so not eligible.

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I am really very ill with metastasised ovarian cancer. Too ill to start chemo on Tuesday.
However, they think I am fit for work. I can apparently work in a garden centre. If I don't I have to come in weekly for job applications and CV coaching.
I told them I run my own business and if I could, I would work in that.
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