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0 points for washing and bathing because of "Musculoskeletal examination"

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czs17
czs17

Hello, I have severe psoriasis on my hands that makes it too painful to wash myself, I wear gloves and apply a lot of cream to prevent water from touching my skin however actually washing myself other than standing in the shower and letting water flow over me is impossible. The claims people at dwp refuse to acknowledge anything other than the "Musculoskeletal examination" as evidence that I can wash myself despite the fact that around 6/7 days of the week i'm in too much pain to wash, I have to cover myself in cream to make it remotely bearable. I have psoriasis in other areas such as my head that it is extremely painful to get water on even with creams. Washing results in my entire body feeling extremely dry for days afterwards and worsens my condition (doctor advised I shouldn't even wash my hands after going to the toilet because of this). I DO require assistance however I don't get any. I can't do other forms of self care such as shaving however I know they don't care about things like that.

I got points because I can't put shoes and socks on even though the Musculoskeletal examination shows I can reach my feet, so why don't I get any points for this? Is there anything I can do? Given that I'm unable to wash at all 6/7 days I feel like I should get 8 points but they are refusing to budge.

Suspicious how stubborn they seem on the subject when all I need is those extra 2 points to get the 8 required.

Thanks in advance for your time.

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    abi30942 czs17

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    I scraped my pip and I can do nothing. At all. Nothing. Due to a botched abdominal op my bowel, gallbladder and intestine were ruined. I have bile that leaks constantly causing burning agonising pain plus adhesions joining onto all sorts (another op needed) also apparently have chrons disease also need injections so I don't die pretty much and I scraped it. They're really strict now. I provided a care plan and attended with my mental health nurse and the dr scored me 0 in 2013 and said I had no mental health nurse... she was there... he said as I sat in bed all day I could work at a till/desk LOL 

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      abi30942

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      I basically photo copied my medical record, it shows alllllllll hospital admissions diagnosis notes everything and I got my pip, had a review in march reviewed by a REAL nurse who actually said it sounds like my adhesions are starting to obstruct the bowel or ovary and no way should I have been made to attend, first 'dr' wasn't a proper dr. Get all of your gp notes and send them all in for a paper based review (reconsideration) mine possibly easier as I had 4 specialists and the NHS basically saying look we messed up, but don't give up, see if gp will write a letter explaining this to pip?? Mine did as did specialist and they weren't specialists in gastro so they couldn't argue with it but they had enough medical knowledge to understand what was happening. Pip is difficult now I'm severely disabled and I get mine reviewed every couple of years 

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