Not diagnosed but feeling to ill to work, advice please, panicking

Hi Helen

Where do you live?

I am in a similar position as I am main breadwinner and we have kids and I don't know if I can sustain my symptoms. Try not to worry until you get a diagnosis.

J

Hi Helen

Sounds like you need some professional advice.  Not knowing where you live I can only suggest things that we

have available here in the USA.  How long has your husband had chronic pain issues?  Is he being seen by a

Doctor for this? Is he on pain management?  He should have applied for disability when this first became an issue.  You are the only wage earner. Do you have retirement savings?  Life / Disability insurance?? 

Do you have Short Term or Long Term disability insurance?  Many questions come to mind.  You are still young

and you don't want to wipe out your life savings due to this medical issue you are having.  Start with your Doctor and ask for a list of resources to help you determine what direction and steps you need to be taking now.

If you are in the USA, You can also check out your state's website, government agencies, health and financial

assistance.  I wish you the Best Helen.  Don't delay, start making a list, make phone calls, and get some clarity of what needs to be done.  Take Care  Keep in touch  ~  Faith

 

Hi Helen assuming you are in the UK contact your local welfare rights officer your husband probably qualify for pip maby you will as well anyway they will advise you and fill in any forms or you could visit citizens advice b euro they too will advise and do the form filling .

Hi again and thanks for all your advice. Today had a positive visit to the citizens advice with a loverly lady and so I have phoned for my pip, my husband will do it tomorrow, he was just too stressed and exhausted today. 

I don't want to go back into work, it's such a hard thing to accept as I am never usually I'll and quite proud of all the clients I have built up but my work is very physical. I just want to let myself accept I am ill and relax instead of ignoring how awful I have been feeling and soldering on. My symptoms seem to be progressing, within a week I have gone from the odd muscle spasm as I am falling asleep to about one every second, I can only compare it to a sensation of "popping candy" with cramps thrown in! Also today very nasal and stumbling over words through my sentences, not nice and a little embarrassing  

Thanks again x

So that's me waking up this morning hardy able to believe I phoned all my clients to tell them I can't work at the moment and to get cover to replace me, lying here in bed I feel ok and wonder if it's "gone away" but I start typing this message and my hand feels weak and I can remember waking a couple of times to find myself gasping for breath last night. I can also recall trying to cook last nights tea, hardly being able to open a tin and feeling like the knife I was using to chop the vegetables must be blunt... But it wasn't