Are there any 'leaders' in your support group - people you could ask for advice or even just a listening ear? There are a number of charity/church-based groups that help people who don't fit into the usual 'categories' - it might be worth seeing if there is anything in your area. Maybe Citizens Advice Bureau?
Must be so hard for you having to make these decisions while you are still not fully recovered.
Yes, I have done and I've also been to the Citizens Advice Bureau as well.
Everyone says I'm a unique case as I just got back to the UK last April (2014) so that screws up a lot of my eligibility for benefits even though I'm a British citizen. And I didn't work enough weeks last year to increase my eligibility for benefits this year. And I have too much savings as well.
People in the community have been very kind but it is really tough dealing with this when I'm not 100% - its hard to just focus on getting well when one worries about the future and housing etc.
I try to do my best to stay in the present and my Dr was really pleased with my progress the last time she saw me - I really committed to doing exercise and it has helped. I see her again in mid-July but I am realising more and more that I recovering from what has happened to me is going to take much longer than I envisaged.
The Dr did tell me that people can take months to recover from what I've had and I know one person who took a year to recover. I've read of other people (on the web) who took months and months to recover as well .... but they had family to fall back on for help or were financially more secure in terms of having property.
I have kind people in the community I live in but it's not the same in terms of stability - what i really need is to be able to stay somewhere and know its going to be stable for the next 6 months - if I can't move back to Canada.
