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And best of luck when a potential employer asks for proof that you've been looking for work. I'm sure they'll be very impressed that you walked out and forfeit your benefits just because you had to wait for awhile.
So far, I have
Photography - Difficult subject to get in to.
Re-toucher (Photoshop) - Need to go on a good course and gain experience.
Web Design - Get back in to it and consider doing it again.
Data Entry (Data Input)
Delivery Driver
Photographer's Assistant
Work from Home jobs
When I went to the hospital this week, the nurse said that she was going to have a word with the 'main boss' and ask her if she would be able to see me and see what she has to say about the ulcers..... The first one what I got should have healed up by now. The second is new and seriously painful and I can't stand it any more. I even go faint when they take the bandage off my leg. Every fucking week it is.
I always go for a walk for a mile EVERY day and its not helping to heal the ulcers. I used to take zinc and vitamin C, but when I spoke to the nurse, he said if your body can't take any more in your body, it'll turn into fat or something, so I stopped taking them.
Leg ulcers have ruined my life
When I went to sign on 2 weeks ago, the 'adviser' said she thinks I should do some volunteering in office work.
I should have said that I'm not looking for office work. It isn't me.
My normal appointment is next week and I'll tell them that I think I should be on ESA and not JSA. I would send Citizen's Advice Bureau an email explaining my situation if I could find their darn email address.
I keep pondering the idea of having a photography career, but its a difficult subject to get into.
Once my ulcers have nearly healed and I don't have any pain, I'm planning on going on a course, an online one I think. College courses around here are a waste of time and they are not what I want to do. I could look at one-to-one private tutors, even though that will cost money.
I'm quite happy today that my leg ulcers aren't hurting or itching like crazy....(yet).
Why is office work not you? What part of it? Office work has a huge range, and can be tailored to most interests. Do the volunteering - you will gain extra skills, be more employable, and may find your eyes opened about office work.
It has been said many times to you before that your attitude isn't helping. You have a "...but X stops me" attitude and that will not help. Put in the hard work and you'll get there.
Doing an Administration course back in college was a mistake, I shouldn't have done it. But I didn't know what I wanted to do. I wasted one year doing the course. I don't want to be sat behind a desk all the time. I'd rather be doing something that I love and not something that I wouldn't like doing day in day out for the rest of my life.
I only have that attitude at the moment because I feel SHIT having leg ulcers. The pain from them has been excruciating. I've felt useless. I'm suffering from a little depression at the moment.
What's the link for?
I need to get my leg ulcers healed before I look for a job.
It limits me QUITE A LOT looking for work.
I'll have to say something to the adviser on Thursday and see what they say. I was going to say something last week, but I didn't like the person who sorted me out when I missed my appointment.
Why will you be surprised?
Why will you be surprised?
By the way, I got sanctioned for missing my appointment and won't be claiming any money until the end of next month. Not that I'm bothered of course. It's a stupid system anyway.
Yeah that'll be good. Maybe I'll be in pain when I see an advisor and they'll see me looking miserable.
Hmmmmm:d
This. One hundred percent.
This. TWO hundred percent.
Still waiting for an answer Melian?
Thank you!
And what happens to those people who don't have a computer!
I need my PAINFUL ulcers to heal before I begin to think about getting involved in the only one thing I'll be good at.
I will be determined to find a job when they're healed (even though I know it'll be quite difficult to find one in the area I want to work in)
Now you can see how they are affecting my fucking life. And I'll still get them until I fucking die.
Last year I got one in my right ankle, then this year, I got one in my fucking left ankle over a healed ulcer/scar. And that's why its so painful.
Since getting these two new ulcers I've suffered from a little depression and when I got made redundant I got even more depressed and some anxiety issues.
I've suffered from so much pain in my life, that I want to kill myself. Drive over a cliff and get it over and done with.
People, if you have something nasty to say to me, then just don't say it at all. It will make me even more shit than I currently feel.