Thank you so very much for your help i will take your advice and act on it immediatly i greatly appreciate it ... Ellie

THANK YOU , do I still have to send sick notes if I have,nt been doing so for the last year or more ???

Hi I have just joined today as I have recieved a letter that after my ESA assessmant i have been turned down for ESA wqith only 6 points I had a heart attack last year and part of my small intestine removed which has left me feacally incontinent and with a heart murmur I also have fibromyalgia in my neck and shoulder and 1 arm, my ESA client advisor told me at last interview that if i was turned down to appeal to a tribunal ... i have had physio this year and next week I have an appointed with my consultant at the surgery clinic about a futher op although i have had many tests this year and attended 2 hospitals i have rarely seen my GP who wrote an assessment for my claim ... I am going to appeal today my problem is and i hope someone can advise .. Does my esa automatically continue whilst i am waiting appeal I know by law until 2013 it is supposed to do so but how does it work have i to fill in forms etc get sick notes ??? I can never get through to my ESA office and theres a message to say dont be ringing with questions about ongoing claims ??? whats that all about .... I just need some one who has appealed to guide me through what i do next to keep getting benefit