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Re: Who to contact in Victoria for non-emergency help?
  • Author : down_not_out
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  • Topic : Our stories
15 Aug 2023 03:01 AM
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@Appleblossom 

 

You are more mature, not older. Turning 50 last year was a really strange feeling for me. My dad passed away from cancer at age 57 (2005). I am only 7 years younger than that.

 

I'm currently applying for NDIS at the moment but just don't seem to have the headspace for jumping through the hoops. The government denied me being on the DSP in 2015, so I took prescription meds to try and keep on working. This didn't end well.

 

My wife earns something like $100 per fortnight too much for us to receive any financial assistance from Centrelink and private health insurance is my only luxury.

 

I have a roof over my head, so things could be much worse. 

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