Hello tribunal service folks.

I received the re-arranged appointment for the EaSa tribunal/appeal to 7th June 2012 at 14:40, on this day I also have an appointment with the Neurologist at St Lukes hospital, Bradford at 8:40, as you can – or not – imagine the hospital appointment is more important, the chances are though, and public transport permitting, I should still be able to get over to Leeds in time.

I also enclose three attachments, these are communication letters leading upto June 2011 at my then employers Airedale hospital, you should read them in the order that I have numbered.

Dr Smith is the Airedale occupational health physician, the letters are explaining a few things, including; one, my sarcoidosis prevented me from working and two, the dosage of 20mg/day Prednisolone was too high.

As of the 2nd of June 2011 (the date you mention the tribunal is to cover), I was still on 20mg/day of Prednisolone.

If required I can get a letter from my doctors explaining the same to that date, the problem is that will cost me £35…

I hope this information is useful to you, I take it all other information from the 3rd June 2011 would be irrelevant at this stage? including my increased dosage of Prednisolone to 40mg/day.

Yours with sarcoidosis and battered lungs.

Stuart Briggs

Thankfully things seem stable, well, my lungs, although one of the nodes is now slightly smaller the others are the same, the breathlessness can be so frustrating, but I feel sure the direction is still good. Onward and upward…

Just take a look at these cost’s.

£2.50 minced turkey.
£0.75 potatoes.
£0.64 parsnip.
£0.22 carrots.
£0.45 celery.
£0.25 mushrooms.
£0.65 chillies.
£0.30 garlic.
£0.30 onions.
£0.30 peppers.

£6.36 total. And for this I created four good meals, three to freeze, average then is an amazing £1.59 for a good healthy meal.

As of June 2011 I was not allowed to return to work, jointly because of my medication and the fact I have sarcoidosis, both of these combined and working with ill folks are not good ideas as it could well have seriously put my health in a perilous position, you can view one of the letters from the hospital doctor below.

It should be clear cut in my favour but as so many sarcoidosis sufferers find out the system and its helpers in ATOS seem to struggle to recognise sarcoidosis, what is sarcoid they should ask, well sarcoidosis is/can be a serious medical condition and despite many folks views it can most certainly be fatal.

It were not until the end of 2011 that the consultants decided to reduce my Prednisolone, that resulted in my lungs getting some serious attacks from the sarcoid and therefore to double my original dosage of 20mg/day to 40/day.

Updates will follow.

My rant being, the guy who died was thrown from the car, they never wore seatbelts, it could have saved him? I have talked to his dad and dare not say anything – obviously.  The woman who still doesn’t, well I don’t care about her but please get your son strapped in, im more bothered about the possibilities that she also could be projected out of the windscreen and damage someone else, and her son too?

Its a proper pet hate but because its very quiet here it seems folks forget the law and common sense, believe what you want but driving a little slower with seatbelts on do save. Jimmy Saville and the clunk click every trip were bang on, this was before wearing a seatbelt became law in the UK.

Another guy drives with the two year old on his knee and steering, head resting to the screen, arrggghhhh…

Rant almost over, fasten your seatbelts folks and do not drive with young ones sat on your lap in the front seats, in any seat for that matter.