No one probably cares but I can now draw this thread to a close. I received th money in my bank today. I am on comprehensive health benefits. I am to be registered for a retraining course in the interest of finding some work. And I am awaiting referral to a psychologist specializing in PTSD. All of these things took for ever to come to pass but once things started rolling, the benefits have been set up rather quickly.

Nov 2016 - application submitted
30 Jan 2018 - benefit received.

Go ahead and apply. It is hard I know as the process will bring back difficult memories but I encourage you to do so anyway.

I don't look at this as an award or lottery win. I paid for this with my emotional blood. They owed me.