Daniel Yates

Brilliant to hear Louise Casey talking about how poorly the state addresses #MND on #newscast this morning. Everything she sees and says genuinely matters (not just on MND) and she always carries the receipts…. Oh and her deconditioning thoughts were spot on

@forwardnotback I’m still sickeningly well thanks. Just keeping my head down and waiting for the merry go round to stop… it’s all a bit like trying to pick a horse without understanding what type of course it is and who the other runners are…

@danieljyates More importantly I desperately want never to be an inpatient again until the end etc How are you doing

Me thinking: they must have decided it is too hot for me to do physio today … Phone call “We’ve left you ‘til the temperature drops … see you in 20 minutes” B/Hol weekend and the work, regardless of the weather, to rebuild/recondition Tim continues

@forwardnotback Good news.

Approved for discharge 💪💪💪

@forwardnotback @shevvyt Good. They will understand…

@shevvyt Certainly not 😀😀😀

Embarrassment Physiotherapist arrived early and I was tucking into a family sized raspberry trifle 😂😂😂😂😂

@forwardnotback Just remember you are doing the hard work… I know you know this from before but recovery is just as important as hard work…

@danieljyates I have a soft spot for physios - they got my body working again once before and while this is more of a challenge I have total confidence in them

In praise of the #NHS (again) And I do accept that some people have difficult experiences Today is Saturday and I received a call from a community physiotherapist to let me know she was on her way When she arrived I had a full hour of breathing exercises, gentle leg …

@forwardnotback Yeah but the physios are the best eh 😉. Joking. Every part of team nhs matters… team nhs matters…

I know I’m quite ill but they really are throwing everything at me to make sure I’m able to live the best life possible Community nurses, speech therapists, occupational therapists, a psychologist and a social worker plus a red cross volunteer and full clinical backup 😀😀😀😍

@forwardnotback This is brilliant news Tim. Good luck back in the real world…

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE Care package has been signed off by Lambeth Council and I am going home (well a new temporary home) tomorrow 73 days after being told it was doubtful I would leave hospital or survive Can’t believe this is actually happening and tbh the emotion suddenly hit me

Thanks very much to the A&E + cardiac teams looking after my sister at The Royal Sussex @UHSussex who is being released today 🙏

@forwardnotback Wow. When can I get admitted ? Love hospital food…

TEA TIME Steak & Mushroom Pie with Mash and Gravy Pineapple & Ginger Sponge with Custard and more custard The pie has amazing suet pastry 😍😍

@forwardnotback The macaroni cheese and hotpots are always good 👍🏼

Admitted on Tuesday, February 17 so today is the start of another week Hot Pot followed by chocolate and mandarin sponge If nothing else my love for puddings and custard is being satisfied Shaking things up a bit at tea time with one of the “everyday favourites” choices

@forwardnotback I take it that 18% is your ejection fraction (not election faction for once) 😉. Keep well and keep enjoying every view..

I moan a bit at times and I am slightly frustrated at the delay in my transfer but overall things are much better than they feared I have been very lucky I will eventually leave hospital with a heart that is functioning at 18% and will not improve I will take that Current view

@forwardnotback @jimrobbins Crisis - what crisis ?

@jimrobbins Cheers Jim Tbh for a few days it was a bit touch and go for a while - thankfully I can’t remember much - but think (hope) the ‘crisis bit’ is over😀

I can’t tell you how happy I am to see tweets from @forwardnotback back on my timeline.

It’s Greek week at Lidl… which means it’s ouzo oclock….

Well merry Xmas for yesterday. I was yesterday days old when I discovered that in the French speaking parts of Belgium and Switzerland they don’t use quatre-vingts and instead have the far more rational octante etc …. You live and learn

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The news of a mass shooting earlier with multiple deaths at Bondi beach is horrific. There’s no official news on a motive yet but it does sound suspiciously antisemitic currently.

Charlotte, aged 30 was diagnosed with MND two years ago. Like most people with MND, she needs home adaptations to live safely at home as her disease progresses. Accessible housing is vital for people living with MND, but funding for housing adaptations can take forever to deliver. Help transform the grants process for those with MND by emailing your local councillor, asking them to raise a motion committing your local council to deliver effective fast-track support for people living with MND. act.mndassociation.org/2025-11-Unlock…

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I think someone’s been found out… Such a disgraceful & reductive way to talk about care work & migrant workers. But oh so revealing too…