Jo Lloyd-Williams

#prehab #fitforsurgery #preparationlist

@domdyer70 😢

67 years ago, Laika was launched into space. Laika, ′′Little Barker" but her real name was Kudrjavka, Russian for ′′curly." She was captured on the street, in Moscow. Half Husky and half Terrier, she was around 3 years old at the time. She was chosen because she was calm, docile and perfectly adaptable to the Sputnik 2 capsule. Equipped for life support (food and water), the mission didn't involve return. For Laika, it was a death sentence. The interior of the satellite was lined and the interior space was wide enough to allow Laika to lie or stand. The internal temperature was set to 15. and a refrigeration system had to protect the animal from excessive thermal surges. On November 3rd at 2 AM, Sputnik 2 was launched into space. Laika probably survived for seven hours. But some sources claim that agony was much longer: four days. Alone, in space. The satellite returned to atmosphere 5 months later, April 14, 1958, after turning 2.570 laps around Earth. It disintegrated upon return to the atmosphere. Every year, before Fall, I feel compelled to tell this story and possibly do it with new words. There's a deep guilt that all of us should feel reading what we did to Laika. Human progress has often been achieved at the expense of animals that had nothing to do with our desire for supremacy. Many people believe this was an acceptable price for our conquests, but it seems obvious, even reading this story, that was really just a trivial form of prevarication. We had a duty to choose another path. We still have that duty today. Sorry humanity has failed you, Laika 💔

@NiallHarbison ❤️

This is Buttons now. Her main job in life already complete at such a young age. She lives the life of a queen, gets her own private gigs and loves her new family. She looks so relaxed and stunning. Buttons says that love is the answer ❤️ (4/4)

Little Buttons came into our little sanctuary @wearehappydoggo in Thailand looking for help. A year ago I delivered her over to @liamgallagher and her perfect forever home. I told her you are safe Agent Buttons, now get to work getting the band back together… (1/4) 🧵

@domdyer70 😢 Heartbreaking. This is evil.

DOG CATCHERS INJURING DOGS AT THE BEACH IN TURKEY 😭💔 This morning dog catchers were at the beach, catching dogs. This poor dog was darted with sedative and poor thing really struggled before falling. He was injured and taken to their van. TOURISTS refused to hand him over and tried rescuing him, but dog catchers called the police and took him anyway!! He was severely injured, we have no idea if he is still alive!!!! 💔😭 @RTErdogan @MeldaKelemcisoy @InsaneHuseyin @animalsavemvmt #Turkey #Turkeyboycott #Turkiyedekatliamvar #yasayigericek

A very big thank you to Catherine Bowdler for sharing your morning with me and a very small part of what is involved being a @cwpnhs complex case manager from MDT to patient visits. A humbling and valuable insight and good chat too about improvement opportunities.

Q: Why do obese people have higher rates of arthritis in their hands and shoulders? A: Because arthritis is not just a condition of excessive loads on joints causing wear and tear! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

@joanne_inman @TimWelchCWP @cwpnhs @WeAHPs @haydon_clair @SatLotay @AnushtaS @GemRatcliffe79 Thank-you so much for the opportunity... Any excuse to get on my soapbox and talk everything physio & therapy related. Great to listen to all the other AHP’s & learn about their roles within CWP 💪😃

@Claire145 @BetsiCadwaladr 👏 Amazing news x

I can hardly believe I'm writing this, but this week, I start my new role as Consultant Therapist for the new @BetsiCadwaladr Community Complex Conditions Service. I'm so excited to be a part of this fantastic new service #LongCovid #MECFS #ComplexBreathlessness

I love this “I can” board from @movingmedicine! Thank you to Lisa Hughes, advanced practitioner physiotherapist for frailty, for bringing this to our attention and sharing how you’ve used it with your patients. Such lovely patient feedback! #EndPJparalysis

@NiallHarbison ❤️

How I Deal With Getting Punched In The Stomach On A Daily Basis 🥊🐶🌴 If anybody has ever had their pet pass away they will know what a brutal feeling it is. Soul destroying and up there with one of the worst experiences in life. Trying to help the street dogs means I face that feeling pretty much every single day of the week. I’m not just talking about dogs dying but also seeing neglect, abuse, torture and illness. I’m constantly asked how I deal with that emotionally so I thought I’d share the ways I try to keep balance and perspective… 1. Learn Lessons From Every Dog 🐕 ✍️ If you take the pure facts about Tina into account it really could’t get much worse. She was use for breeding and tied to a chain for years, living a miserable life. After making a good recovery she has now been diagnosed with stage 2 kidney failure and given months to live. Despite all that, this precious street dog… 🌎Changes people’s outlook on life around the world on a daily basis (I know this from messages I get) 🤣 Makes people laugh, cry, smile and rejoice with happiness watching her daily antics 🤒Helped people who are also struggling with severe illness and even end of life care (from private messages I get) Tina’s story should be immeasurably sad but it is down to her that she is turning it into a happy one not just for herself but for humans now too. She teaches us all to live in the moment. 2. Provide Dignity 🙏🩵 Bailey mysteriously arrived circling on one spot just outside the land last week. Who knows how she got there but despite trying to save her for 3 days her brain was just too sick. Sometimes you have to accept that you can’t save every dog and you move to a situation where instead you provide some care, love and dignity to a lost and voiceless soul… 💊 Ease her frantic suffering and stress with medicines 🦠Try everything to diagnose and find a cure 💤Let her slip away pain free 🪦Give her dignity, a nice send off and a nice resting place Bailey was only one dog and those actions from a few humans won’t change the world street dog problem but it did change her last few days on earth. 3. Tackle It Head On 😓🐶 Little Penny was tortured and had a broken leg. When I first saw the video of it happening my instinct was to turn away and leave it. Another country, another culture and not my dog. Quite frankly taking it on was terrifying. It’s taken over 6 weeks and a massive journey but turning her situation around means that she is now on a comfy sofa, has a wonderful foster home and she can lay her head down and forget about the terrors she faced. There have been over 50 people involved in her journey to where she is now and there is a lot to do to ensure it doesn’t happen again (especially at scale). Seeing the video of her was like a punch to the stomach but tackling it head on means the experience and knowhow is there to help the next similar dog. 4. Identify The Problem To Drill Down And Fix It ✂️ It is especially hard seeing puppies die. Survival rates for them are very low as they face huge dangers from traffic, disease, dumping by humans, lack of food, snakes and weather. The list of dangers they face goes on and on. The problem is easy to identify. You can’t go around aimlessly scooping up puppies all day long. You have to cut the problem off aggressively at the source… sterilise the dogs and control the population. While it is impossible to save them all it is possible to stop the flow of new ones. I’ve just hit 700 dogs sterilised since I started just over a year ago meaning 1000s of puppies and their mums won’t be suffering. Less future punches to the stomach! 5. The Kindness Of Strangers 🥰🙏 I could pick dozens of random acts of kindness that people help the dogs with. They come online an in the real world from completely selfless people wanting to help the street dogs. Some random examples this week… 🥫The lady who wanted pay for the rest of Tina’s life. That means the expensive special diet food, medical bills and everything else she needs. Half way around the world but a gesture that will prolong Tina’s life and ease her suffering. Mind blowing. ✍️The 100s of people who researched and sent me messages about Bailey’s condition from around the world. Also the people who sat with her as she died. Unless Bailey was held she acted all frantic and nervous. As soon as she was held she relaxed so the people who spent hours sitting holding her made her know love as she slipped away. 📸The amazing stylish photos in this post were taken by a professional photographer who gave up time on his holidays so as I could have some professional photos. Like so many things I didn’t ask but he just offered as his way of helping the mission. 🌎The messages, shares, likes, follows, comments and interactions I get online on a daily basis. That all feeds into me being able to help more dogs at scale. There are mornings when I wake up after getting punched in the stomach repeatedly the previous day and think to myself “wow this is so hard”. One quick look at my phone or at my desk where I see drawings and paintings people have sent me from around the world and thats all I need to bounce into the shower and attack the day. So How Do I Deal With Getting Punched In The Stomach On A Daily Basis? I’ve tried to explain it in this post with some examples but really it comes down to 2 simple things… 1. Turn every negative situation into as positive an outcome as possible ✅ 2. The kindness and support of humans in the real world and online 🥰 Number 2 is especially important because if you turned on the news or opened any social media app you would think humans are all evil and out to destroy everything that is good. In my little corner of the world that I’ve created and using the lens I choose to see things by there is only kindness, love an hope. I hope wherever you are reading this you have a wonderful day and thank you for the ongoing support. I pinch myself going to sleep every night thinking how lucky I am to be able to do this/. Big love 🩷 Niall P.S you can support here.. 💵 Donate donorbox.org/helping-thai-s… 📸 Insta instagram.com/niall.harbison/

We didn't have parties to "boost morale" We didn't have quiz nights We didn't have champagne We watched our colleagues die though We were STEEPED in death We kept going We had to We kept on So don't you DARE say your parties were "necessary" @borisjohnson You make me sick.

@NiallHarbison 😍😍 I’ve watched these clips 20+ times… so adorable!

Every evening I take the big dogs on a 🛵 tour of the jungle to tire them out. One dog has been watching this for a few days now but remained shy. I saw him contemplating it today. Then he just went for it. That someone was…Rodney 🥰🥰🥰

@WrexhamCookie Haha, as if!! That’s crazy…

⁦@jolloyd2⁩ doesn’t feel like 4 years ago 😬

@wizzair Civilians are trying to escape a war zone, not go on holiday. They’ve lost absolutely everything, surely you can temporarily adjust your own ‘policy’ for these circumstances rather than use it as a PR win for your business @wizzair #StandWithUkraine️ #WARINUKRAINE #WizzAir

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@Annie12914 @hayleswright10 @itunurseswxm @NWCriticalCare Good luck @hayleswright10 !x

This amazing nurse says goodbye to the Maelor today, inspiring, innovative and award winning... you'll be missed❤ @hayleswright10 @itunurseswxm @NWCriticalCare

60 or so years ago we convinced cardiologists that exercise was good for cardiac patients. Now we need to do the same for the oncologists. Exercise creates thrivers not just survivors. Addressing skeletal muscle mass loss is an important focus in oncology research to improve

Once you realise Number 10 were all drunk all of the time, 2020 starts to make more sense

My Top Tip of the Day: Take a photo of your parent's remote controls. So whenever you get *that* phone call, you've got something to reference. You might not fix their problem, but there'll be a lot less swearing.

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I work as an emergency doctor in the NHS but can only save lives if I work alongside my 'skilled' colleagues, including nursing assistants, carers, porters and domestics. If they are asked to "retrain and get better paid jobs", there would be no NHS and no care. Simple!