Today I made some videos for my daughter to watch when I am gone. She's six. Haven't been able to face doing it for a long time, but my voice is fading so it's now or never. Been tearful since because it's been a day of realisation. I don't want to die. Time is running out.
#MND
This is what mothering with end stage
#MND
looks like. I do everything possible to enjoy life with my daughter despite how terribly hard it is. We had an incredible time
@wbtourlondon
. Some days I still feel like it might be ok. I so want to live for her.
What a high! Excited to be working with such an incredible team who are
#United2EndMND
fabulous support in Westminster and we can really feel the momentum building. A huge thank you to everyone involved.
@MNDoddie5
@MNDScotland
@mndassoc
the time is NOW!
People with
#MND
are depicted as dignified heroes who can bear the horrors of the disease - explains the distinct lack of urgency to get
#Proleukin
to patients. Nothing dignified about being spoonfed and having your arse wiped at 42. Trust me. I will not accept death
@mndassoc
People with MND demand and deserve treatment.
#Proleukin
reduced death rate by 40%, it is cheap, safe, it works and I want it. Time for real action
@mndassoc
@MNDoddie5
@MNDScotland
. I don't want to die.
#MND
patients have been brave and stoic for long enough. Hundreds of thousands have accepted that death is inevitable and nothing can be done because that is the message given at diagnosis. No more. Time for change. Time for treatment
#proleukin
#mirocals
@mndassoc
⚠️MND is NOT rare
⚠️YOUR lifetime risk of developing MND is 1 in 300
⚠️MND is an underfunded, currently incurable, terminal, neurological disease
⚠️MND kills 33% in 1 year
⚠️MND kills 50% in 2 years
Look what it has done to me.
#attackmnd
#MNDawarenessday
So excited to have launched the 'Sponsored Sunflower 🌻 ' competition at my daughter's school yesterday in aid of the
@mndassoc
. Children got to wear what makes them happy and eat a lot of cake for a great cause
#united2endmnd
#MND
#makememories
Soon after
@MummywithM
Emma's daughter was born, she was diagnosed w/
#MND
"Without ever having the opportunity to be the mother I wanted to be, my body began to fail”
⚠️Finding treatments & a cure needs⬆️Govt funding. Ask your MP to join
#United2EndMND
👇🏼
I am beyond devastated.
@chrisrimmerMND
changed my life and fight beyond measure. I will be forever grateful for his leadership and friendship. What a hero we have lost
@DarbyRimmerMND
❤️
It is with deep, deep sadness we bring you the devastating news that on Monday 18th April, our Co-Founder
@chrisrimmerMND
sadly passed away after a brave battle with motor neurone disease
So well deserved! We're doing it for Doddie.
@MNDoddie5
is a relatively small charity in the MND world, but it is giant in its leadership and determination. People living with
#MND
can never thank you enough. Your fundraising is colossal and your heart is huge.
Special moments - JustGiving Charity of the Year 2023 💙💛
It’s been a year filled with highs and challenging moments & we can’t thank everyone who supported us & the MND community enough 🤝
Let’s raise a glass, then get back to kicking MND into touch 💪
It would have been my Dad’s 85th birthday today, but we lost him to Motor Neurone Disease. I’ve just added my signature to this petition calling for more funding for urgent research into this devastating disease. Please add yours too 🙏
@mndassoc
We believe that if results of the
#MIROCALS
trial are as positive as we all hope, everyone who is eligible should have access to the drug without delay.
People with MND don't have time to wait & we'll continue to push hard for progress.
Full statement:
We tried for a baby for 7 years, eventually conceiving with
#IVF
& 1 Yr later I was diagnosed with a terminal illness that has no treatment, no cure. Pls sign + RT. We need funds for research NOW. MND must be stopped.
@ivfbabble
#infertility
#MND
Public Service Announcement: Get
#lifeinsurance
with
#criticalillness
cover. I didn't think I needed it at 37 and it was on the 'To Do' list. It's harder
#dying
of
#MND
knowing that I didn't protect my family in this way. Don't make the same mistake. Please.
Absolutely right! There are treatments coming but only if
#MND
is properly funded to allow TARGETED research. The right thing to do is to provide £50 million NOW. How many more of us will die waiting?
@CMO_England
@mndassoc
@MNDoddie5
@MNDScotland
“Now we can actually point to clear breakthroughs in research that need that extra money to take us through to something which a few years ago seemed impossible – working towards a cure for MND.”
Our Chairman
@ALewerMBE
on why
#MND
needs targeted funding.
@BurrowSeven
@mndassoc
I'm also living with MND and I'm so delighted that my sister has bought me a 'share' for Christmas. Fantastic idea and I'm so excited to watch his progress.
Gov. guidance suggests there should be 'flexibility in vaccine deployment at a local level' for
'exceptional individualised circumstances'. I'm terminally ill and have lost the last 9 months of my life. GP won't help, CCG knows nothing. Twitter? Can you help?
@MattHancock
Organising a fundraiser at my daughter's school
@mndassoc
to mark my official diagnosis day on May 3rd. Are you able to help me with bunting, posters, leaflets etc? It would be great if there was an event kit?
@ChrisJamesMND
@sallylight17
😊
A very happy 51st birthday to the big man
@DoddieWeir5
. I look forward to wishing you a happy 60th. We count up not down 💪
@MNDoddie5
thank you for being an inspiration to me 💙💛
#United2EndMND
When born in 1980, I had no idea that 185,000 of the then living UK pop' would be diagnosed with MND or that I'd be 1 of them. 80,000 are dead. 105,000 are living with MND or don't yet know their fate.
Let's be
#United2EndMND
sign and share. Please.
Time to embarrass myself in aid of
#united2endmnd
. This photo is me in 1966 with sharp tool! Little did I know about 175,000 of then living UK pop would get
#mnd
, including this little chap, in their lifetimes.
Please sign/share. And beat that photo!
Today I heard that a colleague (57) and an ex student (30) both died from Covid. Shame on the deniers who have fuelled this wave. I'm beyond fearful. I want the vaccine now. People with
#MND
can not
#lockdown
because they require care.
@mndassoc
@MattHancock
Proleukin was shown to significantly increase survival time amongst people with MND. The drug is safe, cheap and readily available. We want it now. When will
@mndassoc
commit to saving our lives rather than patients of the future?
@Tanyacurry2
@profcjmcdermott
@AmmarAlChalabi
Mirocals was funded by charity donations and taxpayers, yet the trial data has been *sold* to a start up company. It will take *years* for them to get a new product to patients when the trialled drug is available now. Why?
Strong, determined, positive...just like Doddie 🩵. Thank you
@MNDoddie5
.
#MND
Community please retweet. We must be relentless in our pursuit of this effective treatment.
We believe that the 8 month delay in gaining sight of the data from the MIROCALS trial involving Proleukin is unfortunate and unacceptable.
We call on leaders of the consortium to release the data so research experts can assess it further.
Full statement
This is an open letter to the UK Government which will be delivered soon. Effective treatments are very close, but critical investment is needed.
If you are living with
#mnd
, please add your name.
@Rob7Burrow
we need your support!
#united2endmnd
Misleading to focus on high dose of
#proleukin
used for kidney cancer
@mndassoc
we know that the drug is easily dispensed in low, safe, trialled dose required for
#MND
patients. We are focused on removing barriers to treatment. We need you to expedite release of data by mid Aug.
The MND Association is fully committed to sharing progress being made around emerging treatments on a more frequent basis.
We appreciate the level of frustration among the
#MND
community.
Please click below for our latest update.
@AberdareNic
When my husband Eric was diagnosed the campaigns were all about optimism and we weren’t allowed to say the word suffering when talking about MND. Well I can speak from the heart when I say my husband suffered. More urgency is needed if change is ever going to happen.
Thank you for your vital work and ongoing support
@AhmadAlKhleifat
we couldn't agree more and welcome an immediate preprint of trial data
@mndassoc
@healthandthings
must respond with vigour and commitment. Nothing less than effective treatment will be accepted by
#MND
community.
Committed to MIROCALS trial & I believe in its potential. Not leading, but proud of my role. Now, I urge the consortium to join hands with the MND community and drive for publication and global access to this medication. An urgent meeting with trial leads is needed.
Christmas is over and so my mind turns to the coming months and the aim of getting a vaccine. My very healthy carer is booked in for the 6th Jan yet my GP prefers to bin the doses from missed appointments rather than put me on standby
@MattHancock
@PublicHealthEng
@NHSMillion
We need to find a cure for
#ALS
#MND
. It will kill 1 in every 300 people. In the UK, most research funding currently comes from charities like
@mndassoc
,
@MNDoddie5
and
@MNDScotland
. Now we need
@GOVUK
to step up and build on the huge progress the ice bucket challenge generated.
200, 000 of the current population are facing an MND diagnosis and they don't yet know. It needs to be the concern of the many not the few!
#United2EndMND
@APPGonMND
@JimBethell
It’s vital that ‘targeted’ funding for lab to patient research for
#mnd
is increased - we are lost in neurodegenerative disease funding & the result? Low lowbfunding. This must change - otherwise 200,000 of current uk population will develop
#mnd
& will die of it.
#united2endmnd
As we wait to see if
@RishiSunak
delivers the £50m needed for a Motor Neurone Disease institute here’s a moving piece by
@joepike
about his inspirational husband Gordon in today’s Sunday Express
Leeds is hugely under represented on the petition forc
#MND
research ££. Surely you aren't going to let us Southern Softies win? Without £ from
@GOVUK
200,000 of current UK pop' will die of MND. Rally the troops; ask them to sign+RT
@leedsrhinos
@RugbyLeeds
@MartinJ_MND
Thank you for sharing your experience and I am sorry that you went through it for placebo. Are trial Drs now supporting you to access the drug? We will continue to push for early access for every
#MND
patient that wants
#Proleukin
@mndassoc
@SueNelms1
@mndassoc
@Tanyacurry2
The MND community deserve and demand better. You are clearly unaware that there is an effective treatment sitting in hospital pharmacies that we are currently denied access to. If you were dying, and had a six year old daughter, I am sure you would share our outrage.
@SueNelms1
@mndassoc
@Tanyacurry2
Proleukin. Trialled for MND over 21 months. Reduced death rates overwhelmingly during the course of the trial. Don't tell me to sit by and wait. People living with MND don’t have time for all the red tape. The drug is safe and effective and people want it now.
I've lost a 14 year teaching career to MND. In 2018 I was a fully functioning teacher and now I need 24hr care + a machine breathes for me. Will teachers stand with me against MND?
@EdSupportUK
@NASUWT
@ASCL_UK
@TeacherToolkit
please sign and RT.
This open letter to UK Government is penned with 1 line powerful and heartbreaking statements from a fraction of those living in the UK with
#mnd
. In 1 line we lay ourselves bare. If you have MND, click to sign. Make history! We need you!
#united2endmnd
Only 2 weeks until
@govuk
spending review complete. Here is the
#united2endmnd
1 pager on why a new funding model is needed for
#mnd
Targeted Research. Only £5m spent by
@The_MRC
in 2019/20 and not as reported £15.9m. Why? This and more here
Emma Moss, motor neurone disease patient, says thousands have died without ever having received the benefits they were due because they were unable to prove that they had less than six months to live.
🔊
@GloriaDePiero
|
@MummywithM
|
@ALewerMBE
We are compiling an open letter to UK Government - If living with
#mnd
in UK please add your name. Over 100K of UK public signed our petition - Let’s thank them with our 1 line stories of life with
#MND
@Rob7Burrow
we don't yet have your support.
Living with
#MND
my emotional state can be fragile. This took my breath away despite wearing my ventilator. Absolutely beautiful. How intrinsic to life music is.
@ClassicFM
@CharlotteHawkns
Only 2 weeks until
@govuk
spending review complete. Here is the
#united2endmnd
1 pager on why a new funding model is needed for
#mnd
Targeted Research. Only £5m spent by
@The_MRC
in 2019/20 and not as reported £15.9m. Why? This and more here
@GregBroadhurst
@Clarkiejc1979
@MNDManchester
@mndresearch
@lev_ian
The organisation lacks energy, urgency, direction, leadership at every level. Patient community being disastrously let down regarding MIROCALS and access to
#proleukin
the MNDA shows no desire or commitment to support. Lacklustre. When will MNDA act with force and conviction?
@mndassoc
@Tanyacurry2
@healthandthings
There has been a tide change within the community prompted by inaction, apathy and platitudes. Are you aware? Time for change. Time for treatment.
🗣️“I represent the whole MND community now, it’s brilliant to continue raising awareness."
Kevin Sinfield has today been awarded his OBE 🎖️ for his outstanding fundraising efforts for the MND Association in support of ex-teammate and friend Rob Burrow🦏🏉
@Rob7Burrow
'DaddywithMND' just like you I'm mourning a future with my family, but our children will grow up with our same sense of courage and fight. We are
#United2EndMND
and we are strong. I know that your team can help us to reach 100k
@leedsrhinos
What an honour to be named a Doddie’s champion with
@onein300
and
@dsetters
😭 I’m feeling very emotional this morning! Doddie has been an inspiration to me, I always think of him saying to not look back or forward but to focus on the now. Together, we’ll beat MND 👍❤️
@MrAndrewCotter
@DoddieWeir5
I've been waiting for this. Like the big man himself, I'm fighting MND hoping to make a big b'day this year - my 40th. So glad you have narrated this. Give my love to the girls - they/you have really made me smile this lockdown. Lots of love, to Doddie too. Big 50!
Happy 50th Birthday
@DoddieWeir5
I know this was a huge aim for you. Now, on to 51, 52, 53, 54... Keep going Big Man. I'll be fighting alongside you. Thanks for everything. Lots of love ❤️
#MND
#Doddie5Ride
#nowhiteflags
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DODDIE 🥳 Please join us in celebrating by recording your own video saying cheers to Doddie and donate to our Birthday fundraiser:
Let’s kick MND into touch!
#bepartofthecure
#happybirthdaydoddie
@Bethannestagram
@rickygervais
I'm terminally ill and currently making my own videos for my family. Yesterday, I filmed a short video for my daughter called 'Take no shit. Promise?'. She's only 3 so it's one for the future... Afterlife is breath taking and brave. Thank you
@rickygervais
@itmfundraisers
@mndassoc
@Tanyacurry2
What we are currently asking for - a release of MIROCALS trial data has absolutely nothing to do with government and plenty to do with
@mndassoc
. Please read around the issue to ensure that your comments are fair and appropriate.
@ketytheyeti
told me her carer has Covid. She is exposed to a team of 12 carers, their families, kid's schools, their partner’s workplaces...Those who require care can not shield. Give terminally ill people the vaccine now.
@MattHancock
@mndassoc
#CovidVaccine
@piersmorgan
We're excited to launch our latest product, Doddie'5 Tartan Paint 🎨
This high quality, water-based paint is perfect for giving your rooms the tartan makeover you've always dreamed of 🔵🟡
Spoke with GP again. Total refusal to take on board GOV advice to make local vaccination decisions for those with degenerative and terminal conditions. Told to wait in line. No reason to and time is precious
@MattHancock
@BBCNews
@piersmorgan
#Covid
-19
#CovidVaccine
#MND