Lizzy
@hopefullizzy.bsky.social
30y/o creative, with complex health issues🤞🏼ME/CFS biomedical research. Passion for the wild, for kindness, and helping all people have a voice✨ Bristol, UK
2wks after being admitted, I’ve been discharged.
Things are far from ‘better’ but I’m not critically ill like I was going in so that’s good, & I have some source of nutrition. Still didn’t get answers for my GI inflammatory markers being so high but 🤞🏼 my other team will help.
Glad to be home❤️
Things are far from ‘better’ but I’m not critically ill like I was going in so that’s good, & I have some source of nutrition. Still didn’t get answers for my GI inflammatory markers being so high but 🤞🏼 my other team will help.
Glad to be home❤️
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
2wks after being admitted, I’ve been discharged.
Things are far from ‘better’ but I’m not critically ill like I was going in so that’s good, & I have some source of nutrition. Still didn’t get answers for my GI inflammatory markers being so high but 🤞🏼 my other team will help.
Glad to be home❤️
Things are far from ‘better’ but I’m not critically ill like I was going in so that’s good, & I have some source of nutrition. Still didn’t get answers for my GI inflammatory markers being so high but 🤞🏼 my other team will help.
Glad to be home❤️
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UK photographer Shirley Baker documented the city of Manchester's streets in the 1960s #WomensArt
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
UK photographer Shirley Baker documented the city of Manchester's streets in the 1960s #WomensArt
Update: a week after my 31st birthday I was taken back into hospital. Still here a week later.
Fed up, but still here and still persevering.
On my 10th failed cannula, extremely frustrated, and totally wiped out. I guess we’ll see what today brings.
Fed up, but still here and still persevering.
On my 10th failed cannula, extremely frustrated, and totally wiped out. I guess we’ll see what today brings.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Update: a week after my 31st birthday I was taken back into hospital. Still here a week later.
Fed up, but still here and still persevering.
On my 10th failed cannula, extremely frustrated, and totally wiped out. I guess we’ll see what today brings.
Fed up, but still here and still persevering.
On my 10th failed cannula, extremely frustrated, and totally wiped out. I guess we’ll see what today brings.
October 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Also, here's mine.
Cobwebs are models own. 😆
Cobwebs are models own. 😆
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Also, here's mine.
Cobwebs are models own. 😆
Cobwebs are models own. 😆
So the currently level of hospital admissions from #COVID in the UK is 50x higher than hospital admissions from flu.
A direct result of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social drastically decreasing autumn/winter covid vaccinations for many elderly or at risk adults…
It will get worse. It won’t save money.
A direct result of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social drastically decreasing autumn/winter covid vaccinations for many elderly or at risk adults…
It will get worse. It won’t save money.
October 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
So the currently level of hospital admissions from #COVID in the UK is 50x higher than hospital admissions from flu.
A direct result of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social drastically decreasing autumn/winter covid vaccinations for many elderly or at risk adults…
It will get worse. It won’t save money.
A direct result of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social drastically decreasing autumn/winter covid vaccinations for many elderly or at risk adults…
It will get worse. It won’t save money.
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1) The Physios for ME team published a randomized trial on pacing with a heart rate monitor. It included 32 patients with ME/CFS and 15 with Long Covid.
A brief breakdown of the main results 🧵
A brief breakdown of the main results 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
1) The Physios for ME team published a randomized trial on pacing with a heart rate monitor. It included 32 patients with ME/CFS and 15 with Long Covid.
A brief breakdown of the main results 🧵
A brief breakdown of the main results 🧵
Mum has hung the beautiful autumnal bunting she made me for my 30th birthday last October, up across my room. It looks so lovely!
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mum has hung the beautiful autumnal bunting she made me for my 30th birthday last October, up across my room. It looks so lovely!
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First day back in Parliament, so time to get this Bluesky thing up and running. Thanks for follows so far. Also working on new website. If constituent, please do email. Going to be a busy week, with statements likely this afternoon. Congrats to @darrenpjones.bsky.social on his new job!
September 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
First day back in Parliament, so time to get this Bluesky thing up and running. Thanks for follows so far. Also working on new website. If constituent, please do email. Going to be a busy week, with statements likely this afternoon. Congrats to @darrenpjones.bsky.social on his new job!
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In the firing line, as ever, are the UK’s hundreds of thousands of ME/CFS patients. As a practitioner once remarked, “the bastards don’t want to get better”. If there is one characteristic all the ME/CFS patients I’ve come across have in common, it is a desperation to get better.
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In the firing line, as ever, are the UK’s hundreds of thousands of ME/CFS patients. As a practitioner once remarked, “the bastards don’t want to get better”. If there is one characteristic all the ME/CFS patients I’ve come across have in common, it is a desperation to get better.
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I saw a pic of that lavish banquet next to a photo of people starving in Gaza and it just made me sick. Obscene how wealth is not shared out. Nobody should be starving in this day and age 😡😡
September 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I saw a pic of that lavish banquet next to a photo of people starving in Gaza and it just made me sick. Obscene how wealth is not shared out. Nobody should be starving in this day and age 😡😡
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I detest the fact that people will retort with [insert moany voice] "£15m isn't enough to run the nhs for a day". My argument for that is the nhs is being mismanaged then, and £15m could go a hell of a way to fill food banks for millions of people, not just an elite few at a banquet.
#solidarity
#solidarity
September 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I detest the fact that people will retort with [insert moany voice] "£15m isn't enough to run the nhs for a day". My argument for that is the nhs is being mismanaged then, and £15m could go a hell of a way to fill food banks for millions of people, not just an elite few at a banquet.
#solidarity
#solidarity
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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed its Second Reading in the House of Lords, the house did not divide on the issue. #YesToDignity
September 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed its Second Reading in the House of Lords, the house did not divide on the issue. #YesToDignity
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For decades, people with ME/CFS faced stigma and little research funding. Now, NIH has spotlighted ME/CFS in its feature on mitochondria—a step toward recognition. Learn about the mitochondria connection & why this matters for #MECFS, #LongCOVID, & related conditions: https://bit.ly/4mjda8g
September 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For decades, people with ME/CFS faced stigma and little research funding. Now, NIH has spotlighted ME/CFS in its feature on mitochondria—a step toward recognition. Learn about the mitochondria connection & why this matters for #MECFS, #LongCOVID, & related conditions: https://bit.ly/4mjda8g
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The UK government's climate change advisory panel has said it has not yet been asked to formally assess how plans to expand Heathrow airport would impact on carbon emissions targets
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ministers yet to seek climate advice on Heathrow expansion
The government faces calls to give the Climate Change Committee a bigger role in advising on airport expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The UK government's climate change advisory panel has said it has not yet been asked to formally assess how plans to expand Heathrow airport would impact on carbon emissions targets
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"My door is always open for conversations with Jeremy and Zarah, two people committed to making our country fairer who I really respect. All my energy is focused on what I can do towards that end, and that’s to keep growing @greenparty.org.uk"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green party membership surges after public split between Corbyn and Sultana
Almost 1,400 people sign up in 24 hours to increase party membership by 10% since Zack Polanski’s leadership win this month
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"My door is always open for conversations with Jeremy and Zarah, two people committed to making our country fairer who I really respect. All my energy is focused on what I can do towards that end, and that’s to keep growing @greenparty.org.uk"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.
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Trump looks like he's trying figure out how to steal some of their gold decor
September 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Trump looks like he's trying figure out how to steal some of their gold decor
Still can’t get over the fact that Trumps visit has cost the UK taxpayer £15million (again)
Yet we’re constantly told there is no public money. Not enough NHS funding. Reduced public services. Lack of social care funds. Children in desperate poverty. Elderly without heating in winter.
#ukpolitics
Yet we’re constantly told there is no public money. Not enough NHS funding. Reduced public services. Lack of social care funds. Children in desperate poverty. Elderly without heating in winter.
#ukpolitics
I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."
September 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Still can’t get over the fact that Trumps visit has cost the UK taxpayer £15million (again)
Yet we’re constantly told there is no public money. Not enough NHS funding. Reduced public services. Lack of social care funds. Children in desperate poverty. Elderly without heating in winter.
#ukpolitics
Yet we’re constantly told there is no public money. Not enough NHS funding. Reduced public services. Lack of social care funds. Children in desperate poverty. Elderly without heating in winter.
#ukpolitics
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When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.
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I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."
September 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."
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I am proud to be born a Muslim.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
September 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am proud to be born a Muslim.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.
None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.
Drink some water and touch grass.
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"what doesn’t kill you, doesn’t always leave you stronger, sometimes it leaves you weak, and shocked, and sad."
Truth.
Sending big love to Lizzy 💞
Truth.
Sending big love to Lizzy 💞
Days are spent just getting by, bedbaths, medication, feed, sleep, sometimes a little bit of tv, and the occasional 5-10min visitor.
People forget how impactful this illness can be, and, what doesn’t kill you, doesn’t always leave you stronger, sometimes it leaves you weak, and shocked, and sad.
People forget how impactful this illness can be, and, what doesn’t kill you, doesn’t always leave you stronger, sometimes it leaves you weak, and shocked, and sad.
September 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"what doesn’t kill you, doesn’t always leave you stronger, sometimes it leaves you weak, and shocked, and sad."
Truth.
Sending big love to Lizzy 💞
Truth.
Sending big love to Lizzy 💞
Apologies for the silence, I have tried to update people on the ‘other’ platform, but couldn’t manage here too.
It’s been a rocky year, I spent most of the summer in hospital due to the progression of this disease/ these set of diseases and the malnutrition being allowed to get so critical… #MECFS
It’s been a rocky year, I spent most of the summer in hospital due to the progression of this disease/ these set of diseases and the malnutrition being allowed to get so critical… #MECFS
September 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Apologies for the silence, I have tried to update people on the ‘other’ platform, but couldn’t manage here too.
It’s been a rocky year, I spent most of the summer in hospital due to the progression of this disease/ these set of diseases and the malnutrition being allowed to get so critical… #MECFS
It’s been a rocky year, I spent most of the summer in hospital due to the progression of this disease/ these set of diseases and the malnutrition being allowed to get so critical… #MECFS
Yesterday was phenomenal! 160+ people came out and battled the wind to stand in a #mirrorbox to listen to my message, while looking at a place I love, & for many, that they do too.
I’ve been wiped out today from the messages & hype, it was so lovely having my family come home & tell me about it all
I’ve been wiped out today from the messages & hype, it was so lovely having my family come home & tell me about it all
June 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yesterday was phenomenal! 160+ people came out and battled the wind to stand in a #mirrorbox to listen to my message, while looking at a place I love, & for many, that they do too.
I’ve been wiped out today from the messages & hype, it was so lovely having my family come home & tell me about it all
I’ve been wiped out today from the messages & hype, it was so lovely having my family come home & tell me about it all