“Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.” Sylvia Plath
“There are three difficulties in authorship; to write any thing worth the publishing — to find honest men to publish it — and to get sensible men to read it.” Charles Caleb Colton
Introduction: I spent over 40 years in an academic environment. The critical points to academic success could be summarized by how many publications you had, how much research/grant money you received, did you teach or had any administrative tasks, and was your scientific accomplishments in your field known locally, nationally, or internationally. If you put a checkmark on these points, you usually have a long academic career.
This blog, “Journey with Parkinson’s,” fulfills a need to write and try to contribute valuable/helpful information about Parkinson’s for others to learn from and make informed decisions.
I have also been fortunate to publish peer-reviewed work on Parkinson’s during the last three years of academic work. What about now being retired? It is more of a challenge, but there are still some manuscripts on Parkinson’s coming together (hopefully, I will get them submitted for review next year). Recently, I decided to publish my comments about a meeting I attended, and they have been published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease as a blog report. Here is the link:
The International Linked Clinical Trials Initiative: A Program of Hope for Parkinson’s Disease by Frank C. Church
(Click here to access the blog article)
Published 05 DEC 2023 in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease
Scientists, clinicians, and the pharmaceutical industry must continue searching for treatments for Parkinson’s that can at least slow the disorder’s progression. Parkinson’s is such a heterogeneous disease with so many different symptoms it is a daunting task. I hope that something will evolve from this iLCT program. If you have not heard about this initiative in Parkinson’s, please read the blog post.
“The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the people, the editors and agents, with whom you share some language, and some sense of what makes literature worth reading.” Leslie Jamison
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Journey with Parkinson's 
You say so many symptoms. I see that too. Parkinson’s has become a bit of a catch all, with only a few at best any remedy. I have gone to a dozen doctors and all they say is take dopamine…for life. Perhaps someone someday will get it right. By the way, I have no typical symptoms…
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Thanks Don, what you say is very true. It is considered a movement disorder followed by a complex and diverse group of non-motor symptoms. And each symptom requires its own treatment strategy, such that carbidopa/levodopa does not work for everything that happens in Parkinson’s.
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