Great post Gary. I really hope you can get Medical Scientists to engage their brains and think outside their textbooks. Unfortunately too many of them are trapped into a way of thinking, or sponsored by Big Pharma. But we have to start somewhere.

"I see now how the pain was just masked by the medication. Now I'm starting to feel again, as my mind and body become an integrated whole, I can address the underlying causes, so long hidden by a diagnosis which gave me a narrative of hopeless degeneration." That says it all my dear friend Gary...medicating the symptoms perpetuates the disease...Then we medicate the side effects...vicious circle...The time has comes to open our eyes...

Hi Gary, thanks for this post. I admire your courage to challenge the medical status quo to rethink and look with fresh eyes on the dogmas that seem entrenched in the "sickness industry". I used to work as a medical scientist in pathology labs. I can remember one day, sitting at the bacteriology bench, churning out dozens of reports for doctors based on my interpretations of each patient's bacterial culture, and this thought popped into my head: I wonder if these doctors are talking to their patients about, sleep, exercise, stress, diet etc, or are they just dishing out antibiotics? I wonder.

Just yesterday I was telling my Psychology students that one of major characteristics of scientists should be being skeptic. Are neuroscientists being skeptic enough about the current drugs treatments? Scientists, let’s embrace skepticism, so you can think outside the text-book, or outside from the rat-lab for a moment, and re-think what isn’t working, what could work and what works right now for Parkinson’s Disease and other conditions. Great call, Gary!

You continue to amaze me. I am sure anyone reading this story -- even just this part -- will agree that you got dealt a raw hand back then, but that you've somehow managed to find the light again. I've read your later narratives, and I've seen your videos, and I'm amazed at the distance you've traveled and the work you've done to get here. Bless you. I can only hope each day is better and brighter than the one before.

I agree with CDC that this is a very good start to your book. You are now armed with substantial first-hand experience and your narrative desperately needs to be shared. Most of us cringe at the colossal incompetence of far too many folks with assorted letters following their surname but rarely do more than sympathize and move on. More astounding is how these so-called "experts" are permitted to continue, ignorantly "treating" patients. As you well know, the staggering stories are endless but they must be stopped. The collective "WE" deserve so much better. Your courageous fight not to be taken down as a statistic is spectacular! By using your voice and sharing your journey, you are making an impactful difference and spreading the seeds of hope as you scratch and claw for even the tiniest bit of info that "might" be a clue in the mystery that is PD. Please keep fighting, sharing and stirring the stagnant quagmire that folks have allowed to form. You may, at times, feel like an overwhelmed, unarmed pioneer but you, Sir, are a formidable champion for so many folks quietly accepting the status quo because some white coat told them they must.

"Gary, good evening! Thank you for contacting, I am sincerely grateful for your videos. My father in law has Parkinson's disease and are we are applying some of your ideas. Good luck with your projects, both professional and personal. Happy weekend and a big kiss from Madrid!!"

"Good morning Dr. Sharpe. I really enjoy your video blogs. They provide me another piece of evidence of a theory I've held about intentionally using other regions of the brain to work around the interference that PD causes. Also, I share your website with many of the patients I work with as a 1st person point of view of how effective that strategy can be, and how important dedication to being as active as possible is, in regards to PD management. Really this message is just a big thank you for sharing your experience with the world."

"You are most welcome Gary Sharpe! I appreciate your invaluable contribution in making excellent and workable ideas for others. I find it very useful for many people regardless of the fact they are sufferers of Parkinson or other medical issues or even getting on with age. In doing what you do for suppleness and improved memory, I started others on doing much more than being sedentary. I ought to thank you and your organisation for such insights! Bravo Gary! You are doing a great gesture for all of us! From the bottom of my heart I am truly grateful to people like you!"

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