I am
That's fantastic stuff
Thank you ;)

Frank, music is always definitely in my background ;)
It make the task go quickly and the mood is so easy and happy that everything flows so easily

Haha, Simone. I assumed that would be true! 👍🎶😎

Frank 🎸

Definitely true!
Tried and tested so many times

Wow!
What a satisfying career!
You must miss some aspects of it?

Yeah, super satisfying! What could possibly be better than helping people get well?

I was still in a solo private practice and was faced with the decision of joining a very large group or scaling down.

My plan was to work full time until 70 y/o, so at 68 I think that was a reasonable decision.

I still do medical consults for surgical clearance but most of my time now is being spent working in biomedical engineering and health care informatics.

I completed my Masters in Medical Informatics in 2015. Doing some really interesting work in blockchain for electronic health record security. 😎

Wow, wow and wow!.
You've certainly seen it all, haven't you?
Have you had a successful cases of drop foot?

Yes, Simone, using PT and electrical stimulation, which are fairly effective for foot drop in post-cva populations.

Here's an interesting study from January 2021 on how to measure gait symmetry using a wearable sensor.

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/3/921

You can download the pdf from there. 😎

Frank 🎸

I've copied the link and will read it later on
Frank, what electrical stimulation would you recommend.
Don't worry I know it will be my decision lol

But would you say, accupuncture is useful?

Hi, Simone

I had to fix that link because it was missing the last number and wouldn't load correctly. So ensure it ends with /921.

Many electrical stimulators are available, but physical therapy practices have the best equipment.

Some patients have gotten positive results from acupuncture, but combined PT and electrical stim give the best results.

I did a MRI and the results showed nothing concerning.
So from my research, I made the decision to go the accupuncture route with physical therapy and stimulation.
I am hoping step by step ) all the pun intended) it will be okay

I think that's a great therapeutic combination, Simone, and I hope you get better soon! 👍😎

Me too
Thank you, Frank

Thank you for stopping by, Myra
Always lovely hearing from you

Same here. It is always a pleasure reading your blogs. :)

Myra

That's really sweet, Myra
Thank you
I always look forward to your responses ;)

Lol
So what's stopping you, Jeff

Nothing is stopping me, Simone! I am right where I wish to be!

Jeff

I see
Keep.on keeping on

Will do, Simone!

Jeff

Awesome :)

😌🙏

👍😊

Haha, My workflow is very similar to yours, Jeff! “Close enough for Rock N’ Roll,” right? 😎🎸

Really?

Hi, Simone

Well, I was joking to a point, but I find being “over organized” can make me lose interest.

Medicine, of course, is a different story, but that is not a creative endeavor.

Haha, I guess it’s the musical side of me speaking. 😎

Frank 🎸

Haha! Yes, indeed. Frank!

Jeff😎🎸

Lol
What type of a doctor are you?

Rock on, Jeff! 😎🔥🎸

I’m board certified in Internal Medicine with a Masters in Biomedical Engineering.

I sold my private practice to Care New England several months back, so I’m semi-retired at 68 years old.

I saw patients 5 to 7 days a week for 40 years and it was very gratifying.😎

He's a ROCK Doctor, Simone!🎸

Yes, indeed, Frank! 😎🤘🎸

🤣🤣🎸

☺️☺️🎸🎸

Haha, Jeff!

Yes, a "Rock Doc." 🔥🤘🔥 😎🎸

😎👍🎸

Thank you
And anyone can achieve this
Do you have a target audience on any social media?

Not really. I am not doing that right now. Maybe in the future.

No worries
But
Have you ever researched to see if there are others who love the same types of book that you are writing about?

It would be very interesting if you did

There are a lot of Diaspora stories and natural disaster Survival stories. A main theme for these stories (if I can pull it off) is the message that we need to take care of Mother Earth or we won't have a home to come back to or live on. We will have Orphaned ourselves. You can check out Will Smith's Movie After Earth. Mankind had poisoned Earth so badly that we could not live there anymore even though life flourished and the humans in that movie had even lost the knowledge of how to get back to earth. You can also look at present-day Chornobyl in the former Soviet Union. Life Flourishes, but it is all irradiated. We could not safely live there.

That's sounds interesting.
Try and pick out several themes and find out if there are groups that support these themes
That's the first step in seeing if there will be potential buyers for your book when it is finished

Will do, Simone. thanks. :D

Awesome ;)

I have tried to do some research like Phil suggested in his post about publishing on Amazon. And I might have a small problem. The two stories ready to publish are each part of a larger story and the main characters in them are not human. Amazon does not have a category under Science Fiction for non-human protagonists. so far those two stories, categories are Adventure, Genetic Manipulation, and Post Apocalyptic.

I will keep researching.

JD

Just a suggestion
Type in the same thing you type on Amazon but put it into Google and put the word group at the end

Let's see if you get any results

Such as:

Book Category: Adventure, Genetic Manipulation, Post-Ecological-Apocalyptic, Non-human Protagonists?

Tea, that's a start ;)

ok. will try that. :)

It did not work. I will keep trying.

Awesome ;)

What do you mean? No groups?

I think that putting Ecological in Post Apocalyptic, and Non-Human Protagonist, was what threw it off.

There is only one Science fiction book I know of where the Protagonist was decidedly not humanoid. I believe it was called Orn. It was one of a trilogy.

I see
Try putting some of the words, but not all to see if anything comes up

I will. Also, Maybe I wasn't phrasing it correctly. I will keep trying.

I know you will
You are motivated to doing so :)

:)

;)