From the beginning to the end
sci.med.dentistry alt.support.jaw-disorders
Posted: On 04-19-2001
To my Dear Friend Sabra,
The burdens of your long personal journey, while they have been of a nature that
we -(most of us) can only imagine, your superb descriptions of your own
trials-and-tribulations have given us an insight into real personal suffering
that can come into existence in these yet unresolved complicated TMJ related
conditions.
Your endurance and stamina in this long ongoing struggle to get the word out
about these TMJ related issues has been most commendable and we all are in dept
to you.
Quote:
>I have gone full circle ... I'm back to where I began.
>How can that be? If you can't identify the beginning from the
>ending... you keep going... as I did... until there is reason to
>believe that the sought after destination has been truly been reached.
I hope you can find a certain peace in knowing that you certainly swam the
distance.
Quote:
>This is a personal achievement. Not being able to know the ending
>from the beginning is a sign of one of two things: you aren't at the
>end yet or you don't know where you're going in the first place.
With this said, I will close by saying, Sabra -(Webby), your conscience can be
clear about the honest efforts you have put into this burdensome sad struggle
that also has affected so many others and still does, with often having to live
their lives in quiet desperation.
Best wishes, always,
Otto
P.S. As for collective dentistry and these issueswell Let your consciences be
your guide.
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Title: From the beginning to the end
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:55:39 GMT
Quote:
>It's been interesting... and now I know for certain that I have
>nothing more to add to this newsgroup's dicussions; particularly, the
>TMJ related discussions because that topic is what brought and kept me
>here.
>Looking back at seven year's of work (1994-2001) in smd (and to a
>lesser extent, there was heavy work in asj-d), I realize there is an
>identifiable high and low point to this adventure. Boiling everything
>down to one simple high and one simple low might seem to trivialize my
>experiences... but there has been nothing simple about this ongoing
>seven year long experience; a journey. What is truly amazing to me is
>that I am able to put my finger on that one high note, that one low
>note... and I know that everything else is just the stuff in the
>middle. Identifying the boundaries of it all, the high, the low, and
>the middle... that is how I have come to the decision that the journey
>is complete. I have gone full circle ... I'm back to where I began.
>How can that be? If you can't identify the beginning from the
>ending... you keep going... as I did... until there is reason to
>believe that the sought after destination has been truly been reached.
>This is a personal achievement. Not being able to know the ending
>from the beginning is a sign of one of two things: you aren't at the
>end yet or you don't know where you're going in the first place.
>Best wishes to everyone,
>Sabra
