http://tmjtalk.com/forums/22 en-us Copyright 2006, Kickapps feeds@kickapps.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@kickapps.com (WebMaster) Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:57:39 GMT Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:34:56 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://kickapps.com/search/direct/ http://tmjtalk.com/topic/363/t/The-Person-Behind-The-Keyboard.html Do you remember receiving so many forwards that your mailbox was ready to explode?
How about receiving an email from someone just searching for a friend.
Did you wonder who these people might be that are behind the keyboard?
Online we meet new people from all around the world.
Some we chat with just once and then we go on.
Others we chat with time and time again, and a friendship is made.
Others become our email buddies, and we look forward to their emails each day, but have you ever really wondered who was really behind the keyboard?
So often we meet a friend in chat we stay up all night chatting,
sometimes we laugh so hard we cannot type, other times we cry and our keyboards are stained from tears.
We chat about our lives and help solve each others' problems, we lend a shoulder if we can.
Did you ever think to yourself, who is really behind that keyboard?
Did... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/363 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:42:33 PST http://tmjtalk.com/topic/4552/t/The-Letter-To-Normals.html
The Letter To Normals
Hello Family, Friends, and Anyone Wishing to Know Me,

Allow me to begin by thanking you for taking the time out of your day to spend some time with me and get to know me better. A persons time is their most valuable asset and yours is appreciated.

I want to talk to you about Fibromyalgia (FM) and Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS). Many have never heard of these conditions and for those who have, many are misinformed. And because of this judgments are made that may not be correct So I ask you to keep an open mind as I try to explain who I am and how FM/MPS has assaulted not only my life but those whom I love as well.

You see, I suffer from a disease that you cannot see; a disease that there is no cure... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/4552 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:50:55 PST http://tmjtalk.com/topic/362/t/LIVING-WITH-TMJD-II.html








]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Cymy Sue) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/362 Mon, 06 Jun 2005 13:05:46 PST http://tmjtalk.com/topic/4553/t/-quot-But-you-look-good-quot-.html
More importantly, at what time did you volunteer to take over my body, thus making you such an expert on my pain? SAVE IT.
It sounds neither sincere, nor caring. Probably because it is not.
Because "But you look good" has taken it's place in society, as the fake interest in one's condition.
It is the blazing horn proclaiming, "Sorry you are in pain, however, don't burden me with your suffering, you look just fine". Besides, how bad can it be if it is unseen?
Does it even exist or is it a figment of the overactive imagination of many that " just don't want to pull their weight" or worse yet those that " just dont try to fit in".
There are those of us for which this pain is a daily cycle of a little pain, leading into more pain seamlessly blending into excruciating hours of searing muscles, pins and needles or other suffering invisible... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/4553 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 18:45:09 PST http://tmjtalk.com/topic/4554/t/Tears-On-The-Internet.html
Listen carefully. Can you hear it? It is a soft sound, so muted it is barely noticeable. At times it even seems to fade away into the distance -far, far away. Until you think it was never there. But then you can hear it again, whisper soft and gentle. It sometimes takes a while to figure out just what it is. To even admit that you hear it.
Bring your ear closer to the computer. Just a little closer, still. Now you hear it. Now you know it is there.. And you know what it is. Finally, you recognize it. There simply is no denying the realization. It is the sound of people crying.

The Internet is generally thought of as a place where people gather--for fun, for information, sometimes just to talk. Yes, it certainly is that. People spend hours just getting lost in its seductive maze. There are wondrous sights to see, mountains of information to be had, fun to be found. But it is also a place of heartbreak, a refuge for those lost souls who... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/4554 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:23:23 PST http://tmjtalk.com/topic/364/t/TMJ-REALITY-.html A few people may take offense to these words, thinking they can beat TMJD. I agree, some people can, but there are also those of us who can't. Many of us got into the 80's craze, where surgery was the answer for TMJD. A lot of us have given up hope, after trying every treatment imaginable. In my heart, I think we were used as lab rats for something that doctors still don't understand. Their intentions may have been good but when their treatments failed, "so did we"...
Elaine ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Elaine2004) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/364 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:17:30 PST http://tmjtalk.com/topic/368/t/LIVING-WITH-TMJD-I.html This Topic is for each individual to tell their story of living with TMJD.
We hope this will be a source of getting to know each other. Everyone's experience is important. We have long-term sufferers, surgical disasters, members in treatment, members who have tried many treatments, people who have just been diagnosed and entered this "World" and thankfully, stories of successful treatment and survivors.

Please notify a moderator if you would like to have your story added. Whether your illness has been short or long, it is important for all to know the pitfalls and the successes.

We are a Support and Information Group for all who have heard the words "TMJ". We hope to help everyone who finds us, in some way. If only to let you know, you are not alone. I think that's the worst part of it all, feeling alone with this ailment that takes over our Lives and changes our World.




Elaine,... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Cymy) http://tmjtalk.com/topic/368 Sun, 26 Sep 2004 08:42:07 PST