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Elaine2004	TMJ REALITY.......	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2777 (02/22/05 19:17:30) Senior Member * Moderator * Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Remove this ad The first 2 poems were written by a longtime TMJ Sufferer. 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
Elaine2004	My Name is TMJ	#1	[-]
Posts: 2777 (02/22/05 19:20:29) Senior Member * Moderator * Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My Name is TMJ HiMy name is TMJ and I have come to take over your life. I dont need your permission I dont even care if you want or like me. I have invaded your face and your life and there is Nothing you can do about it. I remind you of your doctors dont I? Im a heartless, uncaring, unfeeling being that youll have to live with. Dont try to get rid of me because the harder you try the more Im going to cause you pain. Ill make you think and do things that you normally would not do. Im here to tell you that youll never be the same. I dont like when you try to eat, smile, kiss, talk, or act like Im not here. I enjoy when I keep you from doing the things you love to do. In fact, it makes my day! That beautiful young perfectly formed face you once had its mine now and youll never get it back. Im the type that is quiet but well felt. Thats why your family, friends, and doctors think youre crazy. It makes my day to see you take all those pain killers, to try and camouflage me. They just give me the incentive to hurt you more. I laugh at you when people call you a drug addict Lets face ityoure fighting a losing battle. Why dont you just give in and admit that I have won? That would make my purpose a lot easier to accomplish. Get use to me because youre stuck with me and I am stuck with you. Those dreams you once had, are just long ago memories. Theyll never come true. Im your worst enemy living in your face. The best part is I affect not only your face, but the rest of your body and mind as well. I strive very hard, to see how bad I can make you hurt and how loud I can make you scream. The more you deny me, The worse Ill get. Im your worst nightmare come true. Love Always, TMJ Written by Maria Holleman (TMJ Sufferer)
Elaine2004	TMJWhat IT HAS DONE TO US	#2	[-]
Posts: 2777 (02/22/05 19:21:46) Senior Member * Moderator * Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TMJWhat IT HAS DONE TO US TMJ has totally consumed our lives. It controls everything that we do. What you as a normal take for granted, We as TMJ sufferers can not. We are a people all our own. Most of us havent eaten solid food in so long , we arent sure we remember how to chew. When you smileyou feel good. When we smilewe feel pain. One of your bad headaches Is one of our good headaches. Most of us have had to give up our jobs. Most of us have had to give up our normal lives. We have been reduced to sucking through straws and depending on medications to get us through the day. The days that the medication doesnt help Are the days we call HELL. We guess by now youre wondering how and why we ended up this way. We give THANKS to the doctors that took our pain and suffering and used it to better himself/herself. All they seen were dollar signs. These doctors never told us ALL the risks involved in having TMJ surgery. They never told us that we would never be normal again. They never told us that the surgery they did would make us worse. They never told us that the parts they were going to put in our bodies (whether the parts be man made or from our own bodies) would one day fail. They never told us when these parts failed, they would never treat us again. They never told us the reason these parts failed was because of them. They let us believe they failed because of us. They never told us that our faces would change shape. They never told us our bite would change. They never told us they would turn their backs on us and deny ever scarring our lives forever. We the TMJ family would like to THANK YOU our dear Doctors for changing our life forever. Wed like to ask you our dear doctorsHow can you sleep at night knowing how many lives you have ruined? How can you eat knowing we will never be able to eat the way you do? How can you smile knowing we will never really feel the pleasure of smiling the way you do? How can you face yourself in the mirror knowing it was "YOU" that did all this to us Well our dear doctorHow can you? Tell us dear doctorHave you ever wondered what its like its like to be screaming and crying in pain and hear your children in the background crying and asking their daddy whats wrong with mommy? Tell us dear doctorHave you ever wondered what its like to see your spouse cry because they dont know how to help you? Picture this dear doctorpicture a grown man, a daddy and a husband crying so hard he cant talk because your in so much pain he cant help you. Tell us dear doctorHave you ever wondered what its like to crave a McDonalds hamburger and know youll never be able to eat it because you cant open your mouth to chew it? ANSWER US DEAR DOCTORWED REALLY LIKE TO KNOW. Written by: Maria Holleman

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