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Bangkok Dental Spa By Dr.lily
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To my dear patient Einar Arnesen,
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Saturday was always the busiest day at Dr. Lily's clinic. Telephones rang as early as 8:30 a.m. to confirm appointments. Assistants were busy cleaning and arranging equipment. It had always been a happy working day until one Saturday in January 2001, when things changed. Dr. Lily was in her office, hunting for a picture of herself with a middle aged male patient. She looked through all her files and drawers but could not find it. |
Tears ran down her pale cheeks as she searched frantically through ream after ream of paper. Finding the photograph was so important to her that she had cancelled all her appointments. Her staff and patients found this very unusual and wonder what it was that happened to make Dr. Lily so upset.
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Fifteen
years ago, Einar Arnesen, a middle aged Norwegian man, came to
Thailand to meet Dr. Lily for a dental appointment. It was his
first encounter with an Asian dentist. At the time, Dr Lily had
graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a Bachelor in Doctor of
Dental Surgery (DDS) and had also recently received a Postgraduate
certificate in Scientific Prosthodontics. Mr. Einar learned of Dr. Lily's expertise through a Norwegian newspaper Without any hesitation, he contacted her and discussed having a full mouth rehabilitation with fixed prosthetics include endodontics and pin and porcelain fused to metal crowns. They met and, eventually she managed to accomplish this difficult task within 3 weeks. They said farewell, believing that they would never meet again. They were wrong. |
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Over the next 10 years, Einar came back every year to have his teeth examined and treated. His idea of returning to visit Thailand was not only because of an inexpensive and convenient dental treatment, but he also found that Dr. Lily was his great companion. |
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Einar also took Dr Lily cod fishing on a nearby lake and
asked his friendly neighbor to take her out to hiking near her cottage. Einar was not only a very loving man to his family, but also to his friends. And this love was also extended to Dr Lily. He had treated her so well, and shown her such a good time. On her departure, as she hugged him and wished him well, her eyes were filled with tears. She felt that Einar was a friend who she could trust and count on. In 1998, the Asian economic crisis struck. Many companies became bankrupt as the entire Thai economy slowed down. During this time, Dr. Lily gave birth to a baby daughter Tata. She was so stressed by her work and her new born baby that when, in May, Einar wrote a letter, explaining that he wanted her to perform his dental implant surgery, she recommended Einar to do it in Scandinavia. |
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Dr. Lily explained that by
that time implant surgery were still best performed in Scandinavia
because the research was made there, and besides that, she was too
occupied with her work and family. Due to an early stage of discovery, implant surgery required a long-term supervision and regular visits for a period of time, unlike, thesedays, where simple implant surgery can be performed within only one visit. From that day on, although Dr. Lily continued to write letters and cards to Einar, she never again received any mail from him. When Dr. Lily created her own website, she called Einar to inform her new international recognition. Only then, she found out that Einar passed away on June 14, 1998. Her grief burst into tears. |
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Few
doctors would recognize that success does not only rest on hard work and
talent, but also on the sacrifices one makes for one's patients and the
trust they receive in return. Dr. Lily has learned this life
lesson from Einar, a man who gave her many opportunities. In the
past, she devoted most of her time to work and unintentionally turned
her back to the people around her. She called it an illusion of success,
an accomplishment without a loved one to cherish with.
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Einar
was not like any other patients. He continuously returned to Thailand to
see Dr. Lily for more than ten years. Einar gave Dr. Lily
many opportunities to develop her dental skills, pardoned her mistakes,
and he had never asked for anything in return. He recommended her many
other patients and spoke highly of her to his colleagues. Surely Einar's last advice to Dr. Lily was not carried out by words, but through his loss, she had gained wisdom. It made her realized that friendships were much more precious than wealth and power. She recalled when Einar's oil business failed, she was not there for him. She was unaware that true friendships may only come once in a lifetime. As a friend, she should have shown sympathy and shared his loss so when death came, she would not regret that she had not done her best. Dr. Lily wish that she could see Einar again and apologize to him for not spending enough time with him while he was in Thailand. |
Here is a moral lesson for everyone to pursue that is a relationship can only be strengthened by consistent love and care.
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From
Bangkok to Oslo, it took 12 hours by plan, 2 hours transit at Oslo
airport, 2 hours to Olesen by plane, 50 minutes by two ferries and
another 45 minutes by car. If Dr. Lily never visited him in
Norway, she would never know of this long journey that Einrar
took.
Einar Arnesen died on his bed on June 14, 1998 at the age of 56. It is suspected that his loss was not long after receiving Dr. Lily's last correspondence. Dr. Lily and her family plan to visit his graveyard next summer at Syvde, Norway. |
Good bye my friend. Thank you for everything that you had given to
me.
You will always be in my heart forever.
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