Meanwhile in a Certain Company Clinic in QC: “New Drugs 2025”
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
Patient came in and asked :
“Meron ba kayong Anta hissmen?”
Me to myself: “Anta what?”
Patient: “Yung ano po…yung para sa allergy. Anta Hissmen.”
Me to myself: “Ah antihistamine lang pala . Akala ko may bago na naman.”
Meanwhile in a Certain Company Clinic in QC: "New Age"
By:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
A patient came in due to palpitations and we got into a little chat.
Me: "Ilang taon na po kayo sir?"
Patient: "45 or 46 po."
Me: "Di po kayo sure?"
Patient: "Di po."
Me: "Kailan po birthday niyo?"
Patient: "1978 po"
Me: "47 na po kayo sir."
Patient: "Thanks po!"
Meanwhile in a Certain Company Clinic in QC: "Lagnat"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
Patients often come to us claiming they had a fever. We often ask what temperature they get at home or before they went to the clinic.
One answered : "37.....point...ah...."
Someone was thinking about the cut off value of a fever but clearly forgot. Bwahahahah
Meanwhile in a Certain Company Clinic in QC: “Mas Mataba.”
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
Patients come in for Follow ups all the time but this one surprised me one Friday.
Patient: “Doc sabi po nung Doctor na lalaki nung Monday…”
Me: (Me being the only male Doctor in the company clinic during those past years) “Ako po yun Maam.”
Patient: (with all confidence) “Ay di po Doc, yung Doctor po nung Lunes mas mataba po sa inyo at mas kalbo.”
Me: (So mas mataba at kalbo ako nung Lunes? Ano ba suot ko nun?) Sige Maam ano po sabi nung Doctor nung lunes?
And she began to repeat my instructions from last Monday.
Ang bilis ko pala pumayat at lumago ng buhok.
Meanwhile in a Certain Company Clinic in QC: "Malambot"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
We usually have patients who come in due to LBM. Some of them much worse than others. Others are worse due to lack of sleep. So when one came in due to this:
Me: "Kamusta naman po yung dumi natin?"
Patient: "Ah ano po...Malambot na po yung tubig."
Me: "So malambot po. Parang tubig?"
Patient: "Opo"
Kinabahan ako kung bakit lumambot yung tubig bigla eh
Meanwhile in a Certain Company Clinic in QC: “Normal”
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
A patient came in and was increased to twice her hypertensive medicine dose.
Me: “So tumaas po ang BP ninyo since last time?”
Patient: “Di po Doc , Normal lang”
Me: “Ano po yung normal na yan?”
Patient: “160/100 po.”
Di naman na ako nagtaka.
Ito din yung tinanong ko kung kailan pa nag ka hypertension tapos ang sagot:
“Nung 26 ako”
Minsan talaga may mga taong normal nang malabo.
"Time Trapped"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
I am trapped in this cycle of you
Unmoving and withering
but with one gaze set ablaze
like the most common of kindling
Hard not to imagine
how that smile could stop time
And the world seems to sigh
like nothing when you pass by
And all the while transfixed
In this, our unmeasurable distance
Close as a sigh , far as a thunderclap
holding on until the very last dance.
Quezon City, October 15,2024. 3:18am
