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
"The Grinning One."
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
I
Just why do you smile I asked myself
when all that is bleak is unfolding
when there is nothing but death that leaves comforting
Just why do you smile?
II
In that grin that bears no malice
Holding the sweetness of the innocent
and the longing of the pure from within
there is reason to hope still
III
And there is sweetness in that last embrace
The warmth lingering in the parting
A silent kiss in the darkness
And the cold of the following morning.
Quezon City, October 15,2024. 3:24am
"Outside: Ruined by its Crawl"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
On the outside the Netflix Zombie film Outside should have been an interesting movie.
Isolated family in the middle of nowhere. Check
Zombies Aplenty. Check
However what it actually turns out to be is a slow paced , uninteresting story that simply boils down to one party wanting to leave and one party wanting to stay. Something I don't think is quite helpful when you are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
What I can say is noteworthy however are the zombies in this movie and how they can invoke sadness from you.
There are several takes on zombies in modern cinema. In Train to Busan , the zombies become honest and say something from their innermost being , may that be anger or sadness or fear.
And then becomes mindless.
In Outside , you hear the zombies utter their last words.
And like a creepy pokemon they repeat those words again and again as they try to turn you into a zombie as well.
"Nay..."
"Umalis ka na mahal."
"Mauna na kayo"
"Sorry"
"Sa Ngalan ng Ama at anak.
Words of concern , of love , crying out for a loved one or even a last prayer. These zombies invoked more emotion out of me than the plight of the family that was in the movie.
I liked these zombies and maybe given another spin they can provide a more interesting , fast paced story in the future.
Watch at your own risk of being bored.
