GOING OUT: EMERGING FROM THE PANDEMIC
LIVES UPENDED, INTERRUPTED, AND RESTORED
By Dr. Lance Isidore Catedral
"When we opened the call for articles for this special issue of The Filipino Internist, we wanted to create a safe and creative space for our pandemic stories."
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THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE
By Dr. Glenn Grecia Jr
“Let’s do the roller coaster now!” my mother exclaimed as we entered the park grounds of the amusement park we have dreamt of visiting since the pandemic started.
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THE MOST UNCERTAIN TIME OF MY LIFE
By Dr. Shadrina Tahil-Sarapuddin
"My journey out of the COVID pandemic has revamped my life and reset my priorities. It was a mixture of medical difficulties, physical challenges, mental stress, and intense emotional agitation. It was the most uncertain time of my life."
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KAILANGANG LUMABAN
By Dr. Saimah Lyn S. Mama
"Anong petsa na nga ba? Ano na nga ba’ng bago sa labas? Nagma-mask pa kaya ang mga tao? These thoughts and more play in my mind from time to time when I think of emerging from the two-year COVID-19 pandemic."
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TELECONFERENCES AND TELECONSULTS
By Dr. Michaela Ann Gonzales-Montalbo
My husband closed his laptop late that night. He had just finished one of the on-demand PCP videos from the last annual convention.
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RIDING TIDES: FINDING LOVE IN THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC
By Dr. Patricia Kaye B. Regalado
I was a third-year resident in Internal Medicine when my boyfriend and I finally decided to end our six-year relationship. That was in May 2020, early in the pandemic.
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FEAR OF FIRSTS
By Dr. Emmanuel II. G. Ruiz
The discovery of the novel coronavirus did not concern me and my colleagues then. I was the sole physician in a state university with fourteen thousand breathing souls to care for.
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I HOPE THIS VIRUS GOES AWAY FOR GOOD
By Dr. Michelle Angela Tan-Reyes, MD, FPCP, FPCCP
I am a pulmonologist. I have been in PAPR/hazmat suit for a long time since I cater to COVID patients. My husband is an interventional cardiologist. We have invested in expensive protective gear because we go straight home to our three kids. We strip down in our garage so no virus can come in.
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A DAY WITH MOMMY
By Dr. Ella Mae Masamayor
My mom took me out to lunch recently. It was nothing special. We had lunch at our favorite restaurant, choosing our favorite salad and mozzarella sticks. Then we walked around, looking at bags and clothes and other typical mall displays.
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GROUNDING
By Dr. Elvie Victonette B. Razon-Gonzalez
I go to the mountain just to breathe.
Far from the impending stench of death
I have smelled one too many,
I want to escape and run...
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NGAYONG PWEDE NA
By Dr. Buenaventura C. Ramos, Jr., MD, FPCP, FPSMO
Ngayong ako’y nakakalabas na
Ngayong ako’y nakakagala na
Ngayong ako’y nakakabalik na
Sa mga gawaing dati’y
Di nagagawa...
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IS SURVIVING LIVING
By Gabriel Lee
I am surviving each day
That is how I am living
To be afloat and alive
Striving even if struggling
Some days may be negative...
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