REFLECTIVE WRITING FOR INTERNIST | A 55-WORD STORY WRITING FLASH WORKSHOP
Session 4 – December 2022

PAALAM

By Dr. Bill Ramos

Paalam

ayoko mang sabihin, pero

paalam

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PRE-PANDEMIC LEAVE

By Dr. Ella Mae Masamayor

"On vacation, I distance myself as far as possible from work. In that particular March of 2020, I was in Vigan"

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POWER

By Dr. Rogelio Balagat

"Words carry power. More so a doctor’s over a patient. Said to a healthy patient, your sugar is up. Next time I see her"

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The Good Healer

By Dr. Christian Bernardo

"The darkest day of my life is when I had a broken marriage. I was wounded. I bleed profusely. Because of that scar"

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ACTING MY AGE

By Dr. Jen Alabado

I’m a child of the new millennium.

Gaming is life, RPG, a favorite genre.

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 PARTY

By Dr. Ofelia Samar-Sy

At a COVID hospital’s Christmas cum graduation Party

First after the pandemic.

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PEN day

By Dr. Paolo Joel Nocom

Loving pens all the time, poor handwriting but love to use anyway.

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Wonder Drug

By Dr. Raquel Isabelle Donado

"My skin weathered, darkened

No longer supple, soft, smooth

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BREAKING POINT

By Dr. Ryan James Rivera

Came the pandemic, it’s a hell of a ride.

We didn’t see it coming, it’s time to decide.

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REBORN

By Dr. Elvie Razon-Gonzales

"I lock our clinic door, rub my hands with a generous amount of alcohol. I quicken my pace as I head to my happy place"

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LIFE ZOOMED OUT

By Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan

"I was comfortable enough online BC (Before Covid). 

But life became a series of Zoom meetings.  

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IS SHE OKAY?

By Dr. Myrna Sedurante

"Superwoman stroked out at age 84. Competent professor. Compassionate MD. A former head of 5 societies"

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BREAKTHROUGH

By Dr. Michelle Remiendo

"Establishments and restaurants are closed.

Home kitchen became busy."

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INSOMNIA

By Dr. Rey Isidto

In this fever dream I lay

Bound to my bed all-day

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LUNAS

By Dr. Sonny Sendon

Walang makapagsabi sa kaniyang mga anak.

Palyadong megalungsod ang kaniyang puso

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NETFLIX

By Dr. Gloria Giselle Pattaguan

After a toxic day

After a warm bath to kill the germs away

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HALF AND HALF

By Dr. Irene Catambing Dampil

A serving of the pandemic with a touch of irony.

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MAY 2020

By Dr. Emely Pasumbal

May 2020. One PUI and everything goes into a standstill. Waiting for confirmation seems like an eternity."

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PANDEMIC SAGA

By Dr. Ariel Ilaya

It’s Christmas time again

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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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