Journey To Healing
(Here’s a message and testimony I shared recently at my church.) Water Cure In the early 19th century, an Austrian man, named Vincent Priessnitz, had a horrible accident when a load of timber from a...
View ArticleCrescent Moon and Our Dead Tree
It was twilight, and as I looked out the window, I saw this view: the waxing crescent moon, which is a promise of a fuller moon, in the shadow of a bare tree. I thought to myself, this may be the last...
View ArticleA Win Over Cancer
You are a formidable foe, we give you that. But instead of cursing you, as you claim another victim and dance your victory lap, we would like to acknowledge the good things that happened to us because...
View ArticleDamocles’ Sword
I’m not Damocles. But sometimes that’s how I feel with a sword hanging above my head that can fall anytime. I don’t have a good family medical history. My father died of a brain tumor at the age of...
View ArticleJourney To Healing
(Here’s a message and testimony I shared recently at my church.) Water Cure In the early 19th century, an Austrian man, named Vincent Priessnitz, had a horrible accident when a load of timber from a...
View ArticleCrescent Moon and Our Dead Tree
It was twilight, and as I looked out the window, I saw this view: the waxing crescent moon, which is a promise of a fuller moon, in the shadow of a bare tree. I thought to myself, this may be the last...
View ArticleA Win Over Cancer
You are a formidable foe, we give you that. But instead of cursing you, as you claim another victim and dance your victory lap, we would like to acknowledge the good things that happened to us because...
View ArticleDamocles’ Sword
I’m not Damocles. But sometimes that’s how I feel with a sword hanging above my head that can fall anytime. I don’t have a good family medical history. My father died of a brain tumor at the age of...
View ArticleAn ICU Love Story: A Reload
I have posted more than 850 articles and stories over the years since this blog’s inception, which in a few months, will be 10 years. It’s quite a popular practice in the media to have reruns or...
View ArticleLalamunang Butas
Bahagi ng pagiging isang masinop na duktor, ay ang pagkuha ng istorya, o aming tinatawag na history, mula sa pasyente. Dahil kalimitan, maaring ma-diagnose o malaman kung ano ang sakit sa pamamagitan...
View ArticleSmoking Ban
I read in the news that President Duterte is planning to sign a law that will ban smoking in all public places nationwide. My response to this is that: it’s about time! I don’t think in this day and...
View ArticleDebunking Folks’ Medical Advice: Part 4
It’s been a while since I posted regarding folk’s medical advice. However I have noticed in my blog stats that these topics get consistent hits on a daily basis. So here’s another one for the series....
View ArticleDoctor’s Report
We were sitting in a waiting area of a posh Cancer Center building. This time I was on the receiving end of this business. I was not a provider (doctor) but rather a consumer (patient). I was...
View ArticlePeace Be Still
A few days ago, while I was in my clinic seeing patients, I received a phone call. It was another doctor who wanted to discuss with me the results of a patient’s laboratory exam. It is not unusual to...
View ArticleLooking Beyond X-rays
I looked at her chest x-ray, and knew right there and then that she didn’t have a chance. I have seen bad chest x-rays before, but this time, it was different. I look at chest x-rays and chest CT scans...
View ArticleInvictus
You are a formidable foe. That we will admit. For five years we bask in the glory that we have defeated you. That we have eradicated you! Or so we thought. But you came back. Even with a vengeance. Now...
View ArticleA Perfect Day
I was on-call last weekend. It was not particularly busy that I was drowning in work, but enough to keep me occupied in the hospital most of the days during the weekend. I had more toxic calls before,...
View ArticleHandiwork of Love
Do you like crochet? (Pronounced crow-shay.) No, it’s not a country in Southeastern Europe, that is Croatia. And no, it’s not something that you eat, that’s croissant. Crochet is a handicraft in which...
View ArticleLittle Girl in ICU
She was sitting in one corner of the room. With big headphones on her ear, and with an iPad in her lap, she appeared to be preoccupied and was in her own little world. She was a 6-year-old girl, with...
View ArticleMore Than A Game
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi is officially over. For the past two weeks it provided the world something to watch. It was an entertainment to some, a distraction to others, and an inspiration to...
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