My Ganglion Cyst Shrunk
June 24, 2008
I think it was this week that I noticed that my ganglion cyst on my left wrist was aching a lot. I don’t know if it is due to the weather or something is happening inside. Just last Thursday I was surprised to see that my ganglion cyst shrunk and the hump wasn’t as visible as before.
Here are some of my theories that led to the shrinking of my ganglion cyst:
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
Redhorse After - Unfair…unfair…unfairrr
June 11, 2008
They say that just two cups of coffee shared between old friends can bring them back on touch no matter how long they have been apart..let us try that sometime. CONTINUE READING
Adding Milk to Your Skin Care Routine
June 4, 2008
A renowned beauty icon, Cleopatra regularly indulged in milk treatments for her skin; the royal bather filling her tub with camel’s milk. Today, milk turns up in a variety of skincare products, including masks, creams and cleansers. Skin benefits. An excellent exfoliant, milk contains natural alpha hydroxy acids, which help to gently slough off dead skin cells. “It’s a natural way to eliminate old skin,” Ann Robinson - CEO of Caswell-Massey, the nation’s oldest apothecary - tells iVillage. READ MORE HERE
Panic Attacks Treatment: Easy to Follow Steps
May 30, 2008
This article will give you some easy to follow steps on coping with a panic episode. And, if you want to permanently get rid of panic attacks, a new technique will be discussed in the later part of the article. CONTINUE READING
Disturbing Behavior - a Doctor’s late reaction to the Vicente Sotto Video Scandal
April 22, 2008
(this is a scene from Grey’s Anatomy - no picture was taken without consent.)
Having been figuratively removed from the world for the past few days, I almost completely missed the explosion of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital Video Scandal into the Philippine media firmament. Now, because of some unthinking, insensitive, and generally stupid health care workers’ behavior, the medical profession is once more being given the spotlight - and not in a good way.
My resident batchmates and I discussed this issue over dinner last Saturday. Having been trained in charity teaching hospitals, we are not unfamiliar with being surrounded with so many young student spectators, whether nurses or medical students, while in the heat of an urgent medical procedure - like an urgent intubation or even an on-going resuscitation.
Despite this understanding and experience, my batchmates and I were all hard put to justify the behavior of the nurses and doctors who are involved in the above case. While at the time, I had not yet seen the video, the mere narrative of what had transpired disturbed me. More so after I had.
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We Filipinos Always Manage to be in the Headlines in Canada
April 20, 2008
We described the side comment from the Desperate Housewives about Filipino doctors as degrading, right? Now, I could not, in my simple little mind figure out why someone would upload a confidential operation on Youtube. I am talking about that “Vicente Sotto Medical Center Scandal.” I’ve seen it. Although it was taken down from Youtube, you could still find the link where you can download it - for $1.00. Talk about enterpreneurship………. Well, i’ve downloaded it for free…
I came across it last week but I just shook my head. I didn’t dwell on it. But today while reading news from the CBC website (Canadian Broadcasting Centre), the VSMCC Scandal was one of the headlines. Of course it doesn’t say VMSCC scandal but “Doctors face dismissal after surgery posted on Youtube.” Here’s the link, read it for yourself - Doctors face dismissal after surgery posted on Youtube . At the bottom of that article, you can see different reactions from Canadians.
Teenage Sex is A Reality
April 16, 2008
One of my observations when I started working as a pharmacist here in Canada is the fact that parents are very open about teenage sex. During my first few months in the pharmacy, I noticed that the Moms would personally come to pick-up their daughter’s contraceptive pills (birth control pills). The popular brandnames for contraceptives are Diane 35, Alesse, Tri-Cyclen, MinOvral, Triphasil, to name a few. Anyway, most of these pills may be used also for acne control. But I tell you, the Moms would pick up those contraceptive pills to make sure that their teenage girls don’t get pregnant. Let’s face it, a teenager will do what a teenager wants to do. I’ve been there. 
please go to www.i-filipino.com for the complete write-up.
Public Service: Support Pinoy Ambisyoso
March 28, 2008
As of now my friend Ambo (Pinoy Ambisyoso) is currently asking to take part of his fund raising for the medication of his friend who is now suffering with thyroid cancer and it is in the second stage. Barry Fuentes, the patient and Ambo’s friend is now in need of help to accumulate Pph80,000.00 or almost $2000.00 for the scheduled operation.
As part of the blogging society let us help Ambo and his friend, with our prayers and donations.
For kind words and donation visit PinoyAmbisyoso.com
Wiwannastarhavinahbeybeeh!
March 26, 2008
After the wedding, the honeymoon, the weekend dates and being constantly a twosome, Warren and I finally reached that point where we are already thinking about getting pregnant. Uh-huh, you read it right. PREGNANT. Wiwannastarhavinahbeybeeh! (spoken in a childlike manner for emphasis) Warren is not oblivious to the fact that I might not be able to give him a child. You see, I was with a man for eight years and not once did I get pregnant, so before our wedding I told Warren about the possibility of my being infertile. He would always display a very positive attitude towards this and there were times I would wish for myself to feel the same way.
Health Care Benefits for U.S. Bloggers Becomes Reality; How About the Philippines?
March 18, 2008
In the US, Blogger & Podcaster Magazine is a launching a pay-to-join blog advertising network that offers health care to its members. Will this be a possibility in the Philippines? Continue reading the whole post…
The Filipina Doctor: Coming Full Circle
March 11, 2008
Centuries ago, the babaylan served as seer and sage, healer and community “miracle-worker.” They held an important and influential role in pre-Christian Filipino society as the primary mediator between the spirit world and the human world. While the role of a babaylan was open to both male and female, most babaylans from the pre-Hispanic era were female. These women healers were both revered and well-respected, and their value to their community well-recognized.
Today, after a long and arduous struggle, Filipino women in medicine have finally come into their own. Like their babaylan counterparts, the Filipina doctor has once more reclaimed her role in modern Filipino society both as healer and a force to be reckoned with.
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EVERYTHING HAS A REASON
January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
EVERYTHING HAS A REASON
She is a 25 year-old woman suffering from a rare disease called NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 2 (NF2) for a considerable number of years. She have brain tumors. Her left extremities weakened. She can’t move her left arm and hand, left leg and foot. She can’t walk. Her right face numbs and her facial muscles won’t move. She can’t swallow as well. Her vision blurs and she can’t smile. She’s also deaf. Yet, her site everything has a reason touches the lives of so many not only in the cyber community, but in the real world as well.
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GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM
January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
THE GALI KOREN OUTREACH PROGRAM
Gali Koren is about to conclude her Outreach Program in the country. After giving series of lectures on U.S. Immigration Law (For Free!) in well known hotels from Visayas to Manila, as we mentioned in our previous post.
UP Centennial Lecture Series (Part II)
January 16, 2008
Today, I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Baldomero M. Olivera, the second speaker in the UP Centennial Lecture Series via video telecast at the SEARCA Umali Auditorium here UPLB. He was conferred Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by the university at the UP Film Center at the UPD amidst well decorated alumni, directors, regents, chancellors, students and of course some special guests.His lecture was entitled, FROM CONE SNAIL VENOMS TO DRUGS: THE SCIENTIFIC ODYSSEY OF A UP GRADUATE. Being a zoology major, his topic on conotoxin as a potent neurotoxin that could replace morphine as a pain reliever interested me. His flag species, Conus magus, which is particularly abundant here in the country, has a remarkable venom that can do something similar to a combination drug therapy.
FREE SEMINAR ON US IMMIGRATION LAW
January 4, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
FREE SEMINAR ON US IMMIGRATION LAW
The Law Office of Gali Koren, 1475 S. State College Blvd. Suite 110, Anaheim, CA 92806, USA shall conduct a FREE SEMINAR ON US IMMIGRATION LAW on January 19, 1:00-5:00 p.m.at the Badjao Room, Century Park Sheraton, Manila; January 16, 2008, Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Sarabia Manor Hotel, Iloilo City; and, on January 17, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at L Fisher, Bacolod City. Health care professionals, doctors, nurses, medical technicians, theraphist and those who are interested to work or migrate to the US are invited to attend. CARLO LUGA BORJA, a graduate of Ateneo De Manila University School of Law, member of the Philippine Bar, who is presently connected with Gali Koren Law Office shall be there to assist and help his fellow Filipinos.Â
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The Worst Patients Ever
December 18, 2007
Doctors make the worst patients imaginable.
After several months of being told I should start myself on Metformin for my Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), I finally caved and took my first pill this morning.
To be fair to me, I did try to take Metformin the first time my OB-Gyn friend (take note that this was not part of a formal consult) told me it would be a good idea, but I had the most horrendous bout of GI upset after only taking 1 pill… and I swore off the drug completely, advice from my Endocrinology and other OB-Gyn friends notwithstanding. All this despite the fact that I already knew I was a textbook case of PCOS and had the ultrasound to prove it. You’d also think that since we have a very strong history of diabetes and high cholesterol in my family, I wold be more cautious. Not so. As a matter o fact, I also threw the advice about diet modification, exercise, and weight loss out the window.
When doctors get sick, it’s not a matter of not knowing any better. I think it’s part of our medical education to live in some form of denial when it comes to our own bodies.
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Grand Rounds 4.10 Later Today @ Prudence, M.D.
November 27, 2007
I’m hosting the 10th edition for the fourth year of Grand Rounds today at my health blog, Prudence, M.D.
What is Grand Rounds, anyway?
Grand Rounds is a weekly rotating blog carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere. Each week, usually every Tuesday, a blogger will host in his site links to posts of different bloggers about medicine, medical life, experiences with doctors, nurses, and patients, commentaries and reviews about medical news and drugs…actually, anything that is related to medicine and health care.
So, if you’re interested in participating, just check out Grand Rounds later at my health blog, which would be available online today, November 27, 2007, 3:00 p.m. in the Philippines (and that would be about 2:00 - 3:00 a.m. EST).
Midnight in the garden of good and evil
November 11, 2007
Even before I finished training in medical school, I have already felt a calling to work in the world outside the hospital. The promise of attaining better and sustainable health outcomes faster by engaging populations rather than individual patients led me to the world of community development and public health. The overpowering atmosphere filled with sickness and gloom, hospital politics, and stifling routine hastened my footsteps away from hospital work.
But as I’ve began to spend more time in the university hospital again over the last few days, there’s this unshakable nostalgia of my previous hospital-based life: the flurry of activity in the emergency room; the stress of rounds and reports; the need to devour books and journals; the camaraderie among overworked and underpaid fellow health professionals; the adrenalin rush of a toxic duty in the ward; the extremely sound sleep after a toxic duty. What I miss most is the almost unbridled interaction with individual patients, as they and their families put their lives in my hands and they take on the unwitting role of my mentor and teacher.
One of them I will never, ever forget. Here’s why.
Filipino Doctors’ Blogs
October 18, 2007
A number of Filipino doctors have blogs. What we write about is an interesting mix. While Pulse is a personal blog about what interests me (primarily travel, movies and dining), other doctors’ blogs talk about politics, medical issues, cooking, scrapbooking, etc.
On My Way Home. This is the blog of Dr. Martin Bautista who is perhaps the most popular among the Filipino doctor bloggers. His fame is not so much due to his blogging but because of his attempt to run for a Senate seat. Although unsuccessful in his bid, the votes that he garnered is testament that the Filipinos are ready for change.
Prudence and Madness. Tess Termulo is a well-known figure in Philippine blogosphere. She talks about medicine, personal and socially relevant issues and even shares her dreams.
More Pinoy doctor bloggers HERE.
Post-Graduate Course on ECG, Stress Testing & Nuclear Imaging
October 16, 2007
The St. Luke’s Medical Center Heart Institute is conducting a Post-Graduate Course on ECG, Stress Testing & Nuclear Imaging on November 9-10, 2007 at the 2nd Floor Conference Room of the hospital.
The 2-day event will bring together experts in the field of cardiovascular medicine. The first day will be lectures on normal ECG, chamber enlargement, arrhythmias, ischemia and infarction, exercise ECG and nuclear imaging. Workshops on resting and exercise ECG and nuclear imaging will be conducted the next day. Participants are entitled to CME units.
Read more HERE.
Face Transplant
October 8, 2007
I can’t imagine going through Isabelle’s experience — living with a mutilated face for more than two years and then having someone else’s face (a suicide victim) for the rest of her life.
Pacquiao, Save Us
October 5, 2007
October 6, 2007 is another day for Pacquiao fans to debate and possibly celebrate if the Pambansang Kamao will win over Marco Antonio Barerra. Of course, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, will stop, take a break and turn their t.v. sets on just to see Manny fight. Fact is, I’m not a fan, but of course, as the nation’s pride in the realm of boxing, I cannot help but be awed in him as well.
In recent years, boxing has had a firm hold on us Pinoys that even choosing who will sing our national anthem for boxing fights has become such a troublesome affair. Hopefully, Kyla will not screw this one like what Christian Bautista did on the Penalosa fight just a month ago. I mean, missing out several important lines from the Lupang Hinirang is such a terrible, terrible mistake. And I have to say, I pity Christian Bautista for his tarnished rep.
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