and there's more....
"there is pain with bear or stress." (varus stress)
"His other workup included an echocardiogram, which showed a yeast infection of 40% to 60%." (ejection fraction)
"Doughnut nodules are not palpable today." (dominant)
This did not sound too good as dictated by doc--"This 44-year-old female developmentally delayed health care provider..." (corrected as) "This 44-year-old female health care provider for the developmentally delayed presents with chronic right knee pain." (much better)
"organ laser" (argon laser) (oo nga nmn kc gagamitin sa isang organ sa body.)
"pigment patient problems" (pigmentation problems)
"She is tired of hearing. (hard) (cguro nagger ang asawa nito.)
"She presented to this facility for general impingement rehabilitation
for set injections." (facet injections)
"meticulous slices of adhesions" (lyses) (magkatunog nmn diba?)
"internal memory 6-French guiding catheter" (internal mammary) (ilang gig kya itong catheter na ito? mahusay e.)
"He is moving his vital signs by his description." (bowels fine) (parang ayokong maging hypertensive ngyn... gawin ko nlng 110/70 ang BP ko..)
"She sleeps well, getting 67 hours a night, which she finds restorative." (6 to 7 hours) (how many hours in a day do you have in your part of the world??... parang gusto kong tumira jan a.)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
eerie errors
for people who are not living in the world of MT, you may not understand this... and those who are studying or working as a medical transcriptionist may not even find this funny... but i do... so i compiled some that tickled my funny bones. hope you have a good laugh...
"in respect for modifications" (risk factor modifications) (too polite)
"anesthesial cystitis" (interstitial cystitis) (i didn't know a cyst can actually do that)
"After informed consent, arterial access with a teeth in the right groin with a 6-French sheath." (was achieved) (does it have braces too?)
"ischemic STD changes" (ST-T changes) (okay... i nearly died!)
"Hemoglobin A1c within New Orleans with the upper end." (within normal limits) (ok, so how about in new york city?)
"puffy nodule" (prostate nodule) (baka puyat yung nodule! hehe. i can't blame the MT as the doctor dictating is usually very hard to decipher, parang galing sa ilalim ng lupa!)
"We would like you to consider her for viroxime (OOPHORECTOMY) given that she is at high risk of developing metastatic disease due to her stage, as necessity (ETHNICITY) and her2/NEU positivity." (i'm not sure how this happened... the doctor has very nice voice and diction.)
"She is able to ambulate turns her feet with a rolling walker." (200 feet) (ew, scary!)
and how about this... "Blood cultures were obtained, which did come back positive for some stuff " (Staph)
more next time...
"in respect for modifications" (risk factor modifications) (too polite)
"anesthesial cystitis" (interstitial cystitis) (i didn't know a cyst can actually do that)
"After informed consent, arterial access with a teeth in the right groin with a 6-French sheath." (was achieved) (does it have braces too?)
"ischemic STD changes" (ST-T changes) (okay... i nearly died!)
"Hemoglobin A1c within New Orleans with the upper end." (within normal limits) (ok, so how about in new york city?)
"puffy nodule" (prostate nodule) (baka puyat yung nodule! hehe. i can't blame the MT as the doctor dictating is usually very hard to decipher, parang galing sa ilalim ng lupa!)
"We would like you to consider her for viroxime (OOPHORECTOMY) given that she is at high risk of developing metastatic disease due to her stage, as necessity (ETHNICITY) and her2/NEU positivity." (i'm not sure how this happened... the doctor has very nice voice and diction.)
"She is able to ambulate turns her feet with a rolling walker." (200 feet) (ew, scary!)
and how about this... "Blood cultures were obtained, which did come back positive for some stuff " (Staph)
more next time...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
more of belle and sebastian
ok.. ok...fine... i can't get enough of them... extremely superb...
(the first few songs in the playlist are only 30 seconds long...sowee)
(MelWeb's playlist)
At the top of my list is the song Waiting for the Moon to Rise. Here is the lyrics:
Waiting For The Moon To Rise
All the way back home
I'm telling you I caught the sun
Creeping up behind my shoulder
And another day's begun
I was following a trail
I'd never been along before
Chasing darkened skies above me
Looking like the spring
Like the winter
And the morning
If there's a place I want to go
Then I'll be there with you
'Cos in my dreams the things
I'm wishing for
Keep coming true
Now a new day comes
Clears the darkness out of sight
And the shadows that were sleeping
Come and dance beneath the light
And I'm trying hard to hide
Keeping the sun out of my eyes
Close them tight
And now I'm waiting for the moon to rise
Don't try to say to me
That this was never meant to be
'Cos the days are long where I come from
The next few days I'm free
There's a train I want to catch
But it won't leave here for a while
Till darkness fills the eastern sky
And streetlights stretch for miles
Through the spring
And the winter and the morning
(the first few songs in the playlist are only 30 seconds long...sowee)
(MelWeb's playlist)
At the top of my list is the song Waiting for the Moon to Rise. Here is the lyrics:
Waiting For The Moon To Rise
All the way back home
I'm telling you I caught the sun
Creeping up behind my shoulder
And another day's begun
I was following a trail
I'd never been along before
Chasing darkened skies above me
Looking like the spring
Like the winter
And the morning
If there's a place I want to go
Then I'll be there with you
'Cos in my dreams the things
I'm wishing for
Keep coming true
Now a new day comes
Clears the darkness out of sight
And the shadows that were sleeping
Come and dance beneath the light
And I'm trying hard to hide
Keeping the sun out of my eyes
Close them tight
And now I'm waiting for the moon to rise
Don't try to say to me
That this was never meant to be
'Cos the days are long where I come from
The next few days I'm free
There's a train I want to catch
But it won't leave here for a while
Till darkness fills the eastern sky
And streetlights stretch for miles
Through the spring
And the winter and the morning
Monday, January 21, 2008
swissy - how it all started
nice song and proudly filipino!!! yebah!!!
here's the lyrics
HOW IT ALL STARTED - SWISSY
It was a cold and rainy night
I remember it was after midnight
We were surrounded by the sound of the city
And the buzzing of the lights
'Oh what was it about you then
That was different
A definitive moment
That's changin' both our minds
[Chorus]
And it's how this all started
Oh baby I just want you to know
It's hard to say maybe, but maybe
This time we won't let it go
You leaned over to kiss me
And the opposite worlds of you and I collide
There we stood quietly, silently, side by side
'Oh beneath all of the craziness and the laughter
We were wondrin' if tomorrow
If we could make this real
(Repeat Chorus)
I can't believe it's only yesterday
That I was me and you were only you
I'm not gonna say it's us now
I don't wanna become a cliche
And I know it's me who may be a little shy
But I want to keep it all the same
'Coz of the way it all started...
ooh.. ooh.. ladadada..doop do.. ooh.
And maybe if we could give this one more try
Maybe this time it will work out right.
Yeah...
(not sure of the lyrics, i just transcribed it.. naks!)
here's the lyrics
HOW IT ALL STARTED - SWISSY
It was a cold and rainy night
I remember it was after midnight
We were surrounded by the sound of the city
And the buzzing of the lights
'Oh what was it about you then
That was different
A definitive moment
That's changin' both our minds
[Chorus]
And it's how this all started
Oh baby I just want you to know
It's hard to say maybe, but maybe
This time we won't let it go
You leaned over to kiss me
And the opposite worlds of you and I collide
There we stood quietly, silently, side by side
'Oh beneath all of the craziness and the laughter
We were wondrin' if tomorrow
If we could make this real
(Repeat Chorus)
I can't believe it's only yesterday
That I was me and you were only you
I'm not gonna say it's us now
I don't wanna become a cliche
And I know it's me who may be a little shy
But I want to keep it all the same
'Coz of the way it all started...
ooh.. ooh.. ladadada..doop do.. ooh.
And maybe if we could give this one more try
Maybe this time it will work out right.
Yeah...
(not sure of the lyrics, i just transcribed it.. naks!)
a lull
it has been days since I last blogged and my fingers are itching to type my thoughts... so I run through my brain for words... and sneak some paragraphs in.. let's see... hello?!! hello... hello... (echo)... none... omg... i can't think... jumbled words.. makes no sense.. fickle.... oh well... this is not a good day for blogging....
Thursday, January 17, 2008
memoirs of my nose...
I saw AXE crazy crazy ad a few nights ago... i guess it is a dream any man would want come true... a million girls racing towards the man who is spraying axe cologne on himself... I'm not really convinced that that can really happen in real life... although commercials really do border on the exaggerated most of the time... well.. all of the time, but i guess in some ways that is really what happens when you spray a nice smelling cologne or perfume. i guess girls will stop for a while and linger at the sweet scent and say a nice thing or two, "hmm, that smells nice." or "he smells nice, he even looks it too." or "i think il buy that perfume for my husband.", but not really savagely smell him as if to drain all of his bodily fluids...
another thing that perfumes can do is build confidence...
i remember when i was in college, i dont know.. but colors of benetton seems to be very famous back then and the scent would build your confidence, enough to get you through exams and quizzes and endless lectures... its like a dose of medicine... it's my comfort smell, so to speak. hehe... you'll know when i have an exam because i put on an extra spray so i would smell sweeter than usual... i'm not saying that a spray of your favorite perfume will make you pass an exam, sometimes studying and most of all praying usually do the trick.. but, yeah... it helps too.
so when you ride a jeepney with someone smelling so sweet that causes your nose to go numb and you wished you didn't spray some of your perfume because the girl already did that for you... tell her "You can do it!" to which the girl, dumbfounded, will probably take you for a fool and transfer to an empty seat away from you... at least, you got rid of that awfully strong smell that is devouring your whole being.
These days, when i smell colors, my stomach starts to churn... as if nervous... not knowing what... i guess there is that exhilarating feeling you get as a student and i am immediately brought back in time to my college days... sigh... it's like when you smell something, your brain associates that to an event in your life (or a person for that matter) that may have been significant to you at that time. uhm... a very difficult exam that would keep your heart pounding ready to jump out of your rib cage if not for the blood vessels attached to it... and then cold clammy shaking hands that you can't manage to keep still long enough to shade a stupid box... okay.. that can pass as significant right?..
another thing that perfumes can do is build confidence...
i remember when i was in college, i dont know.. but colors of benetton seems to be very famous back then and the scent would build your confidence, enough to get you through exams and quizzes and endless lectures... its like a dose of medicine... it's my comfort smell, so to speak. hehe... you'll know when i have an exam because i put on an extra spray so i would smell sweeter than usual... i'm not saying that a spray of your favorite perfume will make you pass an exam, sometimes studying and most of all praying usually do the trick.. but, yeah... it helps too.
so when you ride a jeepney with someone smelling so sweet that causes your nose to go numb and you wished you didn't spray some of your perfume because the girl already did that for you... tell her "You can do it!" to which the girl, dumbfounded, will probably take you for a fool and transfer to an empty seat away from you... at least, you got rid of that awfully strong smell that is devouring your whole being.
These days, when i smell colors, my stomach starts to churn... as if nervous... not knowing what... i guess there is that exhilarating feeling you get as a student and i am immediately brought back in time to my college days... sigh... it's like when you smell something, your brain associates that to an event in your life (or a person for that matter) that may have been significant to you at that time. uhm... a very difficult exam that would keep your heart pounding ready to jump out of your rib cage if not for the blood vessels attached to it... and then cold clammy shaking hands that you can't manage to keep still long enough to shade a stupid box... okay.. that can pass as significant right?..
Monday, January 14, 2008
nice playlist from imeem
im not sure how to get this to work. i wish to put in on the side or something. i saw it done in a multiply account somewhere. hay, hirap tlga ng technically challenged... try ko munang i-embed. by the way the playlist was from xiong jarka. nice collection.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
snow on the sahara
on our way to bayside, a band was playing this song... and then i immediately remembered some of the lyrics and was able to remember the title, but i failed to remember the singer... i asked osa if he knows it, and viola!!! he does... the answer... Anggun... husay!.. Anggun is a very talented singer... did you know that her real name is Anggun Cipta Sasmi and Anggun means "Grace born out of a dream" in Indonesian. nice name... i like her voice and the message of this song... like it very much.. here it is... with the lyrics
SNOW ON THE SAHARA - ANGGUN
Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert
But to stand with you in a ring of fire
Ill forget the days gone by
Ill protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
Ill be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
If thats the only place where you can leave your doubts
Ill hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
Ill be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
If thats the only place where you can leave your doubts
Ill hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
SNOW ON THE SAHARA - ANGGUN
Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert
But to stand with you in a ring of fire
Ill forget the days gone by
Ill protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
Ill be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
If thats the only place where you can leave your doubts
Ill hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
Ill be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
If thats the only place where you can leave your doubts
Ill hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara
xmas party in january
yes finally we had our christmas get together just this january when everyone has settled in the new year 2008 and christmas is just around the corner, 11 months to be exact... as ive said, better late than never...
malou was looking radiant when she fetched us... naks... tpos kwento sha about her dating adventures and misadventures... about searching for her Mr. Right on the internet... but not having the guts to actually meet the guy... i told her that i can play the well-fed chaperone (and then ces wanted to come along upon hearing the well-fed part) (shempre courtesy of the guy ung food allowance namin ha, malou, you dont have to spend... don't go Dutch... the guy should pay... hehe... ) if she's afraid of making "eyeball" but then she says she really didn't like the one that she is supposed to see tomorrow... i think that she has every right to be choosy dba... she's pretty, charming, mabait, maasikaso, matalino, independent, knows how to drive (automatic) and can drive as far as valle verde, and most of all domesticated at OC... any guy would love her... i mean normally and hopefully you get to get married only once, and by golly i hope to the one you really love or at least like... i'm sure there is that one guy for her who is her soulmate... and when they meet at the right time and at the right moment... we want to be there and record every minute (videographer). hmm. parang stalker con paparazzi ang dating... sge na nga we'll stick to being the well-fed chaperone. hehe.
ang saya din because wins got to come.. un nga lng may sakit pala si gaby. oh well, i hope he gets well soon.
ces felt ill that afternoon and had a bad case of diarrhea earlier that caused her to be afraid of eating anything. Can you imagine that!!! ces, not eating anything at all??? sheesh... (i don't know where the world's coming to...
tpos andun si benok with a friend... hmmm... e balitang balita na nakaalis na sha papuntang canada e.. un pala it was just a prank...
dumating din osa, jeng and jeff. we decided to eat at the bayside... dun sa mga paluto which by the way i promised myself never to eat... kc ang mahal e... bsta for me it is not worth it... kya lng un na ang naisip nila e saka iinom kc ung mga boys... oh well...
nagkakwentuhan ng kung ano ano... nagkwento si jeng about joachi's unusual liking for his saliva... "yum yum"... tpos ung upcoming bday ni sophie where everyone unanimously decided to go to bataan... sa march... hehe.
and the topic even went from making babies... (nagbigay pa nga si jef ng unsolicited advice.. dont get me wrong, hindi nmn mahalay or anything, i just dont want to imagine jef and jeng doing the deed, or osa ang agnes for that matter... kaya lang after it was said and done, all i had to do was take the advice... hay...) osa even said maganda daw ang Rogin E.. kala ko ba nagjujunk ka lng.. med rep ka nrn pala? o ayan bibili na tuloy si tristan... hahaha.) ... to as far as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization... kc naging question ito that in the event of a code blue for egg cells, malou, as i remember, was willing to shop for genes... c ces, mejo nagdadalawang isip... ako, mejo hindi pa nmn kmi ganun kadesperate ni tristan... c jeng, may joachi na sha e... grabe! iba na ang mga topics ngyn... nakakaloka...
tpos we decided to end the night with a coffee at starbucks na naligaw ligaw pa kmi kakahanap... ung navigator kc probinshano e... at starbucks we ordered coffee... when i ordered, i told them i was marimar... hehe. trip lng. kanya knyng trip lng ito no... tpos ayun na nga pinagsasarahan na kmi ng starbucks after a while so we had to leave... si osa nagstall for time kc ung first trip papuntang bataan 3am pa e 2am plng.. sabi nya picture daw muna... husay...
well, it was fun seeing them again after a long time... last december... hehe... some of the pics are above... you can also check out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22672192@N06/
http://lizettelatorre.multiply.com/photos/album/4/xmas_in_january
Monday, January 7, 2008
new year's on the eve of december 30
whaahhh... d ako nakasama sa party na ito...
ang kulit tlga nila auntie... plucking white hair on new year's day... hehehe...
d bale, i celebrated my new year ahead of time... mama and kuya jun cooked sopas on the eve of december 30 so i could celebrate new year with them because tristan and i will not be able to come home to Bulacan on Jan 1. It was very nice. We ate, talked and watched TV until dawn... sigh... I miss them already...
ang kulit tlga nila auntie... plucking white hair on new year's day... hehehe...
d bale, i celebrated my new year ahead of time... mama and kuya jun cooked sopas on the eve of december 30 so i could celebrate new year with them because tristan and i will not be able to come home to Bulacan on Jan 1. It was very nice. We ate, talked and watched TV until dawn... sigh... I miss them already...
d sound
i really love this song... here is the lyrics...
DO I NEED A REASON
Today when I saw you
I knew it was just like the first time
When you met my eyes I came close
And I felt like the first time
To hold back my fear
and feel you so near
I’ve never been this far before
To hold back my fear
and feel you so near
I’m scared of falling into deep this time
Do I need a reason to tell you why
I’m singing you this song
Do I need a reason to show you that
I know where I belong
Whenever I am weary I lean on
this feeling that I have
I am so much stronger now
Thankful, yes I am
Today I’ll renounce them,
the doubts and the fears I’ve been nursing
I’ll fly like a moth to the flame
and I’ll feel like the first time
To hold back my fear
and let you come near
I’ve never been this far before
To hold back my fear
and let you come near
I’m afraid of losing and still I go
DO I NEED A REASON
Today when I saw you
I knew it was just like the first time
When you met my eyes I came close
And I felt like the first time
To hold back my fear
and feel you so near
I’ve never been this far before
To hold back my fear
and feel you so near
I’m scared of falling into deep this time
Do I need a reason to tell you why
I’m singing you this song
Do I need a reason to show you that
I know where I belong
Whenever I am weary I lean on
this feeling that I have
I am so much stronger now
Thankful, yes I am
Today I’ll renounce them,
the doubts and the fears I’ve been nursing
I’ll fly like a moth to the flame
and I’ll feel like the first time
To hold back my fear
and let you come near
I’ve never been this far before
To hold back my fear
and let you come near
I’m afraid of losing and still I go
Friday, January 4, 2008
a rat's tale
I was looking for papa's pajamas in Bulacan when we went home one christmas weekend. Tristan was going to use it for his pajama christmas party in Veterans. The pj has a "don" or "senor" feel to it because of its print and fabric (silk) so tristan thought of getting in character when he wears it... complete with cigars and all... hehe...
after hours of search, we finally found it, but the termites and rats got there sooner. mama remembered throwing the upper garment because termites had eaten it to its unimaginable form... the pajamas have holes in them also, but tristan still wanted to wear them anyway.
Mama begun telling the story (for the _nth time) of how my shirts and dresses had holes and bites in front, and how she would place dora rat killers in the corners of my room and putting naphthalene balls in the drawer to ward off those pesky mice, only to see for herself that i was the culprit. She saw me biting the ribbon of my dress in front of Manang Lucia's graduating class. hehehe. guilty as charged...
I remember it all... I remember hiding at the back of the door in my room and I remember nibbling on my shirts... i especially liked the ribbons because of their smooth texture... and of course who could resist... tissue paper... yes i ate tissue paper... hahaha... i even started eating newspapers, only my mom discovered it too soon so i only got to the 1st page. after i got a good spanking and scolding by mama, i never did venture again into my short-lived unlikely gourmet fetish...
ah... the things you do when your a kid... makes you wonder... if this had a psychological impact on my behavior as an adult... hahaha... probably... but this is just me...
after hours of search, we finally found it, but the termites and rats got there sooner. mama remembered throwing the upper garment because termites had eaten it to its unimaginable form... the pajamas have holes in them also, but tristan still wanted to wear them anyway.
Mama begun telling the story (for the _nth time) of how my shirts and dresses had holes and bites in front, and how she would place dora rat killers in the corners of my room and putting naphthalene balls in the drawer to ward off those pesky mice, only to see for herself that i was the culprit. She saw me biting the ribbon of my dress in front of Manang Lucia's graduating class. hehehe. guilty as charged...
I remember it all... I remember hiding at the back of the door in my room and I remember nibbling on my shirts... i especially liked the ribbons because of their smooth texture... and of course who could resist... tissue paper... yes i ate tissue paper... hahaha... i even started eating newspapers, only my mom discovered it too soon so i only got to the 1st page. after i got a good spanking and scolding by mama, i never did venture again into my short-lived unlikely gourmet fetish...
ah... the things you do when your a kid... makes you wonder... if this had a psychological impact on my behavior as an adult... hahaha... probably... but this is just me...
francine sleeping
this was taken the night before francine went home to baguio. 
i just cant resist taking a picture of my husband and niece sleeping...
and then another picture with me of course.....
here is francine, sleeping so soundly... i miss her already!!!
i just cant resist taking a picture of my husband and niece sleeping...
and then another picture with me of course.....
here is francine, sleeping so soundly... i miss her already!!!
First post
I can't believe I'm actually that old to not remember my previous blog's password.... huhuhu... sayang naman... oh well... i found the need to create another blog because of the recent turn of events (me not remembering a simple password!) and i feel it is my duty to create a log or an account of things, be it mundane or extraordinary, for posterity's sake. so this will not be like a diary where one writes the events of every day... (believe me... you would not like to read anything like that... my life is not that interesting.).. i'll be posting as I remember things from the past, as i see things at present and as i dream of things in the future... it will be like a roller coaster ride... my life may not be that interesting, but the ride is sure worth the vomit!
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