songs of a wounded healer

@rogrogrog

pinoy doctor. wounded healer. hopeless romantic. hari ng sablay. a seed of hope waiting to spring. loves jason mraz. favorite song is "dare you to move." fan of sushi. a frustrated poet. wants to learn tennis. a mental health advocate. knows how to cook fillet dori with le'mon sauce. fan of lifehouse. a pediatric cancer advocate. wants to play the guitar. a dedicated friend. his motto is love strong. a knight of Christ. a frustrated Jesuit-wannabe. a soldier of hope. aka mr. brightside. in less than a year, he will hop, skip, jump and tell himself: "yeah, I made it."

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A young patient with lymphoma who had to skip classes and exams just to have his chemo— now with complete response to secondline treatment.

A young lady, med tech, 26 years of age, with stage 4 lung cancer, with complete response to targeted therapy.

All with battle scars.

Thank you Lord for the gift of healing. 🙏

Picture taken from Taipei 2025

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Goodevening Doc. How are you? Today po namin nahatid si mama sa resting place niya. Our family would like to thank you for helping mama. We will now start to heal po.

— from the son of my patient with lung cancer stage IV 🙏

Very much heartbroken to hear this. My continued prayers.

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Holding the sweetest mangoes from the father of a colleague whom I am treating for colon cancer.

After having his first cycle of chemo, we met at the clinic. He broke into tears— he lost his appettite and developed severe abdominal pain. He was apologetic telling me he tried his best but he just couldnt.

It’s okay to feel that way, I told him. There is always a plan B for your treatment. Be kind to yourself.

May 2026, QC

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One step at a time.

Shanghai, May 2026

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My cancer clinic — where the rays of healing shine through the shadows of pain, doubt and tears.

QC / 4-22-26

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This Holy Week, I also prayed for my patients currently admitted at hospital. This brings to mind one of them— she is a colleague with stage IV cancer. She was admitted for breathlessness and cancer-related pain. On one of our conversations, she told me she wants to be as comfortable as possible. She added she is more than ready to die.

I admire and acknowledge the valor of these cancer patients, wounder healers that they are, to face abd accept death as it is.

4-3-26 QC, UP-D, Philipines

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