This is a picture of hope among Filipinos, a reminiscence of our roots, our true character, that in moments of hardships, we have each other. MBOpinions READ:
I have been suffering from a nagging shoulder injury since I was 18 years old. My shoulders have loosened ligaments, which means that a sloppy motion of my arm could cause dislocation at any given time. I got this injury from swimming, and like a pendulum the cases swing from one shoulder to the other.
The excruciating feeling of having to crouch on the side to alleviate the burning pain of an arm hanging through without the bones attached is pure agony and way beyond one's imagination. I immediately asked my interns, Sonny and Mark, to call the nearby hospital and look for my doctor who attended to my needs last August 2022. Sadly, he was off from his duty. Joined by two of my friends, Bryan and Randolph, I decided to go to a public hospital along Taft Avenue. Neither of them could drive so I had to navigate through the potholes of Manila with much struggle to contain the discomfort.
It was 12:30 a.m. and I knew we had to leave. After a few minutes we arrived in Banawe at the orthopedic center. I was first on the line outside of the ER, but still I waited for more than an hour to be attended to since there was only one doctor on duty. He examined my injury and had me scheduled for an X-ray. The doctor asked his assistants to empty a bed to lay myself down.
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