Pasasalamat

Naka-isang taon at kalahati din ako. Hindi gaano katagal. Pero busog naman sa karunungan, sa kaibigan at syempre kasiyahan. Pag nagsimula ka sa kahit anong trabaho, pakitang mahiyain muna. Conservative ang kilos, nakikiramdam sa mga tao sa paligid. Mahirap humirit agad, baka masabihan ng feeling close agad. Nung unang mga lingo ko, talagang animo'y mahiyain ako. Konti lang ang salita, hindi masyado umiimik. Isang tanong, isang sagot. Sa mismong trabaho naman sa loob ng laboratoryo, todo ang pagiging seryoso. Syempre kelangan magpa-impress. Maliban sa sobrang aga pumasok, dapat mabilis ang pag-iisip. Dapat matalino. Bago e, dapat impressive! Napapa-aral talaga ako pag uwi ko. Hindi naman sa pagmamayabang pero reference lab nga kasi. Mataas ang standard. Kaya kahit ilang buwan na akong nagtra-trabaho e parang first day ko pa din. Mahirap ang naging transition ko. Mula histopath tapos mircobiology. Tsk tsk... Sa staining lang ako nakaka-relate ng konti. Haha!

Sa mga katrabaho naman, nag-adjust din. Iba-ibang tao, iba-ibang personalidad. Merong malakas tumawa. Merong mahina lang. Merong makulit, meron din sakto lang. May maingay, at may... mas maingay. Madali lang naman silang pakisamahan. Iba-ibang tao na merong iba't ibang personalidad pero may dalawang hilig lang naman kasi. Pag nalaman mo yung dalawang hilig nila na yun e parang nahuli mo na ang kiliti nila. Ang una, pagkain. Ang pangalawa, mas madami at masarap na pagkain. Kaya pag lunch break, ang saya! Pinagbubuklod ng kainan na may kasamang kwentuhan at halakhakan. Minsan nga may halong chismis pa. At minsan, hindi ako maksabay kung tunay na buhay na ba ang chismis o yung napanuod lang nila sa telenovela nung gabe. Tapos patong-patong na kwento dahil nagsasalita ang lahat ng saby-sabay pero mauuwi naman sa sabayang tawanan. Walang kapantay 'to! Mas masaya pa 'to sa pinaghalong Goin' Bulilit at Bubble Gang (Kung may edad ka na, mas masaya pa 'to sa pinaghalong Going Bananas at... student canteen siguro! haha!).

At kung personalidad din lang ang usapan, e talagang nagsta-standout ang lahat. May madaldal, meroong naman malakas ang boses, merong bibong-bibo, merong pasaway, may balidoso, pero lahat siguro maingay o makwento. Lahat mahilig kumain pero konti lang ang marunong magluto. May designated kusinero pa nga kami e. At gaya nga ng sabi ko, iba-iba man e solid naman ang samahan. Kayang-kaya ko sabihin na nagustuhan ko naman ang pakikitungo ng bawat isa. Ang galing nga nila e, napasayaw (kung maitatawag na sayaw) nila ako ng gwiyomi nung anniversary ng program sa Bayleaf Hotel. Walastik, sobrang hiya ko nun.

Ang mga ilang di ko makakalimutan na nangyari sa labas ng laboratoryo e yun mga kakaibang outing namin. Yung unang outing na nasamahan ko sa Laguna, nagulat ako. Mahigit 15 kami nun pero parang pang 4 na tao lang yung pool! Ang kakaiba din siguro e yung baon namin. Kung ang usong baong ulam sa outing e ang walang kamatayan adobo, sila ay sinigang na baboy ang dala. Hanep! Yung pangalawa naman nung Christmas party. Sumakay kami sa shuttle/bus nung institusyon namin. Dahil nga siguro gobyerno at nagtitipid, e parang pwede na dalhin sa junk shop yung shuttle. Hindi ko malilimutan nung umusok yung shuttle ng amoy nasusunog na goma sa SLEX. Ang kapal ng usok, ang baho at dumidikit sa damit.hehe. Iniwan na lang namin yung shuttle sa police station at binalikan kinabukasan. Pero ang mas nakakatuwa e yung sigla ng grupo na hindi nawala. Sumakay kami ng dyip na pampasahero. At imbes na ma-bad trip e lalo pa kaming nagkatuwaan. Gumawa pa nga kami ng laro sa loob ng dyip at sinali pa yung ibang pasahero na hindi naman namin kilala. Adventure din na matatawag yung lakad namin sa Siquijor at Dumaguete. Mahabang kwento 'to. Basta sobrang saya din. At walang aswang sa Siquijor! Ang dami ngang dayuhan na pakalat-kalat e. It's more fun in the Philippines!

Madami talaga akong natutunan, lalo na sa Microbiology. Ang dami naming nasalihan na EQAS. Meron sa Hong Kong (4 na beses sa isang taon), meron sa Salmonella, at meron din sa gonorrhea. Yung kaalaman mo bilang Med Tek, talagang lalawak ng husto. Nahirapan talaga akong sumabay dun sa galing nila. Siguro nga kahit papaalis na ako e hindi ko pa din naabot yung standard nila. Advance na kasi talaga, pang reference lab na talaga. Kaya kung nasa microbiology ka man ngayon or hindi at gusto mo ng training, dito kita i-rerefer.

The Transition

Change. It is the only thing that is constant in this world. In a field like Medical technology, we always tend to search for improvement. Looking for new discoveries, researching something new in healthcare, and finding the latest technologies and updates. As a professional, we are never satisfied so we broaden our horizons, open our minds and look for something not necessarily better but something great.

I have worked inside a clinical laboratory ever since I graduated college and passed the boards. I decided it's about time to try something new and challenging. From being a phlebotomist to a rotating Med Tek staff to a Histopathology staff to a Microbilogy staff (reference lab), I might say that I made it to all the corners of a clinical laboratory. And so, I sought for something different and new for me. Hence, I found a challenge and accepted it.

Perfusionist. Wikipedia defined it as "a specialized healthcare professional who uses the heart-lung machine during cardiac surgery and other surgeries that require cardiopulmonary bypass to manage the patient's physiological status". From the clinical lab to the cardiovascular OR. To be honest, I would see myself more as a researcher working for a private company rather than a perfusionist. After all, the latest job I had was at a reference laboratory in a research institution. It's going to be a big transition for me. That's for sure. But just like any other Med Teks, we adapt. It's in our nature. For example, if there's no more reagent for our machines, we do manual. If there is less supply, we make sure it's enough until the next delivery. If there's few syringes left, we make sure we never miss an extraction. It's in a Med Tek's DNA: the ability to survive, the ability to change and the ability to be better.

Facing a new phase in one's career is nothing ordinary to a Med Tek's life. You take a new course, you learn and you grow. Switching from one job to the other is difficult, it's probably harder if you're going abroad.  It's hard to make a change. It's even harder to resign and make a resignation letter. It is a process, as one of my colleague would say. Transitions are never easy. But it would be great and fulfilling if you could overcome it. I guess as I start a new path in my career, I would use all the skills and knowledge that I acquired from my past experiences. As a Med Tek, I have always believed that it is innate to us that we are always ready for any changes or transition.



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*Shoutout to ARSRL (Antimicrobial Resistance Surveilance Reference Laboratory) of DOH-RITM! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, thank you for all the laughter, thank you for all the adventure, and of course, thank you for all the priceless moments! Thanks for the memories guys!

Stocks are down... A good time to invest?

I almost had a month of silence. No post for my blog this June. Well, as you have read my last post, I just felt a little discouraged and depressed after the incident that happened. I just didn't feel like blogging about healthcare pros. I guess we just have to move on.

Speaking of moving forward, the stock market is moving... backwards?! Well, if you have been watching the news lately, you already know that the PSEi is down. The usual explanation they give is that foreign investors are massively selling. What does this have to do with medtek101? Nothing really. But I did wrote a couple of post that invited my fellow Med Teks to invest in the stocks. My stand now with the stocks going down is still the same. Invest wisely. Experts are even saying that this is the best time to buy stocks because market prices are cheaper. Again, make your own research or ask some people who you believe knows about these stuff. If you have a financial adviser, the better. Happy investing!!!



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