Once I set foot at the UST Hospital, I thought of those days when I used to bring Dad to his nephrologist every other month for check-up. It was during those times when he had ESRD (end stage renal disease) until we all decided that he undergo dialysis but he only lasted six months after such procedure. I also remember Nissa’s first surgical operation (last Tuesday was actually her third including a CS section when she gave birth to Nate) when she was in Grade V because of an ovarian cyst. One of her ovaries was removed.
Yesterday, I decided to visit my doctor who operated on me nineteen years ago and she was the same doctor who previously operated on Nissa when she was first confined there. She has been my OB GYN for the past thirty years.
With Dr. Ditas Decena, my OB GYN.
Imagine the thrill of seeing each other again after I visited her clinic ten years ago to ask for recommendation for a surgical oncologist when I found out I had stage 3 colon cancer. She gave me those friendly advices and told me that papillary thyroid carcinoma is easy to treat. I described to her what I saw of Nissa’s removed thyroid and she readily said, “papillary”. She remembers those days when I used to visit her clinic for consultation. She even recommended an OB Gyn she knows closer to our place. UST is a bit far from where we live.
I had the chance to visit UST again after more than eight years. I’ve missed this place. I had a nice morning walk going to the UST chapel today, heard mass yesterday at the UST Hospital chapel. Walked around the campus the other day.
This is the main building of UST. UST students are called the Growling Tigers.
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is the oldest existing university in Asia. In terms of student population, it is the largest Catholic university in the world in a single campus. It covers a total of 21.5 hectares and was founded in 1611.
This is our College. Stayed here for five years and took up BSC Economics.
I was pretty amazed when I saw a student from high school. Imagine after all these years, they still wear the same color and design of uniform which we had fifty years ago. Nostalgia to the max.
Dreams And Escapes 
Memory lane. Good people during our trying times.
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Yes Kavitha. It was so really nice to see her again.
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A significant reunion
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It was a joyful one. Both of us have white hairs now 🙂
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She has more
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Haha 🙂
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That’s a marvelous story about seeing your OB GYN who cared for you for 30 years. Many of my doctors retired, and I had to find new ones. Moving meant all my doctors were new to me. I loved that photo of the two of you.
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Thank you Anne. Isn’t it nice when your carer becomes your friend? It felt as if the years in between were just yesterday. Talking to her, she was like an older sister with her advices.
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I was surprised during my last visit to UST. It has become a bit commercialized, what with all those fast food and banks!
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There is only one bank inside, it’s Security Bank and it has been there since I was in high school. As there is a lot of students studying there, perhaps the administration deemed it proper to allow those commercial establishment instead of the former going out of the campus. Back in our time, we only had the UST Coop to cater to our needs and small canteens in each building of the university. Thanks Bougainvillea.
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