August 24, 2005
Reader's Digest and Me
Last week, I got unexpected good news in my email. The Asian edition editor informed me they were interested in printing an article I wrote and sent to them last year. He said they wanted to use it for their December 2005 issue. It was about an unforgettable experience I had while I was still a doctor in training (FYI: you may read it in my blog http://faygloria.blogspot.com). I had to deliver an infant that ultrasound and obstetricians told me was stillborn. The baby turned out to be alive and lustily cried his lungs out as soon as I got him out.
Needless to say, it was great and exciting news for me. Aside from the financial windfall (which isn’t much but is still additional money in the bank… hehehe), I get to see something I have written in a magazine that has a large following all over the world, with the added bonus of sharing a wonderful experience I had with the rest of humanity.
This isn’t the first time I will be seeing my name in the Reader’s Digest. Back in December 1997 (yes, the December issue again!), a funny family anecdote I sent in was printed as filler just before the book section. In 2004, and last July 2005, my letters to the editor regarding medical articles they had printed. However, this is the first time that a full-length article (which will run about 2 to 3 pages) of mine will see the light of day in an international magazine.
I’ve been asked, “Is this the beginning of a new career path?” Of course not. My vocation will always be the practice of emergency medicine. There is a certain sense of achievement in seeing one’s “literary” efforts rewarded. But nothing will ever replace the indescribable sense of fulfillment that saving lives brings.
Last week, I got unexpected good news in my email. The Asian edition editor informed me they were interested in printing an article I wrote and sent to them last year. He said they wanted to use it for their December 2005 issue. It was about an unforgettable experience I had while I was still a doctor in training (FYI: you may read it in my blog http://faygloria.blogspot.com). I had to deliver an infant that ultrasound and obstetricians told me was stillborn. The baby turned out to be alive and lustily cried his lungs out as soon as I got him out.
Needless to say, it was great and exciting news for me. Aside from the financial windfall (which isn’t much but is still additional money in the bank… hehehe), I get to see something I have written in a magazine that has a large following all over the world, with the added bonus of sharing a wonderful experience I had with the rest of humanity.
This isn’t the first time I will be seeing my name in the Reader’s Digest. Back in December 1997 (yes, the December issue again!), a funny family anecdote I sent in was printed as filler just before the book section. In 2004, and last July 2005, my letters to the editor regarding medical articles they had printed. However, this is the first time that a full-length article (which will run about 2 to 3 pages) of mine will see the light of day in an international magazine.
I’ve been asked, “Is this the beginning of a new career path?” Of course not. My vocation will always be the practice of emergency medicine. There is a certain sense of achievement in seeing one’s “literary” efforts rewarded. But nothing will ever replace the indescribable sense of fulfillment that saving lives brings.
posted by fay gloria @ 8:16 PM
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