I'm a Japanese housewife living in Japan. I'm in my 60's. I want to know daily lives in the world, so at first I'll tell my daily. What is your daily life?
Tomorrow, we have to go to see the doctor. I am really anxious. Yuki seems to act as usual. Today it is cooler than yesterday. According to the wearer report it is around 33 degree Celsius. Heat stroke alert is not going to be issued. So he will go playing tennis in the morning.
His weight got back easily normal.
His problems are bad hoarse voice, aspiration, and coughing.
Yesterday he went to a Radon mist hot spring. He suddenly started coughing. Th other customers seemed to be worried, he said “I’m asthmatic“.
He acts what he can to on the day.
On the other hand, while I am facing to my anxiety, I spend at home lazily. Do I go to the gym?probably no.
Additionally the first three time free personal trading were finished. Next week I will go there once a week when Yuki goes to his clinic.
Yesterday I took a personal training, and I went back home without shopping.
I cooked my lunch at home.
Today it is the third time to take it. It is free the first three times. The training is mainly stretching. Additionally yesterday in the afternoon I also go to the gym to do one circuit machine exercise(15 minutes).
Usually we do two circuit machine exercise, then do 15 minute stretching seeing the video.
Next week, I am going to see an orthopedic doctor. So I ask him to do exercise and yoga like before.
I know walking exercise is all right, but it is too hot for me to walk even in the evening. And I don’t like walking exercise.
Today, Yuki has a PET CT test. The according his plan he eats sushi at a Kaiten-sushi ( a conveyer belt sushi restaurant). He believes sushi is all right not to swallow accidentally.
Then he is going to participate in his land practice tonight.
On the other hand I take personal exercise at a gym in the morning. What do I eat for lunch? Do I drop by a cafe? Probably l will buy a lunch box.
A new week has started. I decided to take a personal physical training five times. Mainly to strengthen my back bone. It takes 30 minutes. Yuki drops me off in front of the gym on his way to the clinic. So probably I constantly taking the training.
My friend introduced this site . Thanks. These days I started som yoga poses , and exercises by myself. Finally my orthopedic doctor allowed me to do such light exercises, including going to the gym.
Yesterday it was a long day. His pneumonia as a side-effect and aspiration pneumonia are getting better. The amount of steroid is decreasing, but he can’t get a treatment yet.we go to the hospital next Friday again.
Unfortunately without cancer treatment, his tumor is growing, and ways of the treatment are decreasing.
He also took his vocal cords test. His muscles seem to be difficult to tighten his vocal cords. It means aspiration is easily caused. He needs to be careful of his pose when he eats, and what he eats. Unfortunately noodles are difficult for hem to eat.
The reason of his hoarse voice was not cleared.
Next week, he gets Pet CT test.
Well, though it is a strange excuse, I am not good at English. So when I write his blog in English, I choose what I am able to write in English. Te most difficult thing is to write about our emotion.
I am able to write the situation calmly.
If I used Chat GPT, I could write this blog more correctly and deeper.
Today I am going to take personal training check. For the first time it is free. I might take personal training for a several times to reduce the stiffness? of my hip joints though it is expensive. .
Today I am going to take CBT. Tomorrow we go seeing the doctor at the hospital.
I am full of anxiety, so I am really happy o take CBT to relieve my stress as much as possible.
While I take CBT, Yuki is at Costco.
I hope his symptoms like cough, hoarse voice, and aspiration will be improved. Such symptoms exhaust his physical strength and decrease his QOR (not eating noodle, and spicy food, and anyway talking).
Last night suddenly my tooth filling came out. I should go to the dentist today. It might be a long day because I go there without an appointment.
At our familiar Japanese pear orchard, they have started selling their pears. The orchard is run by a couple who are the same generation as us. They decided to reduce the scale of their orchard.
On the other hand, our government said “we will change course toward more rice production.
Everybody seems to appreciate this decision, but how many farmers or farm companies are there who will be able to do it?
A usual week has started, though kids are still in summer vacation. This Friday I am going to hand over my English picture books. I’ve already packed them in five cardboard boxes. I will pack them more. I keep some books in my house. Most of them are really easy ones. There are two or three sentences in each page. The others are my favorite ones.
For many people this weekend is the last two days of Obon vacation.
Yuki participate in a jam session in the afternoon. My young friend comes here in the afternoon.
Yesterday we talked to Yuki’s main doctor.
We thought his hoarse voice is a side effect caused by taking steroid. Unfortunately it was wrong. His disease is progressing. In one week the amount of steroid is decreased step by step. Then next Friday we will talk to the donor about his next treatment plan. The medicine for aspiration pneumonia was also prescribed. And unfortunately he shouldn’t eat noodle.
He doesn’t like my saying “are you all right?” Because he seems to be tired of it.
On the other hand I like some wane saying “are you all right” to me. Usually I am asked “is your husband all tight?”
But if someone said “are you all right?”, I would say “no problem”.
Unfortunately I canceled the performance at KARAKU.
Probably it was the second time. The first one was I had to visit my mother inTokyo suddenly because of her illness.
So it was the first time for me to cancel ly because of my dizziness.
Instead of going to KARAKU I was being given IV at a clinic. Fortunately Yuki dropped and pick me up. If I were alone—- .???
I will stay lazily today.
Tomorrow my daughters might come here.
The day after tomorrow it is the day for Yuki go to the hospital. I and going to go with him and listen to the doctor. We hope he will resume chemotherapy, though he has still pneumonia, and very hoarse voice because of steroids side effects.
Yesterday I suddenly fell ill in the afternoon, though in the morning I felt dizzy. From the afternoon I was lying down the rest of the day. What happened to me? It seemed a kind of heat stroke, though it was not so hot but very humid.
My condition is uneven, and Yuki’s side effect also comes in waves.
Well, anyway today, it is the day of KARAKU. I hope I will be able to go there. Yuki is going to participate in his band practice tonight.
Many people go back their hometown during this Obon vacation or go on a trip. However we unfortunately it is not a good weather. In some area they are having heavy rain called “linear precipitation zone.” Last night on their way home they were caught by it, they couldn’t go forward. Some trains include ing bullet trains couldn’t run, the trains changed into the hotels for the passengers.
In this area, it is raining but not so heavily. Today we have to a nearby laundromat to dry our clothes.
Yesterday a firework festival was held in our town. Luckily we could watch some fireworks from the window from Yuki’s room. He took some pictures and updated his YouTube with his music.
Thankfully a viewer gave me the answers to my questions about an English picture book. Yesterday I read it up. I also organized some books about Mother goose. I used to hold a workshop about Mother goose sometimes, winky with songs. I thought if I had read up this book, the workshop would have been more fulfilling, and fun. I try to introduce this book on a zoom meeting.
I have started taking my kimono apart. Most of my kimonos were taken apart and made over into casual dresses by my friend. But I still keep some kimono, which are mainly formal kimono.
But I decided to give them a makeover into dresses.
Kimono of late my mother in-law were discarded mostly. Probably mine will follow the same path. My daughters can’t put on kimono by themselves.
Additionally I am able to put on kimono, but if I need to put a formal one, I will go to a beauty saloon.
Yesterday I participated in an online English coversation meeting. There were four Japanese ladies.
After the meeting , I organized my thoughts.
◆Do you think that you have a healthy brain? Why or why not?
It’s an interesting question, isn’t it? what is the definision of "a healthy brain"? My brain is appropriate for my age. It means I often feel my age. The older we get, the easier we loose our memoryies.
◆Do you usually make decisions with your brain or with your heart?
It depends on the situation. At first I think my physical strength. It means I make my decisions mainly with my brain. When I was young I used to follow my intution and my feeling.
◆What animals do you think are highly intelligent?
Dolphins, monkeys, dogs, and so on. Sorry if you are a cat parson -- I don't add cats on my list. Additionally we used to have a cat.
◆If you could get a brain implant to make you smarter, would you do it?
I wouldn’t do it. Because if I were smarter than now, I would like to be much smarter. It’s endless.
However if we could get a brain implant to stop dementia, I might do it. I would keep myself.
◆What does your brain spend the most time thinking about?
Nowadays, my brain is full of "meals". what should I cook for our lunch and dinner? It is a usual thing.
But it 's too hot to have enough appetite, So what do "I" want to eat?
And the other day I suffered from sever heat fatigue. At that time I was thinking what I could eat.
Probably my brain doesn’t work so hard, I do what I can do now.
◆How do you think sleep affects the brain?
Good and enough sleep is the most important to keep our health and a healthy brain.
When I can’t take enough sleep, I am out of it on the day.
It is a calm morning, though it is already hot outside.
His pneumonia has got better. Additionally taking no chemotherapy seems to lessen his side effects ironically.
Anyway we should keep our daily life, and do what we can do now.
Yesterday finally I went to the gym and did one circuit exercise.
I got lots of cucumbers from our neighbor. So I made cucumber smoothie. The ingredients are thin sliced cumbers, yoghurt, and canned pineapples. It was tasty. I found a good way to use up lots of fresh cucumbers. Making pickles is of course one of the way to use them up.
Yesterday, I washed my cotton white blouse, and ironed. One of my house errands I don’t like is ironing. Usually I wear a T-shirt without ironing, this time I need to or I feel to wear cotton blouse. I like the blouse so I keep it for a long time to handle it carefully. Ironing is too hot.
It is Saturday. Fortunately Yuki didn’t need to be hospitalized, though he has to continue taking steroid medicine to heal pneumonia for two weeks. And unfortunately his chemotherapy is stopped. The chemotherapy this time he takes seems to work on the CT image. The docomo seems to think what caused his pneumonia. Did it come from summer cold? If it is right it seems to be too long. Did it comes from radiation or ICI he took before? Or is it a side effect of this chemotherapy?
What we are afraid is having on treatments. But anyway it is impotent to heal his pneumonia.
According to the weather report it won’t be hot like yesterday. So he is going to “meet” his tennis mates.
My husband Yuki and I live in a regional city. Our retirement life has state since 2020. Though Something good, exciting, worried or bad often happens, we try to focus the current situation and spend enjoyable days while living offf our savings little by little carefully.
