pekoさんの おぼえた日記 - 2021年1月24日(日)

Die Gesundheit geht vor. Das Lachen hat eine positive Auswirkung auf die Gesundheit. Ich muss mich mehr schonen. Ein Glas Bier am Sontag schadet mir nicht.


It was 2 weeks ago that my father felt a piercing pain in his left hip when he took a step forward with his left leg. I urged him to go and see a doctor, which he did on that day. He was diagnosed as LSC, lumbar canal stenosis. It isn't an unusual disease which elderly people tend to suffer. It is said that one out of two people over 70 are suffering from it. He was prescribed a painkiller for two weeks. Unfortunately, the medicine hasn't work on him. He said the pain was growing day by day. It is tough for him to stand straight due to the pain. Walking with his back arched doesn't cause any pain. Luckily, riding a bicycle was no problem. So he went shopping in nearby supermarket by bicycle. However, his condition suddenly turned worse. The severe pain kept him awake all the night on Friday. He asked me to come to his house to do some grocery shopping. That's why I visited him today amid the corona pandemic when we should stay home. I dropped in at the supermarket and got what he wanted. I cooked chicken curry with drumsticks, chicken wings and Chinese cabbage soup, and simmered chicken wings and daikon so that he could survive for a week. I've heard collagen is good for a such kind of illness. Now his fridge is packed with chicken dishes and other foods. I also put some kinds of fish in the freezer for him to cook by himself. Just when the curry was ready, my sister arrived. We ate curry and daikon salad I cooked. He looked better than I had worried though he couldn't stand up straight. The hardest thing is that he couldn't except the situation. He is 88 and had been a picture of health. He had been proud of being healthy. He was cheerful when we were with him, but I'm afraid he's depressed at the bottom of his heart. He has an appointment with the doctor tomorrow. I hope he'll find a way to get well.


LSC (lumber canal stenosis)
腰部脊柱管狭窄症


医者は気長に薬を飲んで様子を見るしかないと言ってるそうですが、悪くなっている模様。　ネットや本を読んでみましたが、治ることはないのでだましだまし付き合っていくとか、体操で治るとか、いろいろですね。　背中をまげて歩いたり、座っているときは全く痛まないので、ちょっと家事をやっては座るようにしているそうです。　ずっと健康には自信があっただけに、元気がなくなってしまうのが心配です。　良い医者を探した方がいいかもしれません。　とはいえ、私にわざわざ途中下車をしてまで、お気に入りのスーパーでいつも食べている魚を買ってきてくれと頼むくらいだから、食い気があるのは安心です。　とりあえず、鶏の手羽元カレーと、手羽先と白菜のスープと、鶏手羽と大根の煮物をたくさん作って小分けにしてきたので、一週間は少しラクできることと思います。本によると、コラーゲンが良いそうです。