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Toast to Life 36 (1 year anniversary after surgery)
Last Saturday, June 26th, was the day I had a surgery into my brain tumors in Singapore last year. So, it was the day of the first year anniversary. On the previous Friday (June 25th), I sent out an e
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Toast to Life 20 (Evaluation to doctors and "to be a bad guy")
I cannot stop feeling sorry for my family about my health condition. And, indeed because of this, I cannot stop thank them from my bottom of heart for their support and understanding to the things aro
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Toast to Life 19 (seasonal change seen from hospital window)
It was still rainy season in the Kanto area, when I was admitted in Narita. I laid down on the bed in patient room at night, watching TV news, and the news anchor (or news casters in Japanese terms) s
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Toast to Life 18 (social context of illness)
Around the corner is the third wave of Covid-19. People, especially those with weaker immune system should be afraid of it. And, I am too. I do not want to go out. I hate crowd at least now.
The oth
Toast to Life 17 (nursery teacher)
Ms. Sakuko Inoue was the director of the nursery school to which our two children attended. She is a cheerful, naive (in its good sense), and 100% non-selfish person. Even after she "graduated" from t
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<Correction, November 6, 2020> In the blog post dated October 8, issue No. 8, there is a description of Novocure with the description of it having 15 people in Japan, and 500 patients with Optune. Cur
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Toast to Life 16 (medical cost again)
Earlier in this blog series, I talked a topic about medical expenses, and this blog issuance is of the continuation.
When we the family had moved to Singapore more than eight years ago, no foreign f
Toast to Life 15 (many cancer patients found around me)
It wasn't until I got sick that I realized there around me have been many cancer (malignant tumor) patients. My honest impression is, "I didn't think there would be so many." The kanji characters expr
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Toast to Life 14 (illness, fault on my own, and love)
(Note: Google Translate from Japanese version with minor touching-ups.)
Returning to the diary I jotted down at Narita Hospital.
Dated August 31 (Monday), a word "is it my fault that I got ill?" "Or
Toast to Life 13 (about medical cost)
(Note: Google Translate from Japanese version with minor touching-ups.)
An Okinawan Fuua Kinjo's surgery for peritoneal malignant mesothelioma was apparently completed on 22nd October. First of all,
Toast to Life 12 (non-respectful way of speaking in medical industry)
(Note: Google Translate from Japanese version with minor touching-ups.)
The other day, I found a post on Twitter by a person, possibly a medical doctor, which read, "don't talk to your patients in pl
Toast to Life 11
(Note: Google Translate from Japanese version with minor touching-ups.)
Last week, two friends joined me at a sushi place near JR Ogikubo station. We all spent several years right after our graduatin
Toast to Life 10
(Note: Google Translate from Japanese version with minor touching-ups.)
Immediately after I was hospitalized in Narita, in late July, I had a chance to talk to a woman in her 40s who was in the room
Toast to Life 9
Let me talk about how patient information is shared among the relevant parties, such as hospitals and individual medical staff by highlighting the differences between Japan and Singapore.
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