二ヶ月毎の血圧検診に参る。3時少し前にクリニック到着。暇潰しように用意した一葉論文をコチコチと携帯に書き写しして順番を待った。患者は後期の方々で耳が遠くなっている方も多い。こころ優しい、いや、ここの先生は本当にこころ優しい。その先生が患者さんやさしく、しかし大きな声で話かけるのが耳に入ってくる。「お一人でお住まいですか｣「いや、寝た切りの婆さんと二人です。｣などと聞き及ぶとコチコチ打つ指も止まる。こころの平静を得るに二杯を要した。
I went to a clinic for every two-month a blood pressure check-up. I arrived at the clinic a little before 3 o'clock. To pass the time, I transcribed the Ichiyou thesis paper on my mobile phone and waited for my turn. Many of the patients are in the later stages of their lives and some are hard of hearing. The warmhearted doctor, indeed, he is really kind-hearted, asked an old man, speaking softly but loud enough to the patient, and loud enough to reach me outside the office. "Do you live alone?”. "No, two. With a bedridden wife.” When I heard that, my fingers stopped. Two glasses of mood elevator were needed to rebalance my mental state.
