Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Link by Model 3

　　I understand that Tesla Model 3 is selling explosively globally, but it is still rare in Japan. There's no Tesla dealer around, so I get information of my car mainly from several users' groups on the internet. Today, I visited a Facebook friend whom I knew in one of those groups. He runs a steakhouse in the neighboring city. I visited his steakhouse outside his working hours. We had a nice chat. There were lots of wines in his steakhouse, and I'm going to visit there to eat his steak! The following picture was shot in front of his steakhouse.

　テスラモデル３は世界中で爆発的に売れている、と聞いているが、日本ではまだまだ少ない。ネット上で情報交換をするユーザーの集まりがあり、そこを通じて知り合いになった人を訪問した。彼は愛媛県内新居浜市でステーキハウスを経営している。しばらく話が弾んだ。店内には数多くのワインがあった。ホテルを予約して食べに来たいと思う。最後に写真撮影。ただでさえ珍しい車なのに、色までレアな色。

Installation of Power Frunk

　　I own a Tesla Model 3 now. I have a feeling that this car is completely different, in its car-making concept, from other conventional types of cars with engines. It has no engines, and if you open its hood, you'll find a storage space. This space is called "frunk", which might be a newly synthesized word for no-engine cars. It maybe comes from "front" plus "trunk". You can unlock the frunk from inside or your smartphone, but you have to press around the logo on the hood to lock the frunk. The frunk is a really handy space, but when I close the hood, I always feel uneasy as the hood is thin and weak and I hate to close by hand.
　　That's why I had the power frunk installed which was developed by a third company. It's convenient and I like it, but its buzzer is noisy and annoying. It resonates in high tones at midnight. It was so uncomfortable that I decided to remove it from the car. I'm not a good worker on machines, but the discomfort outweighed my hesitation for fiddling machines. I searched for the buzzer not to lose even one small screw and removed it successfully. A gastrectomy was easier than these procedures for me.

(Vocabulary)
hood　ボンネット
fiddle　物をいじくる

　今、テスラモデル３に乗っている。従来とは車作りのコンセプトが異なるまったく新しい車だと感じている。電動なのでエンジンはない。従ってボンネットを開けると収納スペースになっている。このスペースをフランクと呼ぶ。恐らく、フロントのトランクという意味でテスラ車の造語だと思う。このフランク、車の中やスマホから鍵を解除できるが、開閉は手動で行わなければならない。便利なスペースだが、問題は閉じるとき、圧力を掛けて上から押さえる必要があり、このとき薄いトランクリッドを変形させそうで、押さえるのが嫌だった。
　そのため電動で開閉するサードパーティーが開発したパワーフランクを取り付けた。とても便利で気に入っているが、ただひとつ、警報音がうるさい。深夜だと特に音が周囲に響く。あまりにも不快なので自分でスピーカーを取り外した。こういう作業は苦手だが仕方ない。ビス一つなくさないよう慎重にブザーを探しこれを摘出。胃の摘出の方が簡単だった。

Economy Stimulating Campaign

　　The world over has been thrown into emotional, political and economic turmoil by the Wuhan virus. Its terrible influence is spreading not only among patients and hospital personnel but people engaged in restaurant business and tour business. Under the serious condition of virus origin, my hometown of Matsuyama city launched its original travel campaign for those people who are in trouble.
　　As Japanese people are told to refrain from nonessential move across the prefectural border, the city encouraged "their" citizens to use hotels in Dogo Onsen Spa by offering hotel coupons. Dogo Onsen Spa is one of the popular tourist destinations in Matsuyama and also the oldest hot spring in Japan. I had bathed in Dogo Onsen Spa several times, but I've never stayed at any hotel in Dogo district which is 20 minutes' drive from my house. Using municipal coupons, my wife and I stayed at a gorgeous Japanese-style hotel.

世界中、武漢ウイルスの蔓延で大変なことになっている。患者と医療関係者以外にも影響は拡がっており、飲食業や旅行産業は廃業の危機にある。そんな中、松山市は地元の住人に道後温泉に泊まろうというキャンペーンを開始した。費用の一部を松山市が補助してくれるという。ならばと言うことで道後温泉に宿泊した。道後温泉に入ったことはあるが、宿に泊まるのは初めて。観光客気分で楽しんだ。

New Work

　　When I work as an industrial physician, psychosomatic knowledge is essential. Some people are suffering from mental disorders and can't engage in their work. The industrial physician has to help them come back to their work in cooperation with their doctors and company staff members. However, I have little experience about the therapy of mental disorders, so I decided to work as a physician at a hospital caring for patients with mental disorders once a week. I have worked on the front line of the emergency medical service for 35 years. I can cope with a variety of situations which require prompt treatments like surgeries in the head, chest, abdomen, and what's more, delivery, renal dialysis, and so on. I can deal with almost anything which needs urgent measures. However, I'm an ordinary man in the field of psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.
　　If I work in a psychiatric hospital even one day in a week, I can, I thought, frankly ask questions I feel in my work as an industrial physician to professional psychiatrists for instance during lunch time. I would be able to see their consultation or get something in the conferences between professionals. You might say, "You should learn them by yourself!" I believe, it's correct, but I would lose my patience in such a way, and I'm going to learn professional techniques in the way of a shop boy near a temple.

(Vocabulary)
以下全て、『門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む』
A shop boy near a temple will recite the scriptures untaught.
You learn, without realizing it, from what is around you.
A saint's maid quotes Latin.
The sparrows near the school sing the primer.

産業医をするにあたり、心療内科の知識が不可欠と聞いているので、週に１日、精神科、心療内科を標榜している病院に内科医として勤務することにした。これまで救急医療に携わってきた。専門領域の境界を越えて、緊急で行わなければ救命できないような状況に対応するため、開頭、開胸、開腹、お産や透析、心カテなど、およそ緊急性が問われるものにはたいていのことに対応できる。が、心療内科や精神科だけは経験が無いのだ。

産業医業務の中で生まれた疑問点をランチをとりながら専門家に気軽に尋ねることが出来るし、専門家の診察を見学したり、専門医同士の会話の中に得るものが多々有ると思う。自分で勉強すれば良いのだろうが、根気が続かないだろうと思われ、『門前の小僧』方式で学ぶつもり。

Suwazaki Cape

　　I went out for a drive, tempted by the blue sky. The destination was Suwazaki Cape, which is located at about two hours' drive from my home. It's not so far from my house, but I've never been there. According to the signboard at the parking lot, you can walk to the tip of the cape in about 30 minutes, but it was considerably hot to do so. As I didn't bring water, I gave up reaching the tip. The heat of this summer is murderously unbelievable. With proper preparation, I'll walk to the tip sometime.

天気が良いので我が家から１時間半ほどのところにある諏訪崎へドライブした。近い割に行ったことが無い場所。駐車場から２ｋｍほど歩くと岬の突端に出られると案内があったのだが、暑い日で水も持っておらず先端まで歩くのは断念。しかし、予想以上に静かで落ち着ける場所だったので、準備を整えてまたいこうと思う。