うれしい５月見学会
５月の見学会、とてもうれしいことがあった。忘れもしない2019年2月3日「１月末に十二指腸、すい臓、胃の一部を削除しました。食事制限中です。しばらく見学会いけません」とAさんから電話があった。膵臓がんと聞いて、心配していた。今回の見学会に３年３カ月ぶりに来た。にこにこと現れたのでびっくりした。特にやせている様には見えない。経過観察で月1回は通院しているとのことだった。本当にうれしかった。
もう一人のBさんは、今年2月初めに「前立腺がんで3月に手術です」と言われた。今回、無事手術が終わったと元気で参加した。よかった。この二人、初対面だったが同じK大学とわかって(私が知らせた)楽しそうに話しながらの見学会となった。こういう再会や出会いはうれしい。
今回の見学会は「旧江戸城の内郭と内濠を歩く」が目的。天気もめぐまれ70名近い参加があった。これは2年半ぶりの大人数だ。大手門から入って富士見櫓を見て、本丸跡の東御苑を見る。石垣は大きくて、どうやって運んだのだろうと考える。途中の「松の廊下跡」は草むらの中、イメージするには難しい。さすが江戸城だけあって広い、半分あるくだけでも3時間ほどかかった。「お城の緑がきれいだけど、草取りが大変そうだ」と言う人もいたが、ここは国指定の史跡だから、十分に予算もあって、庭師がいるのだよ。先ほどのお二人を含め、皆元気で歩き通した。午後はのこりの半分、半蔵門から桜田門、皇居前広場をめざした。２万歩ちかいウォークとなった。
Good and happy May tour
I was very happy with the tour in May. I will never forget February 3, 2019 "At the end of January, I deleted a part of the duodenum, pancreas, and stomach. I am restricting my diet. I cannot visit for a while," Mr. A called. I was worried when I heard that I had pancreatic cancer. He came to this tour for the first time in 3 years and 3 months. I was surprised to see something smiling. He doesn't look particularly sick. He was followed up and said he went to the hospital once a month. I was really happy.
Another Mr. B was told in early February this year that he had prostate cancer and had surgery in March. He participated energetically this time when the surgery was successfully completed. good. It was the first time for these two people to meet each other, but it was a tour while talking happily (I told them) that they were the same K University. I'm happy to see and meet again like this.
The purpose of this tour is to "walk inside the old Edo Castle and the inner moat". The weather was good and there were nearly 70 participants. This is the first large number in two and a half years. Enter from the Ote-mon gate, look at the Fujimi turret, and see the Royal East Gardens of the Honmaru ruins. The stone wall is big and I wonder how it was carried. The "Matsunoroka trace" on the way is difficult to imagine in the grass. As expected, there is only Edo Castle, so it was wide, and it took about 3 hours just to have half of it. Some people said, "The greenery of the castle is beautiful, but weeding seems to be difficult," but since this is a nationally designated historic site, there is a sufficient budget and there is a gardener. Everyone, including the two of them, walked through in good spirits. In the afternoon, we headed for half of the rest, from Hanzomon to Sakuradamon and the Imperial Palace Square. It was a 20,000-step walk.