Ｔ先生「これまで首と腰のレントゲンは撮りましたか？」
とり「いいえ～」
ということで、首と腰のレントゲンを撮り、再び診察。
Ｔ先生「これはストレートネックという病気ですね。ご覧のとおり、普通は曲がっている首の骨がきれいにまっすぐです。あと、腰は今のところ大きな問題はないですが、骨と骨の間がちょっと広いところがあり、それも今後の経過を見る必要がありそうです。ただ、現時点で何らかの治療をする必要はなさそうですのでご安心ください。手にもしびれが出たり、足のしびれが強くなったらまた来てください」
ということで、被疑がなくなったので前回疑いをかけられた病名を発表します。それは「ギラン・バレー症候群」でした。これでなくて、本当によかったです！
ただ、足のしびれは治しようがないのが困ったもの。薬で軽減することも可能らしいのですが、副作用のほうがよっぽど辛いらしいので、経過観察になってしまいました。
１５分程度しか立っていられないのがどれくらいひどくなったら再び行くべきなのか・・・それが今の悩みですね。しかし、原因がわかったので一安心です。ご心配いただいた皆さん、本当にありがとうございます！
Good evening, this is Tori's writing. Today I took a holiday and went to JR Tokyo General Hospital to consult a doctor because my fet continue being numb since May 22. I want to know what disease makes my feet be numb! Today's doctor was an another doctor, Dr.T.
Dr.T "Did we take your X-ray of your neck and waist?"
Tori "No."
So, the hospital's staffs took my X-ray and I consulted the doctor again.
Dr.T "Your disease is straight neck. As you see this film, your neck is straight enough, normally it is bent. About your waist, there is not a big problem, but some spaces between your bones are a little wide, so we must check them continuously. But I think you don't have to treat it now, so please take it easy. If your hands will be numb or your feet will be numb more strongly, please come again."
As my disease is cleared, I write the doubtful disease which I was told before. It was Guillain-Barre syndrome. I was very happy to know my disease is not this!
By the way, I am anxious not to be able to stop my feet being numb. Dr.T told me that some medicines can lighten my feet being numb, but they will cause side effects and they are more painful for me, so he dicided to follow-up.
Now I can stand for fifteen minutes and I wonder when I should go to the hospital again. But my disease was cleared, so I feel free now. Thank you very much for every friends and persons who take care of me!!
【２０１４年６月１日（日）に旭山動物園で撮ったキングペンギンです。これでまた安心して彼に会いに行けます！！】
< The King Penguin at Asahiyama zoo on June 1. I will be able to visit there to see him happily!! >