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Recharging my Batteries
2009/05/05（Tue）
Today is my day off.
Just as I thought, I can't do anything because of tiredness from the tennis trip.
I'm lucky to be able to have this holiday after the tennis trip.
Some of my tennis teammates have to work today even though they all are older than me.
All I did today was sleeping and eating.
Last night, I went to bed at midnight, and I woke up at noon today.
After that, I ate lunch and fell asleep again on a sofa in the living room.
I am writing this entry in English for now.
After this, I will play with my daughter for a little while then eat dinner, have a bath and go to bed.
What an easy and comfortable life!
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A Tennis Trip
2009/05/04（Mon）
I was on a tennis trip yesterday and today with my tennis mates.
The first day, we played tennis from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm with only about an hour lunch break.
We played doubles matches against each other, repeatedly changing teams.
And then, we were ranked according to our individual winning percentage.
I won 9 games and lost 7 games, and I was the third place.
After that, we enjoyed barbecue and chatted until late at night.
Chatting with my tennis mates is really amusing because our jobs are different and we don't talk about our work.
We can forget our positions in work and just enjoy trifling talk.
I think that the reason that this tennis circle attracts us is because it relieves us from the stress of work.
Of course, the common feeling that we love tennis is one of the reasons as well.
Anyway, it was one of the most amusing nights for me.
The second day, we played tennis from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm without rest.
We were divided into two teams and each team had three pairs.
I mean we played the team match.
I competed in the first game and managed to win.
However, the other two games were lost by my teammates in spite of our vigorous cheering.
It was very regrettable but we didn't repent because we did our best.
These two days, I enjoyed my holidays, but I am suffering from terrible sunburn and muscle pains now.
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Golden Week
2009/05/03（Sun）
At the moment, we are in golden week.
Golden week is a period where there are several public holidays in a row.
Usually, we nurses don't relate to golden week because hospitals with inpatients' wards don't have a day off.
Moreover, because every tourist resort and amusement facility is extremely crowded during golden week, I don't like going out even if I have a day off.
However, this year, I requested three days off so I can go on a tennis trip with my friends.
Today and tomorrow, we are planning to play tennis to our hearts' content.
My only concern is that the road to the tennis court may be very congested.
I hate traffic jams.
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Marriage and Divorce
2009/05/02（Sat）
Today, I watched a TV program about the reason for human divorce.
According to the program, a particular genetic factor is related to the probability of divorce.
Of course, I admit that it's a fact because it's the result that many scientists have been studying.
However, I think it's natural that human beings divorce because a marriage is originally the rule human beings made.
I think no one loves one person throughout their lives.
Before marrying someone, people have generally loved several others.
The reason why a marriage law is needed is because right from the start, human beings can't love just one person.
Of course, I never want to divorce my wife.
To decide to marry is to decide to not love anyone else.
I mean marriage needs efforts.
Sometimes we need to change our lifestyles.
Sometimes we need to change our way of thinking.
Since I'm not exactly the same with others, we need to make efforts to keep our marriages.
If we make no effort to keep our marriages or we don't know how to cope living with others, a divorce is inevitable.
I believe the reason for that is because we have deep respect for each other.
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My Answer
2009/05/01（Fri）
I went to eat dinner with my friends last night.
The members were me and three women.
I mean I was the only male.
I don't think it's common among people who are not nurses.
However, it's common for me.
I think it's not just the case with Japan, nurses tend to be females.
So we male nurses have to adjust ourselves in such situation.
When I entered university to study nursing, it was hard for me to make friends because I was not good at conversation with females.
And then, I managed to adjust myself so I could survive there.
At the beginning, five male students entered the department of nursing, but two male students left.
I think it means surviving in that situation was not easy.
Therefore, we survivors know how to live in the situation surrounded by people of the opposite sex.
Moreover, I don't even feel that I and other people are other sexes.
Whether I and other people are the same sex or not does not matter when we work, talk or play together.
What's important is to stop feeling that we are of different genders.
That is my answer.
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Anatomy of Heart
2009/04/30（Thu）
I don't have any particular topic today but I will write for training.
I'll try to explain about the human body because I'm a nurse and have a great interest in the medical science and human beings.
Human beings have a heart in the middle of their breast.
There're four chambers in the heart.
The upper two chambers are called atriums, and the lower two chambers are called ventricles.
The right atrium and the right ventricle are linked by a valve called the tricuspid valve.
The left atrium and the left ventricle are linked by a valve called the mitral valve.
Each atrium and each ventricle are generally not linked directly.
The right atrium directly recieves blood from body circulation and pumps it into the right ventricle via the tricuspid valve.
The right ventricle pumps it into the pulmonary artery via the pulmonary valve, and blood is oxygenated in the lungs.
The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein and pumps it into the left ventricle via the mitral valve.
The left ventricle pumps it into the aorta, which is the main artery in the human body, via the aortic valve.
The aorta delivers oxygenated blood all over the body.
Oxygen in the blood is used by various organs and then the blood returns to the right atrium again.
If the heart stops moving, the human being will die, because organs can't receive oxygen to use.
It means heart is the most important organ in human body.
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Swine Flu
2009/04/29（Wed）
I worked in our emergency rooms today.
Recently, swine flu has been spreading throughout the world.
Although no patient who is infected with swine flu is yet reported in Japan, such patients may come to our hospital.
So we need to prepare for treating them.
Yesterday, my superior told me in detail about how to treat patients who are suspected as being infected with swine flu because I would play the role of leader of nurses in emergency room today.
However, no patient who is suspected as being infected with swine flu came to our hospital at least during the day shift.
I'm relieved at being out of danger now.
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Immunodeficiency
2009/04/26（Sun）
I feel out of sorts again today.
I have a runny nose and feel like something is wrong with my throat.
I catch a lot of colds because I don't have a kind of antibody called IgA (Immunogloblin A).
IgA is one of the immune proteins (gamma globulins), and it generally exists on the surface of mucous membranes.
However, my body doesn't have the ability to build up IgA by nature.
IgA physically protects us against viruses and bacteria.
But because I don't have IgA at all, I'm weak against infections - especially from the common cold and diarrhea.
But the most severe problem with this illness is not weakness against infections.
Human beings generally build up antibodies to what they don't have.
So if I get a blood transfusion with normal blood, the normal blood will have IgA in it, and I'll build up the antibody to IgA.
But for me, IgA is not an antibody protecting me - it's an invader.
Because I don't have the antibody to IgA, when I get a normal blood transfusion for the first time, an allergy to IgA occurs little by little.
But when I get it for the second time, since my body has already built up the antibodies against IgA from the first transfusion, the allergic reaction occurs rapidly and seriously.
There's a very real danger that I could die from a serious allergic reaction called anaphylactic shock.
So if I ever need a blood transfusion, I need to make sure to get blood that does not have IgA in it.
That's not a problem when there's enough time to prepare the blood, like if I were to undergo an elective surgery.
However, for example, if I get into a car accident and lose a lot of blood, a doctor is going to have to choose whether to give me a transfusion using normal blood so I don't bleed to death, or to wait for the special blood so I don't get an allergic reaction.
To make things worse, the doctor may not even know that I don't have IgA at all.
If that happens, the doctors will be surprised that my contidtion becomes worse after the blood transfusion, and many hours will pass until they notice the cause is my IgA deficiency.
Anyway, at the moment I just want some antibiotics and a little bit of rest, if i'm going to have any hopes of shaking this cold.
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How to refresh myself
2009/04/25（Sat）
I read an interesting news article today.
According to the article, one out of twenty-three nurses in Japan has been working more than 60 hours' overtime every month.
It means about 20,000 nurses are facing crises of death from overwork.
On the other hand, I think nurses tend to be willing to work seriously since they choose to become nurses even though it is said that nursing has all three of the following K's:
K : Kitsui（きつい） = heavy work
K : Kitanai（汚い） = dirty work
K : Kiken（危険） = dangerous work
Many nurses do resign every year, and the cause of the resignation is sometimes burnout syndrome.
The Japanese Nursing Association shows the rate of nurses leaving jobs is about 12%.
It means one out of about eight nurses resign every year.
If I calculate back, the rate of nurses not leaving jobs is about 88%.
According to a simple calculation, half of nurses will resign within six years and nurses who remain until retirement are only one out of about a hundred people.
Of course, that is a just simple calculation, but according to that I may not be able to continue my job until my retirement.
In order to prevent getting burnt out and having to quit my job early, I need to consider how to refresh myself.
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Insomnia
2009/04/24（Fri）
Recently, I have been dreaming that I was considering something in English almost everyday.
I seldom suffer from insomnia, but I have been unable to sleep well these days.
I think that my brain is changing into one that considers in English.
I used to translate my thoughts into English after considering something in Japanese.
However, it is said that we should consider in English from the beginning, not translate from Japanese.
When I did a homestay in a foreign country, I couldn't sleep well because of my dreams in English.
The present situation is exactly the same as that situation.
Actually, I consider what I want to say in my entries not in Japanese but English now.
I think it's good for improving my English, but I don't welcome the insomniac days.
If I could further improve my English, I would be released from the insomnia.
I'm looking forward to the day I can sleep well dreaming in English.
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