Have you ever heard the chirps of a gecko? Actually, I haven’t. The gecko is regarded as the creature who brings us luck. There are indigenous species of Gecko in Okinawa, which is called Minami-Yamori. I heard the chirps of it at the firs…

My friend recommended that I should buy a golf set. After all, I decided to buy it. There is a driving range near here. It takes about 10 minutes to get there by car. Practicing at a driving range costs in Okinawa is one third or fourth as…

The patient is a 92 years old elderly woman who had a left neck femoral fracture. The dislocation of the fracture was not big, so she had an osteosynthesis with CCS. By the way, I regard her as muscle elderly woman because she challenged m…

The patient is a 96 years old male. His wife passed away 5 years ago.After that, his son’s family began to help with his everyday life. 2-3 years ago, he started talking to himself. He would suddenly say “ Tanme, Tanme, Tanme”, which means…

I visited Miyakojima last Saturday. It takes around one hour from Naha by plane. I went diving on the first day of the stay in Miyakojima. The diving shop picked me up at the airport. There were 4 people, aside from me. They said they belo…

It is Saturday today. However, the weather was so bad. It was raining heavily. The winds blew violently as well. Like I said before, it is the rainy season now. After working the night-shigt, I decided to visit 美ら海aquarium because it wa…

The rainy season of Okinawa are May and June. Okinawa’s rainy season is a little different from the one on the mainland of Japan. It rains suddenly and violently in Okinawa, but it usually stops quickly. However, this year is definitely di…

On Sunday, we visited Hateruma Island. You can go to the island by ferry, but half of them usually are cancelled because of the weather or sea condition, so luck is also necessary if you want to get there. Hateruma Island is the southernmo…

On Saturday, we visited Iriomote Island. Iriomote island is one of the big islands among yaeyama islands. 90% of the island is surrounded by nature: forests, rivers, falls and so on. People live in the remaining parts. We headed to Iriomot…

The patient is 89 years old, who have cerebral hemorrhage. The hemorrhage expanded from left Thalamus to Putamen, which caused intracerebral hemorrhage. According to CT scan, the brain has already mid-line shift. She has right hemiplegia a…

The patient is a 92 years old female suffering from cause unknown CO2 narcosis. She came to this hospital for rehabilitation after a lumbar compression fracture. 3 days after she came to this hospital, she caused CO2 narcosis. According to…

After work, I headed to Naha airport to visit Ishigaki island. I was going to take a trip with my parent. We stayed at a five star hotel :https://kariyushi-ishigaki.jp/. We treated ourselves. The room is very large and comfortable. We can …

The patient is 89 years old, who have cerebral hemorrhage. The hemorrhage expanded from left Thalamus to Putamen, which caused intracerebral hemorrhage. According to CT scan, the brain has already mid-line shift. She has right hemiplegia a…

Every Wednesday, some medical stuff enjoy to play tennis at 那覇運動公園. I was invited to this event. I didn’t have a racket,but the attending lent it to me. Actually, I am in playing tennis right now, so I really enjoyed it. I learned ho…

What do you think from the title? …Yeah. You are right! Ordinary, we predict one elderly person has hypoglycemia because of the drug(SU,insuline) or something. However, this expectation is not right this time. So, who has low blood sugar? …

Today is my first day of the training of community medicine. Basically, we work with two attendings. What is remarkable about this hospital are the age of patient(most of them are more than 80 years old) and the kindness of paramedical. I …

Hello there! How are you?It’s my turn. I will write about my daily life in Okinawa from now.I will try to write it in English, so I would be happy if you made a massage in English.First of all , I will tell you how to get to the place we s…