Home Three Kingdoms #22 - To my future self, and to you who are struggling in the same way
This is the home continent where the King (father), the Queen Mother (mother), and the Queen (me) live.
Due to the dementia crisis, something is breaking out again today.
This time, it's about the Mito Komon's Inro (seal case).
This is a record written entirely from the Queen's perspective.
*These are strictly personal opinions.
#22 "You will see hell" — The Inro of a doctor's words
Since the King started acting strangely, I haven't just consulted one place.
The police, the Community General Support Center, consultation counters related to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare found online, and consultation points in the prefecture.
In parallel with these, I was also checking with psychiatric hospitals.
I wanted to create 'connections' for hospitalization, assuming the worst-case scenario.
After repeated telephone consultations, I finally reached a family consultation.
In the examination room, the doctor said this first thing.
"So, what do you want to do?"
—What do I want to do?
Although the King was rowdy for a few days after the incident before the surgery, he became surprisingly quiet afterward.
It seems he couldn't blame anyone for the incident where he drank carbonated drinks. He seems to be aware of it too.
In a memo written by the King, it was noted in trembling letters:
'Why did I come back from the hospital?
I don't know, I don't know'
A family consultation at this timing.
I don't know either.
"I didn't know what to do, so I came for a consultation."
After I finished explaining the circumstances, the doctor said,
"As far as I can tell from your story, this is the best state. It's fine to leave it as it is."
And continued,
"Change is the most dangerous thing. Do not change your lifestyle."
—Change is dangerous.
At those words, the image of my older brother, King Lakan, who lives in another prefecture, appeared in my mind.
It was hard to say, but I took the plunge and brought it up.
"My brother says he's going to take nursing care leave..."
At that moment, the doctor's face clouded for the first time.
"I don't recommend it."
From here on, I felt a warmth in the doctor's words that went beyond mere explanation.
"There will definitely come a time when your brother's help is needed.
But that is not now."
"I will say it many times, change is the most dangerous thing."
And the deciding blow.
"At worst, you will see hell."
Sigh.
A sigh escapes me.
—This requires a renegotiation.
I clutched the doctor's words to my chest like Mito Komon's Inro and began preparing for diplomatic relations.
By the way, does that Showa-era phrase 'Mito Komon's Inro' even make sense to young people today?
Well, it's fine.
The other party is a Showa-era person who will soon be sixty.
It will get through—right?
This Inro named 'hell',
there's no way it won't be effective, right?
Thank you for reading until the end.
This is a story about a home continent inhabited only by the Showa generation, but
regardless of generation, I would be happy if
you could spend some of your time with it.