Off to Chubu Hospital to get the result of the pathology on my late lamented polyps and have the usual deep scrutiny blood test. As soon as you arrive you nip up to the blood test place on the second floor. They are super efficient and the throughput is very fast.

Down stairs to wait to see the doctor. This is usually about an hour but I enjoy the wait as there is a big screen TV. This is only time I get to watch Japanese TV. It is wild! In fact I haven’t watched Tv for over 13 years.

The doc gives me some disappointing black and white shots of my intestines. They used to be colour!

Anyway he reassures me that there is no evidence of cancer.

He also goes over the blood test results in detail and remarkably there seems to be nothing wrong.

Well. not quite true, as my torn calf muscle is painful so I stumble and hobble around. I go to the Sports Health Clinic twice a week and they plug me into the strong ju ju electrotherapy machine and make me do exercises,

You will remember that every 3 years the boat must be inspected for safety equipment and general seaworthiness. https://thequietripple.com/2021/07/19/an-inspector-calls/

That time has come again. The Inspector calls on Monday morning, I ask Kiyuna san if he can be there in case of language difficulties. The Inspector is a hilarious person and the inspection, which I imagine would be fairly formal in most places, soon becomes a party.

The next day I go down to the JCI office in Tomari Harbor to pick up my new stickers.

It is so cold – 14C! We go for a winter meal.