Chapter 56: A Confession in Recovery – I Want to Go to the Public Bath

When I was a child, the public bath felt hot and difficult. But after playing soccer, going to the public bath felt so relaxing. As I became an adult and lived on my own, the public bath became my own personal space of comfort. Especially when I worked at a company, I loved the time I spent organizing my thoughts at the public bath. When my mind became complicated from work, soaking in cool or hot water seemed to sort out all my thoughts. Best of all, my phone couldn’t connect there. While phones give us a lot of convenience, they sometimes made my life difficult. It was good to be reachable for work, but that also caused me my own suffering. I think many people get stressed because of their phones, not just me. That’s why I was truly happy for the two hours I spent at the public bath. My friends would ask why I was unreachable, and my coworkers would ask if something was wrong, but I cherished the time I spent going to the public bath every week.

Now, I dream of going to the public bath with my children. I think it would be good for me, but it would also be a great memory for my children, who have only ever showered at home. Only now that I’m a dad, I can finally go to the public bath with them and have a good time. My heart pounds with excitement. I have hope that if I just wait a little longer, my body will get better little by little. I used to take a lot of medication, but now I only need to take six pills a day. The fact that I’m improving bit by bit gives me great strength. I tell myself, ‘Let’s try, let’s try, let’s try,’ and I resolve to keep going.

But after my injury, I was told not to go to the public bath. If there are things the stroke took away from me, it’s going to the public bath, flying on airplanes, and swimming. But now, it’s almost been a year, and I heard from my doctors that it would be okay to start going to the public bath slowly. I was so happy. They also told me to exercise diligently, but to be careful not to overdo it or get hurt. I was so grateful. Flying might still be too much, but I was happy to be given even this permission.

So I’ve been looking forward to December, thinking, ‘I should go to the public bath in December,’ and counting down the months, ‘How much longer do I have to wait?’. Of course, I briefly considered going a little earlier, but I still wanted to keep my promise to myself to wait for one year. I was happy, and my wife also told me, “You’ve worked so hard for a year; it would be so good if you could go to the public bath.”


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