[SUMO] Konishiki

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

According to a report, Konishiki came into Fukuoka for participating
Kyushu-basho on November 1. He was hospitalized for ulcer but his
stomach is getting better and he left hospical.

The cause of pain he has been fighting for a long time was gout and
during this hospitalization, he could not take the painkiller pills he's
been taking. 

Besides gout, he lost almost all of his cartilage in both knees and
ankles and that gives him constant pain if he does not take huge dose of
painkiller pills.

I watched a document on his condition during the summer, and his leggs
were swallen because of poor circulation, and he got internal leg
infection and got hospitalized during summer jungyo in Tohoku. His
lowerback pain makes him impossible to lie on his back and his only
position to rest is on his stomach.

He has been physically hurting for a long time and it seems he keeps
going and staying in dohyo only by his extraordinary "kiryoku" or will
power and love of sumo.

It's great to see him staying active, but I'll go with his decision
whenever he decides "enough is enough" from my deap heart and
whole-hearted appreciation.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki
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<abe@accesscom.com> Masumi Abe <abe@sentius.com>
San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley / Palo Alto
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