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Age 61-80
Interview CP13  

Interview CP13

Age at Interview: 63
Sex: Female
Background: Secretary; widowed; 2 children.
Brief outline:Osteoarthritis. Pain in shoulders since 1980s and lower back pain since 2002. Treatment: Hydrotherapy, Cortisone injections in shoulders. Surgery: Planned shoulder replacement in the future. Current medication: Cox 2 inhibitor. Past Medication: Ibrufen.


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Female
Tried to get information about her shoulder operation from the internet but would have liked more information from the hospital.

 



You said earlier that you wanted some more information about what the shoulder operation would involve?

Yes.

Can you tell me how you've tried to get the information?

I've put a couple of messages on different websites. I can't remember which ones, for anyone who's had one because it would be nice to get you know a kind of first hand opinion of what it's really like and especially as I live on my own it's quite worrying because I don't know quite what I will be able to do and what I won't be able to do. 

I've asked around different friends, you know if they know of anyone but no one. It seems as though it's never happened to anyone before. Although I know they've been doing shoulder replacements for a long time.

Has the surgeon talked to you about the success rate of your operation?

Not really no. Again you know perhaps I have not asked the right questions. Last time I was more ready to ask the questions and he was obviously very short of time. But no, I think really we could do with when you are going to have an operation you know and you are on the waiting list or even before you are on the waiting list there ought to be some leaflets to give you some idea what is going to happen to you, that, that you didn't ought to have to ask for. 

I'm not very good at asking, asking for things I think and also you know when you are in the, I guess I was brought up in an age when doctors were just nearly God and you didn't ask these questions and… I'm a bit better now but I'm still finding, I still find it quite hard when I'm in their presence I suppose. But I think as a matter form there ought to be leaflets about these conditions that were given especially when you were on the waiting list. 
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