Interview 37  

Interview 37

Age at Interview: 50
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 48
Background: Financial administrator, married with no children.

Brief outline:Diagnosed July 2001 after developing a stiff neck. Combination treatment of Sulphasalazine 2000mg/day and Methotrexate 10mg/week with folic acid 5mg 2/week. Rofecoxib 25mg/day, Ferrous sulphate 400mg/day (anaemia), Protium 40mg/day (indigestion).


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Female
Has used various sources of information but finds the leaflets answer most questions and are easy to read.

 



I think it was my first appointment at the specialist hospital. They were very informative, any questions that I had, and obviously there's, there were lots of leaflets that I picked up once I knew that, you know, it was the beginning of.

I think you can get, gain an awful lot from the website that's available. And until  I think I was told about the website you know, it didn't dawn on me, you know, that there was so much information on there. There's lots of  reading material, you know, not only leaflets but books that, you know, that you can purchase or, you know, at the library. So there's an awful lot out there that if you don't ask questions or delve you won't know about. And so that was one of the things that I found most useful after asking the initial question.

Have you read any books?

No. Laughs I know I just mentioned them but I found a lot, all the information that I've gained from the leaflets is answering all the questions that, you know, that if, if I had any queries or problem the leaflets are there to give, because it's such a, you know, it's so informative you don't have to read loads of pages of a book to find out what you're, what you're after. So it's laziness really. Laughs But they are there if you are, you know, got the time and, you know, you're a quick reader.

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