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Victoria Iris - Interview 30  

Victoria Iris - Interview 30

Age at Interview: 83
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 64
Background: Retired deputy head of a large secondary school; widow, regularly attends exercise classes and a tea dance session every week. Victoria Iris has been an active volunteer of the National Osteoporosis Society for many years.

Brief outline:Victoria Iris was diagnosed in 1989 and at that time the only treatment available was HRT. Over the years her treatment has changed; Didronel, daily Fosamax and weekly Fosamax. Currently she is on the 18 months Forsteo (teriparatide) treatment. Victoria Iris developed Kyphosis but she didn’t become aware of it until it was evident.

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Victoria Iris is expecting to get more discomfort as she gets older because her body is out of alignment.

 



But you feel that sufferer somehow embodies better what you experience?
 
Well yes because you see. I’ve mentioned to you all the ways it affects me. Well I’m not suffering because of the pain. I get discomfort and I think I’ll get more as I get older talking to my doctor last week because my body is. My, my body really is out of alignment is the word, I would thought, as I’ve got the Kyphosis so that my ribs and everything will be affecting the other parts, organs in my body. And I know that it did with mother. So that I’m prepared for that. But I still feel that sufferer is a better application as regards to me [laugh]. I’m really quite strong. I mean although they were on about patients quite a few years ago now I’ve not altered. I, I still stick to sufferer. I’m frightened to say it out loud but that’s how I feel.
 
What has the doctor told you about the Kyphosis and how it will affect you?
 
No well, I. He hasn’t told me anything but I, see I’m. I’ve been to a lot of conferences. Well I’ve been abroad quite a lot for pharmaceutical companies. They’ve sent me abroad twice, twice in Vienna, twice in Rome, one in Berlin and there’s some, one in Jersey and as well as two or three in London. And so I’ve learnt a lot from listening what’s going on to others as well. And I mean I knew from my own mother. You see she lost. If you lose the alignment it’s going to affect your organs because they’re going to be misplaced or disjointed, out of alignment. And I must say this though, one thing I’d said I’d been abroad for pharmaceutical companies but one thing and I think I might have mentioned it, that the worst patients I’ve ever seen for all kind of deformity have been men.

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