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Aged 51-60
Interview LC32  

Interview LC32

Age at Interview: 52
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 50
Background: Postman, married, 2 children.
Brief outline:Lung cancer diagnosed in February 2002 followed by left pneumonectomy (left lung removed).


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The physiotherapist taught him breathing exercises.

 



Did you have to have any physiotherapy?

Yes, the physiotherapist would come along and she'd do some movements with my shoulder, try and get my shoulders and my body moving a little bit but mostly it was breathing exercises that she gave me. She reckoned that most people breathe through their mouth when they should breathe their nose which is something I learnt and gave me breathing exercises whereby I breathed in through my nose and then out through my mouth and that then I should do this at regular intervals. I'm supposed to still do them at regular intervals and supposed to just keep my breathing right as that is a problem that I have which it's an ongoing problem. But not, certainly not an insurmountable problem.
Karol Sikora - Lung cancer
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