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7-14 years since diagnosis
Interview OV04  

Interview OV04

Age at Interview: 59
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 49
Background: Sales Assistant; married, 4 adult children.
Brief outline:Ovarian cancer diagnosed in 1992 following abdominal swelling. Treated by surgical removal of ovaries and womb followed by chemotherapy.


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Her husband used crying as a release and coped with running the home and working while she was in hospital.

 



So tell me about how your husband coped, was he a good support to you?

He was great, absolutely great, after he'd finished crying, he was absolutely fine! Apparently he used to cry all the way to work and all the way home, that's how he got rid of his… not stress, is it stress? I've got no idea. I think because it all happened quickly from my being diagnosed to going into hospital, to being operated on, to coming out, I mean he had four children to feed, because I mean they're four useless children, or they were at the time!

I think between the visiting and the shopping and doing work etcetera, life just went on really. Because I hadn't been ill I didn't have any build-up to this. I think everybody was probably, when I think about it, perhaps all in a state of shock, life just went on, she'd just gone into hospital, she was going to come out, so we'll cope for ten days, and they did cope for ten days.
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