Eddie - Interview 21  

Eddie - Interview 21

Age at Interview: 70
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 69
Background: Eddie is a retired policeman. He is married and has 3 adult children. Ethnic background: White British (Welsh).

Brief outline:Eddie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, although he first noticed a lump in his early teens. Had a mastectomy, but did not need radiotherapy or chemotherapy. He is taking taxomifen.

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Eddie - Interview 21
Although Eddie’s first appointment with the lymphoedema nurse lasted an hour and a half, he still felt he needed more information afterwards.

 



But then I’ve moved on you see to lymph care nurses now, and lymphoedema nurses, and what have you. So.

 
And again, have they been quite supportive to you? I know you’ve been through several of them, due to various life events that they’ve had –
 
(laughing) … yeah, they have been, I never- I didn’t feel I had the same support as I had from my breast care nurse, I mean it was a different ball game altogether. I felt, what I was going along was for a chat, and my arms had been measured and that basically was it, you know. We did have a chat. I mean the first time I went to see- the first appointment was an hour and a half.
 
For the lymphoedema nurse?
 
For the lymphoedema practitioner yeah.
 
So you know there was, you know there was plenty to talk about. But at the end of the day I walked out thinking, ‘Well where have we gone from here?’ You know. I mean lymphoedema, so I managed to get hold of some articles on lymphoedema, which helped.

Dylan Jones
Breast cancer in men
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