Full list of topics 
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer

Living with DyingArrow
Age 71-80
Interview 20  

Interview 20

Age at Interview: 72
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 70
Background: Rigger (retired), married, 3 children
Brief outline:Diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas in 2001, followed by surgery and chemotherapy. After having had some chemotherapy he decided to try an alternative therapy, apricot seeds.


To watch or read an interview clip, click on the heading that interests you. Either a video,audio recording or text will open, depending on the clip
To close transcript boxes, click here
To print the interview’s text, click here
The nurse helped him apply for Attendance Allowance under Special Rules because he was not expected to live more than six months.

 



Well the first thing was a Macmillan nurse is the one who sort of got the forms out [for Attendance Allowance] and all that and she more or less quoted that for me. Immediately you leave hospital. When you're diagnosed with a cancer like that you're put in touch with Macmillan's and with the local district nurse and they all phone up and find out if there is anything I need and how are things going to be... 

It's very good support you know, a very good support system. And then it was the Macmillan nurse who got the forms and put in for that and she more or less said, it's given when you've not got long to go and then the doctor said to me that I can have it “I've got to write a letter and say that you're not expected to last more than six months” and it actually says it on the literature that it's a six month expectancy.
Support our work

healthtalkonline.org - Teaching and Learning

Mail to a friend

Send