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Age 46-55
Interview 30  

Interview 30

Age at Interview: 54
Sex: Female
Background: Is a married mother of 2 children and is a nurse trainer. Ethnic background/nationality: White/English.
Brief outline:She had two sub arachnoid haemorrhages (age 32 and 52). The first caused temporary left weakness and the second some memory problems and migraine. Medication. atenolol, lisinopril (blood pressure), co-codamol (migraine).

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A charity called the Brain and Spine Foundation recommended she start using a diary to help her remember things which she found was very useful advice.

 



So last year I had a big page a day diary where I wrote down appointments and that was the first thing I looked at in the morning and it was the last thing I looked at night [laughter] to try and train myself to write things down because my husband would say, “Could you do X, Y and Z?” and I might remember X and Y but I'd totally forget about Z and it's very frustrating and very embarrassing to be constantly reminded. I found… I found it upsetting when my daughter in particular would say, “But I told you that already” and I did have a wee chat with her and say, “Look, I appreciate you said it before, I'm so sorry to have to ask you again but I have forgotten, please can you tell me, you know, just tell me the days you're coming home, you don't have to give me times or anything else, it's purely to plan meals, shopping and cooking, nothing else”. So that was very frustrating but the Brain and Spine Foundation have neurological trained nurses that [sighs] take the time to listen to your concerns and nothing is too trivial for them and I, I found that a great sense of comfort that I knew I could phone somebody up and ask advice, so they were very good. 
Jonathan Miller - Stroke
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