Chris - Interview 23  

Chris - Interview 23

Age at Interview: 61
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 56
Background: Chris is a retired nurse/behavioural therapist and is divorced with one grown-up child.

Brief outline:Diagnosed 5 years ago when having a routine blood test as part of treatment for depression. Chris controls his diabetes by diet alone and does not take any medication.

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Chris dislikes taking so many pills and wonders why he needs a statin when his cholesterol levels are okay.

 



I don't need it. I know I don't need it. What's it going to do? If my blood sugars are fine, what's the tablet going to do? If I stick to my regime, what's it going to do? If I don't feel any different, or I couldn't feel healthier with the tablet with what I'm already taking, you know. There's enough there now. Because I've got a hiatus hernia as well, so I take something for that as well. I've got arthritis in the neck, so I take painkillers for that. And again it's much better if the weather's like this. But it's sort of, you know, another one on top, I don't know, I don't think it's going to… Aspirins apparently for my heart. I've got a cholesterol tablet, although my cholesterol is now fine. That was one of the things they got down. They said my cholesterol's too high, so I got it down. And I said, “Fine, it's down now. I can come off the tablet?” “Oh, no. That's for the rest of your life.” Why? My cholesterol is down. Why have I got to take a tablet for the rest of my life? So, as I said, I've got enough and I'm not taking any more. If I feel ill, then I might change my mind. But I don't feel ill. I feel fine, I feel fit, healthy.

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