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Isabel - Interview 28  

Isabel - Interview 28

Age at Interview: 60
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 57
Background: Isabel is a retired solicitor who is married with children and grandchildren. Ethnic background/Nationality: White Canadian.
Brief outline:Diagnosed when she was 57. Isabel was taking metformin and pioglitazone at the time of interview.


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Isabel blames many aspects of her former lifestyle for her diabetes.

 



Now do you have any idea what might cause diabetes generally?

Well it's the failure of the sugar to be absorbed by your insulin. You, the body to produce enough insulin to absorb the sugar and convert it into whatever it is that's supposed to then excrete it. And I know that there's a lot of research on talking about insulin-resistant cells in your body, and there's quite a breakthrough, that recently has been made about that. So if it comes up in the newspapers I am always interested in it, you know I want to read more about it.

Do you think there's anything that might pre-dispose you? Any factors?

Fair, White and 40, or in this case 60, you know I think I must be a classic case for having, for getting diabetes: I'm indolent, I don't exercise as much as other people, I'm very overweight and I eat too much. And I think that pre-disposed me towards diabetes, too much sugar in my diet, too much fat.
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