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Hyacinth - Interview 39  

Hyacinth - Interview 39

Age at Interview: 63
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 30
Background: Hyacinth worked for the probation service before retirement and is married with 3 adult children. Ethnic background/Nationality: Jamaican.
Brief outline:Hyacinth was diagnosed 33 years ago after a pregnancy. In 1997 she was also diagnosed with breast cancer and has had two mini strokes. She takes metformin and gliclazide.

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Hyacinth found that rosiglitazone didn't suit her and asked her GP for something else.

 



That's it, rosiglitazone. With Avandia, the reason I asked for this Avandia, when I was in America in the early part of this year, they had such a massive powerful write up about it that diabetics were on it. They have done so well - their diabetes is in check and all the rest of it, so I thought, go for it, and I went for it - my whole entire body swell. My diabetes was up there. It wasn't doing nothing for me. I was just like a pudding.

And I went back to him, after weeks or months of trying to get back to see the doctor, and the nurse, the receptionist was saying that there is no diabetic appointment. But I said, “I need to see the doctor.” But it's not until I did go in and the doctor said that if at any time I feel anyway, and the receptionist are telling me that I can't see a doctor, just ask them to let the doctor call me and then that's a safer bet. So since I have learnt that. But they have taken me off of rosiglitazone and put me back on the metformin and gliclazide. And I have… So far so good. I'm okay.
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