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Aged 61-70
Interview HF13  

Interview HF13

Age at Interview: 69
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 64
Background: Retired practice manager; married with 2 children.
Brief outline:1988 heart attack. Angina 1998. Heart bypass and stent 1998. Uncertain when diagnosis of heart failure made.


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Her GP is reluctant to alter her medication.

 



For the actual medicines I'm taking, it's the cardiologist. The GP won't touch them or alter them at all. Now he is monitoring my blood levels every month and anything else that I want he would give me, except that with all the aches and whatever, pains I've got, most of them could be inflammation which I can't have any inflammatory tablets because they affect the kidneys.

Yes, it is up to myself... to generate and tell the GP that I think it's now time I had my blood pressure done again. And I'd like another blood test done for the thyroxine because I'm taking thyroxine and it's 12 months or 6 months since they did that.  Because although he takes the blood every month, he's only checking the creatinine and the urea which is from the kidneys and then the extra things I have to remind him [I] take. 'Please, I'll have my blood pressure done today', which is normally very low, fortunately, so that's why I keep taking the tablets. [smiles] 
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