Interview HF26  

Interview HF26

Age at Interview: 72
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 59
Background: Retired farmer; married with 4 children.

Brief outline:1990 pacemaker (replaced in 1996 and 2003). Experienced tiredness and some dizziness since 1992. Not sure when heart failure diagnosed.


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He finds that digging and other kinds of hard work take him twice as long as before.

 



Well, I could work hard, I mean, nearly anything, dig anything, all hard work, but I just got gradually worse and couldn't do it, that was the thing.

So, if you describe for me, would be helpful, I think, is if you describe what your daily life was like before you had the problem, and now what you can do.  That would be helpful?

I can do half as much as I used to. I can't do hard work now, or heavy work, no. I can do light work, and I could go all day, but I couldn't do hard work, no.

Right. I don't really know the difference between what you mean by hard work and light work, so if you could give me some examples, that would be helpful. What can you do?  

I could go and dig a hole. I still can, but it takes twice as long.  

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