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Aged 80+
Interview HF17  

Interview HF17

Age at Interview: 81
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 79
Background: Retired works manager; married with 2 children.
Brief outline:1994 angina. Heart attacks 1994 and 2001. Heart failure diagnosed 2001.


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He was taken off Warfarin because of side effects.

 



I've been very fortunate that the tablets that I've had I got on very well with the Aspirin, but then I was changed over to Warfarin, but Warfarin unfortunately was not good for me and caused me to bleed which was produced through my urine and eventually they said that I had to have x-rays and I was taken off Warfarin but during these x-rays they found that I had stones, so in January of 2003 I went in for stone removal and scraping of the prostate, but having said that, this present time having got my weight back to about 10st I have an excellent appetite and am enjoying life pretty well apart from the fact that the moment I start doing anything physical or doing anything too quick, I feel the effects of angina or something, but that's to be measured with the state of my heart which is very weak and the fact that I am 81 years of age.
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