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Aged 41-50
Interview HF29  

Interview HF29

Age at Interview: 49
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 44
Background: Unemployed; married with 3 children.
Brief outline:1998/9 idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure diagnosed. Experiences episodes of chest pain and breathlessness.


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Explains how having a shower can make him feel as though he's run a marathon.

 



I find it's only when I'm exerting myself. If I go for a shower I've got to sit down for an hour after it. I've actually got a shower chair in the shower room to sit in the chair and dry myself because I can't stand after I've had a shower, it's very very tiring..

Can you describe the tired, it's not tired like I'd feel tired is it?

No it's like exhaustion. You'd run a marathon and that's how you feel after, well I feel like that just getting a shower. You'll feel dizzy, sometimes nauseated, basically just really really breathless, and you can feel your heart pumping as well. You can feel it thumping you know, it's weird, it's a weird feeling so it is. It's basically tiredness like when I say running a marathon, well I have that with a shower which is a big big difference.
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