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Interview 18  

Interview 18

Age at Interview: 56
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 50
Background:

Brief outline:Discovered following health check for insurance.


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Explains he wishes for those with hypertension to have more education and to share information.

 



I've spoken to people since I had this of course, I've spoken to people who have been greatly hindered. It's affected their life quite a lot in as much that they will say 'Okay I can't do this because I think it would affect me, I can't drink this because it would affect me, I can't eat this- - -'. The doctors haven't said not to do it but other people say 'You mustn't do it.' So what we need is more education about these days, people to talk more openly about it. Within the black population they found that people with hypertension, diabetes and sickle cell tend to keep it a secret and they don't really share that type of information.

What we're looking at within all groups is setting up a paper with these things, obviously hypertension we're talking about now, where people can exchange ideas and talk about it a bit more freely. Because what's good for one person is not necessarily good for the other person. A lot of people's experiences are quite different, but it would be nice to have a forum where we can actually talk about it and to find out more about it, in other words lots of professional input.
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