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Aged 51-60
Interview 32  

Interview 32

Age at Interview: 53
Sex: Female
Background: Secretary, married with four children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Brief outline:His husband was admitted to ICU before and after a kidney pancreas transplant. She spent three weeks travelling to the hospital as well as working.

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After his surgery, her husband is stronger and healthier than he was several years ago and it has changed the quality of their lives.

 



He has been back now three months. Very good. Back to work within a month. But I must say he doesn't do a strenuous job. It is a clerical job and he loves his work. And he is not a man to do things around the home so he doesn't really want to be at home. He is much better, much more fit then when he went into hospital and we have taken our life a lot more seriously. We have made sure that we've eaten the best food which has been cooked, because at first you are not allowed to eat out when you are on immuno suppressants. And you have had an operation like this, we had to eat at home and eat the best food. We made the most of our food. He is now able to drink as much fluid as he wants to drink and the quality of our life has been much, much better. 

And we don't have to have separate rooms. There is no dialysis machine and we are able to do things more normally now. And we are planning a holiday, a short haul holiday soon and in six months time my husband, will be able to take long haul flights and will be able to travel further.
Jonathan Miller - Intensive care
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