Interview 26
Age at interview: 41
Age at diagnosis: 37
Brief Outline: Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997. Had a lumpectomy and was given chemotherapy, radiotherapy and Tamoxifen .
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Explains that she found it difficult to tell her father about her diagnosis.
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We were just walking along talking and I said' "Don't tell Dad and everyone yet. "Slowly, gradually, they'll find out. You see they only worry." And then when I was waiting in the hospital waiting room for my blood test I saw my father there, sitting in the hospital.
He was there for the diabetic clinic, it's just beside, and he was sitting there. And when I saw him sitting there, oh I just felt like crying my heart out, crying out loud.
But I made myself control myself, and I kind of managed to say hello to my dad but I couldn't look at him.You see, I knew that if I saw his face I'd start crying.
And then I went in to have my blood test. And when I went in I said to my husband' "Tell him just a bit but don't tell him in front of me."
Describes her nausea during chemotherapy.
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Describes her nausea during chemotherapy.
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And when I used to go for chemotherapy, even when I entered the room, I felt as if I would vomit.
And when I, oh the nurse was really good and she, as soon as she had put the drip in she would put a bowl beside me straight away. She'd know every time that I would be feeling sick.