Jason - Interview 35
Jason - Interview 35
Age at Interview:
19
Sex:
Male
Age at Diagnosis:
11
Background:
Jason is 19, single and lives in a residential college for young people with epilepsy. Ethnic background / nationality: Mixed (Afro-Caribbean / Caucasian)
Brief outline:Jason was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 11. He is on Epilim (sodium valproate) and has occasional seizures.
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Jason wants to work in a shop and has been selling plants in the shop of his residential college. He says in the future he'll think about being a gardener.
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Well, my brother's at work, looking after his son because he's got a child now. And he's my nephew. I got my sister, she's got a job now, she works as well she's just started work which is good. Like what I would like to do is, I'd like to work maybe in a shop or… yeah I'd like to work in a shop.
Yeah. You've kind of done that a little bit here as well, if you've been selling plants and things like that.
Yeah. My mum wants me to become a gardener, but I told her that I want to work in a shop first. Then, I start thinking about working in a garden. |
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Jason used to go to doctor's appointments with his keyworker but has now started to go on his own which makes him feel more independent.
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Do you go to the doctor's on your own, or do you go with your keyworker?
I've only just started going on my own. I used to go with [name of keyworker]. I go on my own now.
Do you like going on your own?
Yeah, I like it.
Yeah. Why, why do you like going on your own?
It makes me feel more independent. Makes me feel I could do this sort of, makes me feel I could do stuff on my own, yeah.
Yeah, do you get to ask the doctor, if you have questions, about the medication or the blurred vision?
Yeah I do ask him that and he sometimes say, and he talks about how often I get these blurred visions, he talks to me what we're trying to sort out your medication. |
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Jason sometimes forgets things. Forgetting his key worker's name really upset him.
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What really upset me is what happened on, yeah it was on Sunday, which was just yesterday, I couldn't remember who my old key worker's name. I tried to remember her name, she just said, “Come on Jason you remember my name", like I was with you for a year, she asked me about four times, I couldn't remember it, and just felt like bursting out crying. |