Shirley Park, 68 (grandmother - paternal)

Health background

• Type 2 diabetes
• Arthritis
• Mild osteoporosis
• Obese, BMI=31 many failed attempts to lose weight
• Intermittent allergic rhinitis
• Bowel cancer, 6 years ago for which she had surgery and needed no chemo- or radiotherapy
• Smoked for years then quit when she developed cancer
• Drinks socially
• Has experienced hayfever

Medications

• Metformin (Diabex) 1 g twice a day
• Glipizide 2.5 mg mane (new medication)
• Glucosamine 1 g bd (dose too low)
• Piroxicam 20 mg daily
• Calcium carbonate 1500 mg daily
• Dexchlorpheniramine when needed (past use)

Other comments

• Discusses her health (and complaints!) with anyone who will listen
• Attends a craft group regularly at the local community house: here the women share their health problems and supplement their knowledge with how celebrities in the women's magazines have dealt with problems