Central core
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LUQ |
Category 1: treatment – limitations and expectations [...] today, the treatment is more difficult, because I can’t have physical therapy sessions anymore because I have anemia, I’d like to have it, but I can’t have my treatments like I used to. (Fisherman 9) |
[...] I used to say to the doctor, “Look at me, see my situation [...] I can’t work, I’m physically disabled” [...] I used to work with diving, it’s a complicated job [...] I’m telling this story here, and sometimes I feel like crying, because I won [...] because I see other people, I see other people that did my work too, you know, they are in a wheelchair. (Fisherman 1) |
Peripheral
elements
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RUQ |
Category 2: spinal cord injury – before and after |
Category 4: deficiency – dependence, disability and vulnerability |
[...] see my situation, I don’t feel my right leg and I feel “tingling” also in my arms, I can’t work, I’m disabled, I used to work with diving [...] I can’t be unemployed [...] I have to work twice as much. (Fisherman 4) |
[...] I used to work all the time, go fishing, take care of my girls, my wife, [...] then, go to work, come back home, go to the sea, come back home [...] that was my life, just work. (Fisherman 4) |
[...] I used to fish, I stopped fishing because I couldn’t stand fishing [...] it was getting heavy for me, then I stopped fishing [...], and now I buy fish from different people and I resell, that’s how I survive. (Fisherman 28) |
LLQ |
Category 6: feelings of the self – physical losses and restart |
Category 5: faith: overcoming and autonomy |
[...] I got sick and I kept fishing, do you understand? [...] but today I don’t dive anymore, I only work with a net. (Fisherman 7) [...] you have to see to understand, it’s a weak boat, people leave their home and go to an old and weak boat [...], old mattress [...] risking their life when it rains, isn’t that true? (Fisherman 6) |
[...] today, thank God, I feel better than my period as a fisher [...] because I come home more often, I spend more time with my children and wife; in the past, I used to go to many places around the world, like a gypsy. A fisherman is like a gypsy, going to places [...] we fished from Recife to Fortaleza [...] we went everywhere in this area. (Fisherman 30) |
[...] thank God, I can survive... we don’t live very well... but I can survive. (Fisherman 28) |
Intermediate
elements
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RLQ |
Category 7: life and work – obstacles, plans and changes |
Category 3: retirement – a very distant reality |
[...] I stopped fishing, now I sell crafted items, thank God, I suffer a little, but that’s normal. (Fisherman 6) |
[...] I feel good, thank God, although I have a disability, I can’t lift weight, there are some things I can’t do, you know. (Fisherman 10) |
[...] when I got sick I started walking and diving again [...] I went diving for a while, but I had felt it was difficult for me, but anyway I produced a lot, even after I got sick, I caught many lobsters, but I felt my legs, they didn’t have that vigor anymore like before, but I need to work while I wait for my retirement. (Fisherman 10) |