|
Central core
|
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
|
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
|
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) |
Source: ALCESTE report.
Source: ALCESTE report.