Box 3.

Attitudes Towards the Disease

Verbatims
“I was not taking my medications. I did not accept the disease” P7
“I continued working without consulting the doctor. When I arrived at night, my feet would become inflamed, and I would take two Acetaminophen, and the next day, they would deflate. So, I kept going because I am a very active woman” P9
“I was a little scared when I saw that they prescribed so much medicine, so many pills; because I started to feel some things” P11
“It was very strong at the beginning; I did not accept it because I documented myself on the internet, and it drove me crazy when I saw the results of the medications. They were all fatal” P26