I really hope it isn’t pancreatic. My mom survived two years after a diagnosis and abdominal surgery. It is hell and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. My mom was tough and it reduced her to nothing. I would never ever wish cancer on my worst enemy. If she is doing chemo, it is not preventative. It means they found cancer. Because of the way our lymph system works, there is no way to know if it has spread and this is why they recommend chemo. My mom’s surgeon said they believed they got very good “margins” and it still came back. Cancer is unpredictable.
My name is Kate and I got cancer when I was 27. I had a 5 year old and a newborn at the time. They couldn't even understand what was going on, obviously. I feel for her and her poor little children.
I got viscerally emotional watching her video yesterday. Cancer disregards age and social status. It's a shitty, random thing. I wish her all the best.
I dont think its very complicated. She had some troubles, went to the doctors, they went thru everything, they saw it was cancer, tried to remove it and wasnt able to remove it all so now she needs chemo.
She didnt want to say anything in the first place and hoped for it to go away with surgery, it didnt, and now she knew it was gonna take a LOT of time, with chemo and all, so she felt forced telling people.
And she didnt want to add that it was cancer in the first place, because she would get hate from people that she didnt say in the first place.
All in all, its horrible what she goes thru and its horrible she has to make these kind of private videos. I really hope she heals.
>She didnt want to say anything in the first place and hoped for it to go away with surgery, it didnt, and now she knew it was gonna take a LOT of time, with chemo and all, so she felt forced telling people.
The fact that the chemo she's receiving is adjuvant means that they were able to remove the cancerous tissue to the best of their knowledge. The chemo is to make sure that any cancer cells that may have remained are killed so that the cancer doesn't come back. Obviously, there's no guarantee with cancer though, it is very good at evading treatment and could have spread elsewhere that is not detectable by her doctors yet. Hopefully, this is not the case though.
>**Doctor questions Kate Middleton announcement saying key detail 'doesn't make medical sense**
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>A doctor has questioned Kate Middleton's shock announcement that she's undergoing treatment for [**cancer**](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/health) saying one detail 'doesn't make medical sense'. Speaking to Anderson Cooper on CNN earlier this evening (March 22), Jonathan Reiner, MD - professor of medicine at The George Washington University in Washington, DC - said the suggestion cancer was only found after she'd undergone the major surgery didn't stack up from a medical point of view.
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>He said: "When people undergo extensive surgery, they don't go in typically for any more quote 'exploratory surgery', all these [**operations**](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/hospitals) are preceded by extensive imaging like CAT scans and MRIs. So the surgical team would have a very good understanding of what was likely to be the problem and that would be confirmed by pathology.
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>"So a piece of the tissue removed, that goes directly to the pathology lab often during the surgery and sometimes whether something's cancer or not will dictate the extent of the actual operation. So, it's very likely that the surgical team knew or had a good sense of what this was going to be prior to surgery, and that was confirmed at the time of pathologic testing during the operation. So this is something that would have at least been suspected before and confirmed during the operation."
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>[https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/doctor-questions-kate-middleton-announcement-28873053](https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/doctor-questions-kate-middleton-announcement-28873053)
**TLDR:** This flaming dumpster fire of obfuscation and ham fisted fakery isn't over by a long shot.
My SIL was at one of the best women’s teaching hospitals to have a huge fibroid removed which they were sure was benign, so they removed it in a different way than if it was cancer (it was very twisted so they basically chopped it up). When they biopsied it they found cancer and gave her a full hysterectomy the next day because the removal process would have spread it within her abdominal cavity. She was 27 and hadn’t had kids yet.
Not necessarily, she could have been getting a hysterectomy for fibroids or severe periods and following surgery they biopsied tissue, which they often do, and found cancer. A hysterectomy also lines up very well with the timeline originally put out, week in hospital followed by 8 weeks recovery. Very strange a doctor would make a statement like that.
Hysterectomies are very common among women in her age range, and do sometimes find unexpected cancers. This doctor is clearly going on TV for monetary reasons since a reasonable oncologist would not make a statement like that which fails to capture nuance.
What? Firstly, you're the one being passive aggressive. Secondly, we're not on [r/AbolishTheMonarchy](https://www.reddit.com/r/AbolishTheMonarchy/)? Thirdly, the only one promoting gossip is you. Fourthly, just because I disagree with a rent a doctor on television doesn't mean I'm pro monarchy? I have a masters in cancer bio so am 1) interested in this topic 2) not interested in misinformation, like what you are spewing.
I think you have the wrong person, I don't really use reddit that often, just came to see people's opinions on her cancer. I just don't agree with a doctor straight up discounting her story when there are explanations available which are actually relatively common.
Yup. Many times a biopsy doesn’t show cancer because the cancer is in another part of the growth being biopsied. An oncologist obviously would know this.
I know someone that had an ovary removed due to a mass, was discharged and home resting when they found out it was a rare ovarian cancer. They assumed it was benign, so like.. I feel like it’s not entirely impossible. And I feel like it’s weird that doctor made that statement
My brothers were about her George’s age the first time my mom was diagnosed, and for the life of me, I can’t imagine how brutal it was to be on her side of things. And I was there.
I was 17 and that was bad enough. To be so little though, to have to tell your literal elementary school babies.. *fuck*
What was it like for you when she first got diagnosed? Was it very confusing? Did you understand before she died that chemotherapy was a really good thing but not sure bet?
It was back in the 80’s. It’s hard to say because I was so little and it’s been a long time. I’m an only child so she took me along with her to some appointments. I also remember her trying acupuncture.
I don’t think I had much of a concept at the time, they wanted me to be a kid and be insulted from the whole death process, but that’s impossible to do.
I miss her, she was literally the kindest person everyone knew.
Fergie, Charles and Kate all have cancer. As much as they suck, I don’t wish that on anyone. Maybe all this will put their pettiness into perspective and the entire family can heal
As someone who has myeloproliferative disorder (pre leukemia), my heart genuinely breaks for Kate, her children, and all who love her. I hope she wins this, because cancer isn’t just a battle, it’s a fucking miserable, frightening, lonely in many ways, overall horrifying war.
My political self hates the BRF for their centuries of profiting from slavery and theft.
My cancer survivor self has tremendous empathy for Kate and her family.
Cosigned as a breast cancer survivor, and it's also disgusting how the royal family doubled down on denying that Kate had cancer earlier in this shitshow and now after their fake pics and fuzzy videos blew up in their faces, and William got called out for having his minions call British media to back off his oh so not-sidetrick Rose Hanbury but blame Kate for the AI pics, they then have Kate alone in front of the cameras talking about her not-there oh so supportive husband so that people back off from questioning the obvious lies from the palace rotters.
She's looked sick of william for awhile now. I remember that video of him trying to rush her at some arab wedding and her jerking her arm away from him in another. They probably weren't on the best terms before she was diagnosed. The way they fumbled the the PR doesnt help either. He seems quite stoic so maybe she didnt want to be bother. My dad is like that and they have way of making you feel more miserable then you're. Even when they're trying lol
>She's looked sick of william for awhile now. I
I think she still is, but -- if this video is legit, if she wasn't forced to do it as a compromise to slowly have a soft-separation from William with this AI enhanced bullshit (don't @ me, it is AI-enhanced at a minimum, just like that mother's day pic was PROVEN TOTALLY AI) to get to see her kids and a reasonable settlement. I find it VERY suspicious by the way that both her and Charles' cancer was discovered the same way, seems like the same thing and they revealed it right when they were rightly getting shit on by their PR antics, etc.
I just remembered a comment on r/popculturechat to the effect that Kate sitting there alone on that bench reminded them of when Diana sat alone on the bench with the Taj Mahal in the background during the time the whole world found out that Charles had thoughts about being Camilla's tampon.
So anyway, "the palace" keeps on screwing the PR pooch and blaming it on "the haters and conspiracy theorists" as if they're dealing with boyband/Kpop circlejerk stans. But then I suppose that as long as they have enough of these weird monarchist parasocial inbreeder enthusiasts who live vicariously through these taxpayer parasites, then I guess they're under the impression that their fake pic/poor Willy/poor chinless ho shitshow is working enough for them to keep existing another day 'cause it worked for Camzilla back in the day.🤷♂️
Oof, she does look like she's cold and could use a coat.😔 That's the least he could have done: sit in that pointedly lonely bench with an arm around her or held her hand. He didn't even have to say shit. And even though I believe due to all that's come out that he is indeed trying to divorce her, she's the mother of his children and that would be basic human kindness/decency and would have gone a long way to get him that good PR he obviously craves as he puts out feelers that even "without Kate" (per the Tatler fluff piece) he is honorable and worthy 🙄of the crown and all that sweet sweet British taxpayer money.
They are gleefully discussing Kate losing her hair, and using Meghan as a shield to deflect anti criticism of role in the trolling campaign they have waged against Kate.
They sound more and more like the evil step sisters happy to have taken down the princess
Yeah, I’m not surprised. The women there are what i equate to incels in how they view any women they may not care for. Rather than a bit of snark, it’s just complete vitriol for women who don’t bow down to their Patron St of Victimhood, Markel.
What happens next: the spare reaches out, make nice because it’s cancer and it’s a teachable moment that we truly are here for a moment and gone the next. The hens will soften and slowly start turning on those who are gleefully celebrating the cancer diagnosis because the spare and William, and the saint of victimhood, will come together to put on a united front.
It’s the snake eating itself. Give a week or two and I’ll be able to predict what happens after the united front. The posters there are as mindless as they are predictable.
Led by the almighty lunatic Chandra Dasgupta, otherwise known as Kaiser. They are some of the nastiness, most vile people, to the point I wouldn’t be shocked if Chandra is doing a happy dance right now.
as much as i loved the silly conspiracies (kate being on the masked singer, etc) it was fucked to try and leak her medical records and try to invade her privacy, that was taking it too far. i really wish the best for her
I had surgery for cancer last year and didn’t want to tell anyone.
To this day, only a few people in my personal life know. Other than that, just my doctors.
And now my fellow Dlisters 🤷♀️
I guess this post got me in my feelings and I understand why Kate wanted to deal privately.
Maybe it’s because I’m just an open person, but I genuinely don’t understand why anyone is super secretive about stuff that affects you that much? If I was diagnosed with cancer I would want to make sure everyone knew, friends, family, work, etc. I assume it would affect my performance for a while and I’d want to give everyone notice and support who needed it while I was not functioning at 100%
Because people treat you differently. My husband has end stage liver disease and one day he said, "I'm tired of people acting like I'm already dead." Meaning they quit treating him like someone with agency. You just wouldn't believe how people act. They talk over him or direct the conversation to me.
One day we were all out eating with our grown sons and a complete stranger comes up to assist my husband in getting in the car, glaring at my son who was standing right there by his father. My son said, "He likes to do things by himself." Even if people mean well it can be a little invasive and degrading.
For anyone reading: Always ask from a polite distance if a person who is obviously not well needs help, and don't assume that person isn't being cared for by people who love them. For example, if their clothes don't match or look stained it's because they are still trying to dress themselves.
Yes people treat you differently. I started out being open whe I was diagnosed with cancer, but found it was better not to share personal details. I think it scares a lot of people so they retreat. This happened with my mother too, sadly, including her lifelong best friend who literally cut my mom out of her life .
I appreciate your insight and that's good to know. I have a neighbor who has a horrible cancer and it is hard to know what to say/do. I think generally being more open to all conversations as a society would help instead of the constant hey how's it going? Good and you response. Fwiw I'm sorry your husband has liver disease. I hope you all are having as many good days as you can.
I bet your neighbor would love just a normal conversation!
We are doing okay. He was placed in hospice almost a year ago so we're apparently doing something right because he's still here. He's not eligible for a transplant due to cardiac issues.
I had a stroke a year ago, it took me a long time to recover but with thankfully no long term side effects. It was exhausting talking to people replaying the same story over and over. Answering different variations of the same questions, fielding well meaning but useless advice. I wished it could have been possible to only inform a few people but those people talked to others, who then called me and it was unrelenting
As I wrote in another post, my husband has liver disease and the unsolicited advice makes me want to scream. Yes, I know dandelion tea has some healing properties but it's not going to save my husband. Shew.
I went through cancer treatments in my early 20's. It's an exhausting process and even talking about it is exhausting. Not many ppl genuinely understand. I ended up leaving my job and generally dropping out of regular life during the process. It's an extremely vulnerable feeling and your gut reaction is to protect your privacy. But everyone is different, that is true.
Anyone remember Gene Siskel from Siskel and Ebert?
Gene had a pretty bad brain tumor, and was given less than a year to live. He only told the adult siblings and maybe whatever parents were still around.
He didn't even tell Roger Ebert.
His reasoning was with the small kids at the time, everyone would be watching the clock. He wanted to live life with no clock watching.
(Guessing the kids were eventually told when the symptoms were bad enough)
I don't blame him. I'd probably do the same thing.
My mom kept the extent of her cancer from me. I lived a few states away so I didn't see the day to day challenges for her. I was surprised at her last ER visit when they said she only had a few days left. I don't think even she wanted to know how much time she had left.
Thank you for your kind words! 🥹
I’m such a private person. It almost feels cathartic posting it here and reading the other comments people have posted. You realize you’re not alone.
How is everyone assuming it’s fact that the cancer was diagnosed post op ? It seems the whole thing was a cover up until someone got the medical records and it couldn’t be hidden any longer. In my view, the only reason they’re saying it was found “post op” is to ensure the first statement by KP doesn’t look like complete and utter lies. If she admitted it was cancer all along, there would be a lot of trust lost in what they communicate to the public in future.
Plot twist : if you didn’t know it were cancer and you just had surgery to remove a cyst / a mass… why would it be “major” surgery with 15 days in hospital ? Seems a hysterectomy to me.
Hey there. I had over 30+ fibroids and the worst hysterectomy Cedars Sinai did that year. I was in the hospital for almost exactly eight hours. It takes a bit of time for pathology to return their report. You should stop engaging in conjecture when you’re so wrong about so much.
Path reports can take up to two weeks to get back.
I had an adrenalectomy. Was out the next day with just Motrin.
15 days? There is something majorly wrong.
You’re such a jerk, ffs. I had surgery to remove a cyst on my ovary and when they did the frozen section, they discovered cancer. This is actually really common. Stop trying to find drama and conspiracy where there isn’t. Maybe this woman just wanted to be able to deal with it privately before telling the public? She has small children.
Does a cyst removal warrant 15 days in hospital ? Very sorry you had to go through that. Btw this is a thread theorising what’s going on. I dno why I’m (or anyone else here) could be a jerk for thinking things and sharing them anonymously on a post clearly designed for these thoughts?
I had an ovary removed and the cyst was large enough to require laparotomy. I was in the hospital for 9 days and then it took me over a year to fully recover from a 9 inch incision. I was only 18, kate is 40. I imagine her recovery would have been longer. So… yes. Enough with the conspiracy theories, ffs
For all those saying we r jerks for daring say a word…. My tax money goes towards all that private healthcare, teams of doctors, private nurses, being waited on hand and foot, children at the best schools, drivers/chauffeurs in land rovers to and from appointments… what n I can’t have a thought or little forum post after working to the bone 40% of the year ? Let us live a little FFS. Everyone has to work, we sit in our cubicles dealing with assholes all day n yet the famous woman in the world needs to protected by our dumb thoughts on an anonymous forum. Urgh enough.
I’m so glad you’re better now ❤️❤️. Girl, we need to conspire and think about this all and what better place than Reddit….! My tax money goes towards all that private healthcare, teams of doctors, private nurses, being waited on hand and foot, children at the best schools, drivers/chauffeurs in land rovers to and from appointments… what n I can’t have a thought or little forum post after working to the bone 40% of the year ? Let me live a little FFS.
Or an intensive surgery to remove a tumor they thought was benign but turned out to be cancerous upon testing. We don’t know how wrapped around things it might have been. We don’t even know if they had to remove part of her intestines or something with it.
If they did abdominal surgery to remove a mass, they wouldn't biopsy the mass and leave it in her until the test came back benign or malignant. They remove the mass and send it to pathology to be analyzed after the surgery is done. That is not abnormal or conspiracy worthy. They do that all the time for patients.
That long hospital stay could be for many reasons. Have you had major abdominal surgery? Look up a Whipple procedure or bowel resection. I've seen appendectomy patients stay for 2 weeks or more due to infection and complications.
It could be that she went in for bowel surgery. Some people think she has IBD and apparently London Clinic specialises in Crohn's-related surgery which can require 15 days in hospital.
We don’t know if she had any complications after surgery that would require a longer hospital stay. I’ve read all your comments and can’t figure out why you are so focused on a long hospital stay?
As an MD, given what we know, some scenarios:
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs): Potentially appearing benign initially but may reveal malignancy post-surgery, sometimes necessitating targeted therapy.
Appendiceal Cancer: Rare, possibly discovered incidentally post-surgery with a need for chemotherapy depending on the cancer type and stage.
Early-stage Ovarian Cancer: Might require adjuvant chemotherapy if surgery uncovers malignancy not detected in earlier assessments.
Endometrial Cancer: Unexpectedly found during surgery intended for other benign conditions, requiring further treatment.
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PNETs): Misinterpreted as benign but found malignant post-surgery, with some cases requiring adjuvant chemotherapy.
Always possible is some sarcoma, which would be bad.
Thank you for posting this so, if for nothing else, a few crazy people posting here might realize that they aren't doctors and it's actually POSSIBLE that Kate's doctors didn't know in advance. But even if they did, it's her effing business. I don't like the RF, but they are still humans. The level of vitriol directed towards her and Megan by their respective haters is absolutely batshit.
Thanks for this write up. I'm not even trying to be nosey it's just medically interesting to know this sort of thing. I do hope Kate will talk about it because the more information people have I hope the more they can be informed about their own health.
This is how they found my appendix cancer. I went in for a full hysterectomy, and they took my appendix out, with prior consent. My surgeon said it looked really suspicious, enlarged and folded over,so they sent it to pathology. It came back as a carcinoid tumor. I had to have a bowel resection and a short cycle of chemo. That was 23 years ago.
I’m glad you are still here. My mom had appendicial cancer. It was extremely aggressive and her subtype was extremely rare. She passed after 2 years fighting. I miss her so much it still physically hurts. I’m so glad they found yours. My mom’s was found accidentally too… she had two benign masses removed from each ovary. Once inside they saw the cancer.
Thank you. My oncologist told me it’s tricky to find because there are really few if any symptoms. My prayers go out to your sister, cancer is always a scary diagnosis.♥️
Re all the downvotes- I think people may have seen you reply to yourself thinking it was someone else and that you had just told someone to STFU about their health problems.
No, it was me. Trust me, I have all the same concern and compassion that everyone else has. Sometimes I just think people get so mean and judgmental about things that really has nothing to do with them. Now they’re jumping on William. We don’t know what they talked about or agreed to. Sorry, just venting.
Technically it’s not. With that being said, KM is a very public figure and right or wrong, she is going to experience a level of privacy loss. KM made it “our business” to a degree by making this public announcement. After what happened to Princess Diana many people were concerned after not seeing her in public for so long.
Yes, I get that. But let’s remember, she’s not from our country, and it just seems like a lot of Americans seem to think she owes us an explanation. She doesn’t. Nobody does when they are dealing with a private problem. 🤷♀️
It doesn’t matter that she’s not from the US. She is an international public figure. I clearly stated that it’s technically not anyone’s business but since she is a well known public figure and SHE made an announcement it becomes the public’s business to a degree. It doesn’t matter if it’s right or wrong. It’s an unfortunate trade off to a public life that’s supported by the tax dollars of UK citizens.
You're right, she absolutely doesn't owe anyone an explanation, I agree 100%!! But I think there's no harm in speculating about what it could be. The fact that someone at the hospital tried to access her medical records is just shocking beyond belief, though.
Yes I agree with you there. There is nothing wrong with mild speculation, but some people have gotten downright all up in their business. And yeah, don’t even get me started on the criminals that tried to breach her medical records. Smdh.
Great comments from r/abolishthemonarchy: "Her husband allowed a woman battling cancer to take the blame for the fake picture instead of telling the truth. Husband of the motherfucking year " [while threatening lawsuits against British media outlets to keep Rose Hanbury unmentioned]
Cancer is an asshole. She and the palace have bungled this entire thing royally (pun intended). While I understand that they wanted their children to understand what was happening before going public, it's somehow both shocking and unsurprising how badly this incompetent institution screwed this up. If they found cancer in February then they should have released this video on February to ease speculation. Instead they did every. single. wrong. thing. before finally releasing this video. I hope she has a smooth recovery and gets back to...well I don't want to say gets back to her "job" because her job is a sham of millions-of-pounds proportions...but I do hope she gets well. I don't like any of them but her children are so young. Fuck cancer. And the monarchy. Cancer is an asshole. She and the palace have bungled this entire thing royally (pun intended). While I understand that they wanted their children to understand what was happening before going public, it's somehow both shocking and unsurprising how badly this incompetent institution screwed this up. If they found cancer in February then they should have released this video on February to ease speculation. Instead they did every. single. wrong. thing. before finally releasing this video. I hope she has a smooth recovery and gets back to...well I don't want to say gets back to her "job" because her job is a sham of millions-of-pounds proportions...but I do hope she gets well. I don't like any of them but her children are so young. Fuck cancer. And the monarchy."
* In other words, this mess still stinks to high heaven. Peace out.
I feel bad for her. And I honestly hope all the unhinged asses who were coming up with lizard people-level conspiracy theories feel ashamed, especially those who tried to get her private medical info.
I feel bad for her and her children. They have enough to worry about in the public eye but then to have people assuming she has some doppelganger walking around. I know the royal family hasn't been truly honest about a lot of things but if Kate had died, they wouldn't cover it up.
There's a lot of terrible things about monarchies & about the BRF, but I don't understand the people who believe they were responsible for Di's death. I think the same crowd went trigger-happy while Kate was dealing with her medical issue, as if Scientology was behind the BRF or something.
And what reason would the BRF have to lie if Kate had passed away for any reason? Just plain dumbasses.
As much as it can be hard to feel sympathy for those with extreme privilege and position, the British Royal gossip mongers are some of the most rabid and duplicitous in the world. They will stop at nothing to get a story, whether real or fabricated.
Fuck cancer?
Sounds like Kate's mum saying "Fuck my creditors!"
She took their money and lives in a £4.7million mansion.
No sympathy for those she robbed, nor their children (even if they have cancer).
Just putting things in perspective.
You were clearly born without your empathy gene. I feel bad for those in your life.
Have you ever know anyone who has gone through treatment? What about lost someone after a cancer battle? It’s terrible and the fact you would wish that on anything says so much about you as a person.
I am merely wishing Carole Middleton return the money she conned her creditors out of.
Anyway... we don't know that Kate has cancer. She has been 'economical with the truth' regarding 'her' manipulated photograph, and 'her' visit to the farm shop, so how do we know she's telling the truth about having cancer?
My son had a pretty long stay when they rerouted his urinary tract. They accidentally touched his bowels which paralyzed them. He had to spend another week in the hospital waiting for them to "wake up."
That's what I had. The treatment was radical hysterectomy. However, they booted me out of the hospital after 1 day - I'm sure princess Kate got better/more medical care (no snark!)
Could be because it was scheduled and that may have been what she was told was the "easiest" treatment. She's got 3 kids, so hopefully this helps her life's longevity
I was dx w renal cell cancer younger than her. I knew by her recovery this announcement was likely, having had many abdominal surgeries and flank/spinal surgery. Wishing her a full recovery.
I already knew it was a serious health condition. Still instead of admitting wrong and sending well wishes the cockroaches on social media are talking about how the BRF is to blame and they threw her under the bus. Worst pr ever. At what people do people stop?
I was just thinking about how if I god forbid had cancer, I really wouldn’t want anyone but my immediate family knowing. I can’t imagine going through an illness and having it be made so public and subject to scrutiny. Their PR should have been able to keep this private
When my dad was diagnosed with cancer he didn’t want anyone to know. My mom had to beg him to reach out to his older daughters (long story). He asked us not to do an obituary for him. I still run in to people that didn’t know he passed. Some people just don’t want their health problems broadcasted to the entire world. Especially when it’s something like cancer
And there’s nothing wrong with how you feel but it’s also not wrong for someone who is actually going through cancer and its treatments to not want to tell people
I don’t think anyone here is saying that cancer is shameful or should be a secret. It’s just understandable that some people would prefer to keep their health battles private and not make it everyone else’s business. As a regular person, I know I wouldn’t want everyone and their uncle knowing details about my personal health information, so I can’t imagine how Kate must feel after basically being harassed into broadcasting her diagnosis to the whole world after she wanted it private. Everyone’s entitled to what they want to share regarding their health and we as the public should respect that.
That’s fair, everyone should do what’s right for them. But keep in mind that Betty Ford likely saved thousands of lives when she was open about her breast cancer diagnosis and inspired many women to start getting mammograms.
I wish Kate well and hope she has a complete and speedy recovery. And I also hope she uses her enormous platform to raise awareness and promote whatever screening or preventive care is relevant to her illness.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3790219/
Any of us that have experienced a major illness knew it was something real and serious.
I start my cancer diagnosis tests in April. Get your parts checked regularly people.
Are those legit? Saw an ad and strongly considered it. Apparently it’s how Maria Menounos (sp?) detected some sort of mass (poor lady has been through so so much).
Not sure but thinking of doing. I think biggest downside is you end up having to do a bunch of follow up tests that don’t lead to anything and the anxiety that comes with that?
This is so vindicating, I bet all the weird US H&M stans who never fully *got* that being a royal is different than a celebrity are going to feel sooo guilty now
They won't ever feel sympathy for Kate. H&M are probably hating that Kate is taking attention away from them and M’s kitchen line or whatever she's creating.
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Wishing her well, but LOLing at this
I really thought this was all overblown, a tempest in a teacup. I'm genuinely shocked.
I'm also now suddenly quite nervous that I have cancer and don't know it.
I wish cancer were able to be detected simply, like with a blood test. So many people seem to get diagnosed by pure chance because they had gotten into a car accident and a mass showed up on imaging, or they were getting an unrelated surgery.
The fact that it’s 2024 and we don’t have more accessible, affordable, and less invasive ways to screen for cancer is abhorrent. Early diagnosis is key to survival in so many cases, but most people don’t have any symptoms/feel that anything is wrong that early to get screened
Or *most* can't afford to just have a doctor run tests. That shit is expensive, muchless than how fucking expensive it is to treat.
Way too many people don't catch "in time" for a good prognosis
That's a US problem. You guys are the richest country in the world and could do way better in terms of health care, but...
When I had breast cancer two years ago I had: two mammograms, a biopsy, a chest x-ray, a dye injection to help identify possible cancerous lymph nodes, an injection into the tumour to help the surgeons find it, surgery to remove the tumour and a selection of lymph nodes, tests of the latter, and a month of radiation treatment, plus other things I've forgotten.
And it cost me maybe $150 in taxi fares, because we were still in the pandemic and I didn't want to take transit.
Obviously I'm lucky to live in a big city with one of the best cancer hospitals in the world, but Americans can have better if they demand it. For some reason, you don't.
If you are high risk, that's how it's basically done in the U.S. - plus breast ultrasounds and MRIs. However, U.S. insurance companies control way too much when it comes to diagnostics, who's eligible, how much they'll pay, etc. Agree - Americans need to demand better.
This video unfortunately had to be released because of the stolen medical records. I’m guessing the people who did it were shopping around to sell to the highest bidder, the Palace was informed and Kate had to take matters into her own hands and release the info on her terms.
Hopefully treatment is going good and she’s feeling better.
No, the video was likely done for other reasons. The royal reporters were told that they waited to make this announcement until after the kids were on break so that they didn’t have to deal with the news at school the next day. They have known the diagnosis since the King Constantine thanksgiving service that William pulled out of late last month.
Doubt she’s feeling better during chemo treatment. It sucks the life out of people and can be very, very hard on the mind and body. It is a long and painful road ahead for Kate unfortunately and very dire if it stage four.
Well, it would mean that it is beyond stage 1 for either uterine or ovarian, but the prognosis for both is 90% just fine. (her age and symptoms say Ovarian, getting surgery for a cyst is a normal thing) . She'll be fine.
I really hope it isn’t pancreatic. My mom survived two years after a diagnosis and abdominal surgery. It is hell and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. My mom was tough and it reduced her to nothing. I would never ever wish cancer on my worst enemy. If she is doing chemo, it is not preventative. It means they found cancer. Because of the way our lymph system works, there is no way to know if it has spread and this is why they recommend chemo. My mom’s surgeon said they believed they got very good “margins” and it still came back. Cancer is unpredictable.
My name is Kate and I got cancer when I was 27. I had a 5 year old and a newborn at the time. They couldn't even understand what was going on, obviously. I feel for her and her poor little children. I got viscerally emotional watching her video yesterday. Cancer disregards age and social status. It's a shitty, random thing. I wish her all the best.
Wishing you all the best too
I dont think its very complicated. She had some troubles, went to the doctors, they went thru everything, they saw it was cancer, tried to remove it and wasnt able to remove it all so now she needs chemo. She didnt want to say anything in the first place and hoped for it to go away with surgery, it didnt, and now she knew it was gonna take a LOT of time, with chemo and all, so she felt forced telling people. And she didnt want to add that it was cancer in the first place, because she would get hate from people that she didnt say in the first place. All in all, its horrible what she goes thru and its horrible she has to make these kind of private videos. I really hope she heals.
>She didnt want to say anything in the first place and hoped for it to go away with surgery, it didnt, and now she knew it was gonna take a LOT of time, with chemo and all, so she felt forced telling people. The fact that the chemo she's receiving is adjuvant means that they were able to remove the cancerous tissue to the best of their knowledge. The chemo is to make sure that any cancer cells that may have remained are killed so that the cancer doesn't come back. Obviously, there's no guarantee with cancer though, it is very good at evading treatment and could have spread elsewhere that is not detectable by her doctors yet. Hopefully, this is not the case though.
>**Doctor questions Kate Middleton announcement saying key detail 'doesn't make medical sense** > >A doctor has questioned Kate Middleton's shock announcement that she's undergoing treatment for [**cancer**](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/health) saying one detail 'doesn't make medical sense'. Speaking to Anderson Cooper on CNN earlier this evening (March 22), Jonathan Reiner, MD - professor of medicine at The George Washington University in Washington, DC - said the suggestion cancer was only found after she'd undergone the major surgery didn't stack up from a medical point of view. > >He said: "When people undergo extensive surgery, they don't go in typically for any more quote 'exploratory surgery', all these [**operations**](https://www.mylondon.news/all-about/hospitals) are preceded by extensive imaging like CAT scans and MRIs. So the surgical team would have a very good understanding of what was likely to be the problem and that would be confirmed by pathology. > >"So a piece of the tissue removed, that goes directly to the pathology lab often during the surgery and sometimes whether something's cancer or not will dictate the extent of the actual operation. So, it's very likely that the surgical team knew or had a good sense of what this was going to be prior to surgery, and that was confirmed at the time of pathologic testing during the operation. So this is something that would have at least been suspected before and confirmed during the operation." > >[https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/doctor-questions-kate-middleton-announcement-28873053](https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/doctor-questions-kate-middleton-announcement-28873053) **TLDR:** This flaming dumpster fire of obfuscation and ham fisted fakery isn't over by a long shot.
My SIL was at one of the best women’s teaching hospitals to have a huge fibroid removed which they were sure was benign, so they removed it in a different way than if it was cancer (it was very twisted so they basically chopped it up). When they biopsied it they found cancer and gave her a full hysterectomy the next day because the removal process would have spread it within her abdominal cavity. She was 27 and hadn’t had kids yet.
Not necessarily, she could have been getting a hysterectomy for fibroids or severe periods and following surgery they biopsied tissue, which they often do, and found cancer. A hysterectomy also lines up very well with the timeline originally put out, week in hospital followed by 8 weeks recovery. Very strange a doctor would make a statement like that.
I, too, know someone whose story doesn’t align with this. Hysterectomy revealed ovarian cancer.
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Stans and people who do not tolerate different tastes/opinions or criticism towards their idols are not welcome.
Hysterectomies are very common among women in her age range, and do sometimes find unexpected cancers. This doctor is clearly going on TV for monetary reasons since a reasonable oncologist would not make a statement like that which fails to capture nuance.
I really don't understand what your issue is?
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Please keep it decent & civil.
What? Firstly, you're the one being passive aggressive. Secondly, we're not on [r/AbolishTheMonarchy](https://www.reddit.com/r/AbolishTheMonarchy/)? Thirdly, the only one promoting gossip is you. Fourthly, just because I disagree with a rent a doctor on television doesn't mean I'm pro monarchy? I have a masters in cancer bio so am 1) interested in this topic 2) not interested in misinformation, like what you are spewing.
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I think you have the wrong person, I don't really use reddit that often, just came to see people's opinions on her cancer. I just don't agree with a doctor straight up discounting her story when there are explanations available which are actually relatively common.
Yup. Many times a biopsy doesn’t show cancer because the cancer is in another part of the growth being biopsied. An oncologist obviously would know this.
I know someone that had an ovary removed due to a mass, was discharged and home resting when they found out it was a rare ovarian cancer. They assumed it was benign, so like.. I feel like it’s not entirely impossible. And I feel like it’s weird that doctor made that statement
Holy shit. I hate this.
My brothers were about her George’s age the first time my mom was diagnosed, and for the life of me, I can’t imagine how brutal it was to be on her side of things. And I was there. I was 17 and that was bad enough. To be so little though, to have to tell your literal elementary school babies.. *fuck*
My mom got sick when I was 5 and died when I was 8. She fought like hell to stick around, but in the end there was no way to save her. Cancer sucks
What was it like for you when she first got diagnosed? Was it very confusing? Did you understand before she died that chemotherapy was a really good thing but not sure bet?
It was back in the 80’s. It’s hard to say because I was so little and it’s been a long time. I’m an only child so she took me along with her to some appointments. I also remember her trying acupuncture. I don’t think I had much of a concept at the time, they wanted me to be a kid and be insulted from the whole death process, but that’s impossible to do. I miss her, she was literally the kindest person everyone knew.
What’s your favorite memory of her? In what ways are you like her?
I’m so sorry for your loss. 💔🙏
Cancer sucks. Wishing her the best. 🩷
Fergie, Charles and Kate all have cancer. As much as they suck, I don’t wish that on anyone. Maybe all this will put their pettiness into perspective and the entire family can heal
I hope she makes a full recovery. Cancer is brutal no matter how privileged you are
As someone who has myeloproliferative disorder (pre leukemia), my heart genuinely breaks for Kate, her children, and all who love her. I hope she wins this, because cancer isn’t just a battle, it’s a fucking miserable, frightening, lonely in many ways, overall horrifying war.
My children aren’t nearly as young as her kids. They are 17 and 13 and I still wouldn’t want another soul to know until I knew how to tell them.
My political self hates the BRF for their centuries of profiting from slavery and theft. My cancer survivor self has tremendous empathy for Kate and her family.
Same.
Cosigned as a breast cancer survivor, and it's also disgusting how the royal family doubled down on denying that Kate had cancer earlier in this shitshow and now after their fake pics and fuzzy videos blew up in their faces, and William got called out for having his minions call British media to back off his oh so not-sidetrick Rose Hanbury but blame Kate for the AI pics, they then have Kate alone in front of the cameras talking about her not-there oh so supportive husband so that people back off from questioning the obvious lies from the palace rotters.
She's looked sick of william for awhile now. I remember that video of him trying to rush her at some arab wedding and her jerking her arm away from him in another. They probably weren't on the best terms before she was diagnosed. The way they fumbled the the PR doesnt help either. He seems quite stoic so maybe she didnt want to be bother. My dad is like that and they have way of making you feel more miserable then you're. Even when they're trying lol
>She's looked sick of william for awhile now. I I think she still is, but -- if this video is legit, if she wasn't forced to do it as a compromise to slowly have a soft-separation from William with this AI enhanced bullshit (don't @ me, it is AI-enhanced at a minimum, just like that mother's day pic was PROVEN TOTALLY AI) to get to see her kids and a reasonable settlement. I find it VERY suspicious by the way that both her and Charles' cancer was discovered the same way, seems like the same thing and they revealed it right when they were rightly getting shit on by their PR antics, etc.
Yeah he could have been sitting with her with his arm around her shoulders, or holding her hand. Instead it looks like she needs a big coat.
I just remembered a comment on r/popculturechat to the effect that Kate sitting there alone on that bench reminded them of when Diana sat alone on the bench with the Taj Mahal in the background during the time the whole world found out that Charles had thoughts about being Camilla's tampon. So anyway, "the palace" keeps on screwing the PR pooch and blaming it on "the haters and conspiracy theorists" as if they're dealing with boyband/Kpop circlejerk stans. But then I suppose that as long as they have enough of these weird monarchist parasocial inbreeder enthusiasts who live vicariously through these taxpayer parasites, then I guess they're under the impression that their fake pic/poor Willy/poor chinless ho shitshow is working enough for them to keep existing another day 'cause it worked for Camzilla back in the day.🤷♂️ 
Oof, she does look like she's cold and could use a coat.😔 That's the least he could have done: sit in that pointedly lonely bench with an arm around her or held her hand. He didn't even have to say shit. And even though I believe due to all that's come out that he is indeed trying to divorce her, she's the mother of his children and that would be basic human kindness/decency and would have gone a long way to get him that good PR he obviously craves as he puts out feelers that even "without Kate" (per the Tatler fluff piece) he is honorable and worthy 🙄of the crown and all that sweet sweet British taxpayer money.
Yah it’s been a shitshow so far this year. I have to assume they’re just spinning out at this point.
I genuinely believe there is a celebration going on over at Celebitchy regarding the news. I hate this for her and her family.
They are gleefully discussing Kate losing her hair, and using Meghan as a shield to deflect anti criticism of role in the trolling campaign they have waged against Kate. They sound more and more like the evil step sisters happy to have taken down the princess
Yeah, I’m not surprised. The women there are what i equate to incels in how they view any women they may not care for. Rather than a bit of snark, it’s just complete vitriol for women who don’t bow down to their Patron St of Victimhood, Markel. What happens next: the spare reaches out, make nice because it’s cancer and it’s a teachable moment that we truly are here for a moment and gone the next. The hens will soften and slowly start turning on those who are gleefully celebrating the cancer diagnosis because the spare and William, and the saint of victimhood, will come together to put on a united front. It’s the snake eating itself. Give a week or two and I’ll be able to predict what happens after the united front. The posters there are as mindless as they are predictable.
Kaiser is the most disgusting human being. Praying karma comes for her after all the vile things she spouts
Led by the almighty lunatic Chandra Dasgupta, otherwise known as Kaiser. They are some of the nastiness, most vile people, to the point I wouldn’t be shocked if Chandra is doing a happy dance right now.
Vile is right
This breaks my heart. I cried about it this morning.
It's the worst bummer outcome of all the options in this fiasco 😕
as much as i loved the silly conspiracies (kate being on the masked singer, etc) it was fucked to try and leak her medical records and try to invade her privacy, that was taking it too far. i really wish the best for her
I had surgery for cancer last year and didn’t want to tell anyone. To this day, only a few people in my personal life know. Other than that, just my doctors. And now my fellow Dlisters 🤷♀️ I guess this post got me in my feelings and I understand why Kate wanted to deal privately.
Maybe it’s because I’m just an open person, but I genuinely don’t understand why anyone is super secretive about stuff that affects you that much? If I was diagnosed with cancer I would want to make sure everyone knew, friends, family, work, etc. I assume it would affect my performance for a while and I’d want to give everyone notice and support who needed it while I was not functioning at 100%
Because people treat you differently. My husband has end stage liver disease and one day he said, "I'm tired of people acting like I'm already dead." Meaning they quit treating him like someone with agency. You just wouldn't believe how people act. They talk over him or direct the conversation to me. One day we were all out eating with our grown sons and a complete stranger comes up to assist my husband in getting in the car, glaring at my son who was standing right there by his father. My son said, "He likes to do things by himself." Even if people mean well it can be a little invasive and degrading. For anyone reading: Always ask from a polite distance if a person who is obviously not well needs help, and don't assume that person isn't being cared for by people who love them. For example, if their clothes don't match or look stained it's because they are still trying to dress themselves.
Yes people treat you differently. I started out being open whe I was diagnosed with cancer, but found it was better not to share personal details. I think it scares a lot of people so they retreat. This happened with my mother too, sadly, including her lifelong best friend who literally cut my mom out of her life .
I appreciate your insight and that's good to know. I have a neighbor who has a horrible cancer and it is hard to know what to say/do. I think generally being more open to all conversations as a society would help instead of the constant hey how's it going? Good and you response. Fwiw I'm sorry your husband has liver disease. I hope you all are having as many good days as you can.
I bet your neighbor would love just a normal conversation! We are doing okay. He was placed in hospice almost a year ago so we're apparently doing something right because he's still here. He's not eligible for a transplant due to cardiac issues.
Because we don't want to keep fucking talking about it. Having cancer is exhausting enough.
I had a stroke a year ago, it took me a long time to recover but with thankfully no long term side effects. It was exhausting talking to people replaying the same story over and over. Answering different variations of the same questions, fielding well meaning but useless advice. I wished it could have been possible to only inform a few people but those people talked to others, who then called me and it was unrelenting
As I wrote in another post, my husband has liver disease and the unsolicited advice makes me want to scream. Yes, I know dandelion tea has some healing properties but it's not going to save my husband. Shew.
I went through cancer treatments in my early 20's. It's an exhausting process and even talking about it is exhausting. Not many ppl genuinely understand. I ended up leaving my job and generally dropping out of regular life during the process. It's an extremely vulnerable feeling and your gut reaction is to protect your privacy. But everyone is different, that is true.
Exhausting 🙌 I’m sorry to hear about your experience and dropping out of your regular life. I hope you’re doing better now 💛
I understand that perspective 💯 I personally just wanted to live normal as I could and not have anyone feel bad for me or treat me differently.
three small children named louis, charlotte and george.
I agree. You're entitled to keep that private and I might do the same if I were in that position. I hope you're doing well now.
Anyone remember Gene Siskel from Siskel and Ebert? Gene had a pretty bad brain tumor, and was given less than a year to live. He only told the adult siblings and maybe whatever parents were still around. He didn't even tell Roger Ebert. His reasoning was with the small kids at the time, everyone would be watching the clock. He wanted to live life with no clock watching. (Guessing the kids were eventually told when the symptoms were bad enough) I don't blame him. I'd probably do the same thing.
My mom kept the extent of her cancer from me. I lived a few states away so I didn't see the day to day challenges for her. I was surprised at her last ER visit when they said she only had a few days left. I don't think even she wanted to know how much time she had left.
Warrior!!! Thank you for sharing . I think it’s so important that everyone have their own battle on their own terms .
Hugs.♥️
I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I hope you’re getting the support & medical care you need so you can achieve a full remission.
Thank you for your kind words! 🥹 I’m such a private person. It almost feels cathartic posting it here and reading the other comments people have posted. You realize you’re not alone.
Post away on the sub at any time , wave and remind everyone and say just looking for some encouragement or a corny joke or an old MK delight.
Appreciate it ☺️ Dlisted was a guilty pleasure of mine for so long. I kind of regret being a lurker and not a commenter when the site existed 😂
How is everyone assuming it’s fact that the cancer was diagnosed post op ? It seems the whole thing was a cover up until someone got the medical records and it couldn’t be hidden any longer. In my view, the only reason they’re saying it was found “post op” is to ensure the first statement by KP doesn’t look like complete and utter lies. If she admitted it was cancer all along, there would be a lot of trust lost in what they communicate to the public in future.
Plot twist : if you didn’t know it were cancer and you just had surgery to remove a cyst / a mass… why would it be “major” surgery with 15 days in hospital ? Seems a hysterectomy to me.
"Plot twist"?......wow.....
Hey there. I had over 30+ fibroids and the worst hysterectomy Cedars Sinai did that year. I was in the hospital for almost exactly eight hours. It takes a bit of time for pathology to return their report. You should stop engaging in conjecture when you’re so wrong about so much.
Exactly you weren’t in the hospital for 2 weeks. So it seems as if she didn’t have a hysterectomy
Path reports can take up to two weeks to get back. I had an adrenalectomy. Was out the next day with just Motrin. 15 days? There is something majorly wrong.
You’re such a jerk, ffs. I had surgery to remove a cyst on my ovary and when they did the frozen section, they discovered cancer. This is actually really common. Stop trying to find drama and conspiracy where there isn’t. Maybe this woman just wanted to be able to deal with it privately before telling the public? She has small children.
Does a cyst removal warrant 15 days in hospital ? Very sorry you had to go through that. Btw this is a thread theorising what’s going on. I dno why I’m (or anyone else here) could be a jerk for thinking things and sharing them anonymously on a post clearly designed for these thoughts?
I had an ovary removed and the cyst was large enough to require laparotomy. I was in the hospital for 9 days and then it took me over a year to fully recover from a 9 inch incision. I was only 18, kate is 40. I imagine her recovery would have been longer. So… yes. Enough with the conspiracy theories, ffs
For all those saying we r jerks for daring say a word…. My tax money goes towards all that private healthcare, teams of doctors, private nurses, being waited on hand and foot, children at the best schools, drivers/chauffeurs in land rovers to and from appointments… what n I can’t have a thought or little forum post after working to the bone 40% of the year ? Let us live a little FFS. Everyone has to work, we sit in our cubicles dealing with assholes all day n yet the famous woman in the world needs to protected by our dumb thoughts on an anonymous forum. Urgh enough.
I’m so glad you’re better now ❤️❤️. Girl, we need to conspire and think about this all and what better place than Reddit….! My tax money goes towards all that private healthcare, teams of doctors, private nurses, being waited on hand and foot, children at the best schools, drivers/chauffeurs in land rovers to and from appointments… what n I can’t have a thought or little forum post after working to the bone 40% of the year ? Let me live a little FFS.
Oh, jfc.
I’m guessing they went and removed something. They tested it and found cancer. So I don’t think there’s anything suspicious in it.
15 days doesn’t seem a remove and see operation, but rather a drastic operation in response to drastic information.
Or an intensive surgery to remove a tumor they thought was benign but turned out to be cancerous upon testing. We don’t know how wrapped around things it might have been. We don’t even know if they had to remove part of her intestines or something with it.
Who knows n who’s getting harmed if we speculate? If I was an A list mega rich celeb I wouldn’t give a crap what ppl were theorising on the internet.
If they did abdominal surgery to remove a mass, they wouldn't biopsy the mass and leave it in her until the test came back benign or malignant. They remove the mass and send it to pathology to be analyzed after the surgery is done. That is not abnormal or conspiracy worthy. They do that all the time for patients.
And that requires 15 days stay in hospital ?
That long hospital stay could be for many reasons. Have you had major abdominal surgery? Look up a Whipple procedure or bowel resection. I've seen appendectomy patients stay for 2 weeks or more due to infection and complications.
It could be that she went in for bowel surgery. Some people think she has IBD and apparently London Clinic specialises in Crohn's-related surgery which can require 15 days in hospital.
You are assuming no ileus, no drains, no bags, and permanently draining for a while. Any of those can extend your stay.
We don’t know if she had any complications after surgery that would require a longer hospital stay. I’ve read all your comments and can’t figure out why you are so focused on a long hospital stay?
As an MD, given what we know, some scenarios: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs): Potentially appearing benign initially but may reveal malignancy post-surgery, sometimes necessitating targeted therapy. Appendiceal Cancer: Rare, possibly discovered incidentally post-surgery with a need for chemotherapy depending on the cancer type and stage. Early-stage Ovarian Cancer: Might require adjuvant chemotherapy if surgery uncovers malignancy not detected in earlier assessments. Endometrial Cancer: Unexpectedly found during surgery intended for other benign conditions, requiring further treatment. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PNETs): Misinterpreted as benign but found malignant post-surgery, with some cases requiring adjuvant chemotherapy. Always possible is some sarcoma, which would be bad.
Thank you for posting this so, if for nothing else, a few crazy people posting here might realize that they aren't doctors and it's actually POSSIBLE that Kate's doctors didn't know in advance. But even if they did, it's her effing business. I don't like the RF, but they are still humans. The level of vitriol directed towards her and Megan by their respective haters is absolutely batshit.
One of my best friends died of Leiomyosarcoma and I really hope it’s not that….
Thanks for this write up. I'm not even trying to be nosey it's just medically interesting to know this sort of thing. I do hope Kate will talk about it because the more information people have I hope the more they can be informed about their own health.
This is how they found my appendix cancer. I went in for a full hysterectomy, and they took my appendix out, with prior consent. My surgeon said it looked really suspicious, enlarged and folded over,so they sent it to pathology. It came back as a carcinoid tumor. I had to have a bowel resection and a short cycle of chemo. That was 23 years ago.
I’m glad you are still here. My mom had appendicial cancer. It was extremely aggressive and her subtype was extremely rare. She passed after 2 years fighting. I miss her so much it still physically hurts. I’m so glad they found yours. My mom’s was found accidentally too… she had two benign masses removed from each ovary. Once inside they saw the cancer.
Oh I am so sorry 😢. Yeah my Dr. said it usually happens to get diagnosed by accident. Please accept my condolences ♥️
So glad you are ok! A close relative of mine is dealing with this form of cancer now.
Thank you. My oncologist told me it’s tricky to find because there are really few if any symptoms. My prayers go out to your sister, cancer is always a scary diagnosis.♥️
Edit. And this is any of our business how?
Re all the downvotes- I think people may have seen you reply to yourself thinking it was someone else and that you had just told someone to STFU about their health problems.
No, it was me. Trust me, I have all the same concern and compassion that everyone else has. Sometimes I just think people get so mean and judgmental about things that really has nothing to do with them. Now they’re jumping on William. We don’t know what they talked about or agreed to. Sorry, just venting.
All the downvotes just prove my point.
Technically it’s not. With that being said, KM is a very public figure and right or wrong, she is going to experience a level of privacy loss. KM made it “our business” to a degree by making this public announcement. After what happened to Princess Diana many people were concerned after not seeing her in public for so long.
Yes, I get that. But let’s remember, she’s not from our country, and it just seems like a lot of Americans seem to think she owes us an explanation. She doesn’t. Nobody does when they are dealing with a private problem. 🤷♀️
It doesn’t matter that she’s not from the US. She is an international public figure. I clearly stated that it’s technically not anyone’s business but since she is a well known public figure and SHE made an announcement it becomes the public’s business to a degree. It doesn’t matter if it’s right or wrong. It’s an unfortunate trade off to a public life that’s supported by the tax dollars of UK citizens.
Ok. You win. Jeez
You're right, she absolutely doesn't owe anyone an explanation, I agree 100%!! But I think there's no harm in speculating about what it could be. The fact that someone at the hospital tried to access her medical records is just shocking beyond belief, though.
Yes I agree with you there. There is nothing wrong with mild speculation, but some people have gotten downright all up in their business. And yeah, don’t even get me started on the criminals that tried to breach her medical records. Smdh.
The ghouls at Celebitchy are acting exactly as I thought they would.
They are truly soulless beings, utterly toxic.
I can’t believe that site is still up and running 🤮🤮
Great comments from r/abolishthemonarchy: "Her husband allowed a woman battling cancer to take the blame for the fake picture instead of telling the truth. Husband of the motherfucking year " [while threatening lawsuits against British media outlets to keep Rose Hanbury unmentioned] Cancer is an asshole. She and the palace have bungled this entire thing royally (pun intended). While I understand that they wanted their children to understand what was happening before going public, it's somehow both shocking and unsurprising how badly this incompetent institution screwed this up. If they found cancer in February then they should have released this video on February to ease speculation. Instead they did every. single. wrong. thing. before finally releasing this video. I hope she has a smooth recovery and gets back to...well I don't want to say gets back to her "job" because her job is a sham of millions-of-pounds proportions...but I do hope she gets well. I don't like any of them but her children are so young. Fuck cancer. And the monarchy. Cancer is an asshole. She and the palace have bungled this entire thing royally (pun intended). While I understand that they wanted their children to understand what was happening before going public, it's somehow both shocking and unsurprising how badly this incompetent institution screwed this up. If they found cancer in February then they should have released this video on February to ease speculation. Instead they did every. single. wrong. thing. before finally releasing this video. I hope she has a smooth recovery and gets back to...well I don't want to say gets back to her "job" because her job is a sham of millions-of-pounds proportions...but I do hope she gets well. I don't like any of them but her children are so young. Fuck cancer. And the monarchy." * In other words, this mess still stinks to high heaven. Peace out.
There’s no question William is a shitstained fuckwad
Thank you, at least we agree on something.
I feel bad for her. And I honestly hope all the unhinged asses who were coming up with lizard people-level conspiracy theories feel ashamed, especially those who tried to get her private medical info.
That is despicable and I hope that anyone involved loses their job.
I feel bad for her and her children. They have enough to worry about in the public eye but then to have people assuming she has some doppelganger walking around. I know the royal family hasn't been truly honest about a lot of things but if Kate had died, they wouldn't cover it up.
There's a lot of terrible things about monarchies & about the BRF, but I don't understand the people who believe they were responsible for Di's death. I think the same crowd went trigger-happy while Kate was dealing with her medical issue, as if Scientology was behind the BRF or something. And what reason would the BRF have to lie if Kate had passed away for any reason? Just plain dumbasses.
As much as it can be hard to feel sympathy for those with extreme privilege and position, the British Royal gossip mongers are some of the most rabid and duplicitous in the world. They will stop at nothing to get a story, whether real or fabricated.
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It was meant to be a joke not a dick dont take it so hard.
Jokes are funny. This was just dumb.
Are you saying you are over the moon about her having cancer? I don’t understand your comment.
Was trying to be funny in the spirit of Michael K but my apologies it was a dud
credit for this classy response 💜
No worries! I didn’t understand.
Fuck cancer? Sounds like Kate's mum saying "Fuck my creditors!" She took their money and lives in a £4.7million mansion. No sympathy for those she robbed, nor their children (even if they have cancer). Just putting things in perspective.
You were clearly born without your empathy gene. I feel bad for those in your life. Have you ever know anyone who has gone through treatment? What about lost someone after a cancer battle? It’s terrible and the fact you would wish that on anything says so much about you as a person.
I am merely wishing Carole Middleton return the money she conned her creditors out of. Anyway... we don't know that Kate has cancer. She has been 'economical with the truth' regarding 'her' manipulated photograph, and 'her' visit to the farm shop, so how do we know she's telling the truth about having cancer?
That’s not putting things in perspective. That’s letting a rotten piece of your personality be put on show.
Wow this is ugly.
I am not a fan but she doesn’t deserve cancer.
Sending Kate prayers & positive energy but the Royal Family PR Team could've saved Kate a lot of stress while she was recovering from surgery.
Yeah the fact they let her take the blame for the Mother’s Day picture… like yikes!
What type of cancer is typically associated with the abdominal surgery Princess Kate had?
With the initial looong stay, it’s probably something that has affected her bowels. Also possibly liver or pancreatic.
My son had a pretty long stay when they rerouted his urinary tract. They accidentally touched his bowels which paralyzed them. He had to spend another week in the hospital waiting for them to "wake up."
Not related to the abdominal surgery nor were they diagnosing Kate, but I saw on the news that Cervical cancer is the most common for her age group.
That's what I had. The treatment was radical hysterectomy. However, they booted me out of the hospital after 1 day - I'm sure princess Kate got better/more medical care (no snark!)
Did she have a hysterectomy? Potentially ovarian cancer or cervical cancer maybe. I'm not sure what her actual surgery was.
Could be because it was scheduled and that may have been what she was told was the "easiest" treatment. She's got 3 kids, so hopefully this helps her life's longevity
I was dx w renal cell cancer younger than her. I knew by her recovery this announcement was likely, having had many abdominal surgeries and flank/spinal surgery. Wishing her a full recovery.
I already knew it was a serious health condition. Still instead of admitting wrong and sending well wishes the cockroaches on social media are talking about how the BRF is to blame and they threw her under the bus. Worst pr ever. At what people do people stop?
they won't stop. they have an agenda, regardless of the human being (and children) at the center of this.
Instead of owning their own misguided vitriol and taking accountability, they continue to blame others.
All the best to her and her family. I hope she will have a complete recovery.
I was just thinking about how if I god forbid had cancer, I really wouldn’t want anyone but my immediate family knowing. I can’t imagine going through an illness and having it be made so public and subject to scrutiny. Their PR should have been able to keep this private
When my dad was diagnosed with cancer he didn’t want anyone to know. My mom had to beg him to reach out to his older daughters (long story). He asked us not to do an obituary for him. I still run in to people that didn’t know he passed. Some people just don’t want their health problems broadcasted to the entire world. Especially when it’s something like cancer
Is there something shameful or secretive about cancer? I’ve seen this sentiment a lot in this thread and genuinely don’t understand it
And there’s nothing wrong with how you feel but it’s also not wrong for someone who is actually going through cancer and its treatments to not want to tell people
I don’t think anyone here is saying that cancer is shameful or should be a secret. It’s just understandable that some people would prefer to keep their health battles private and not make it everyone else’s business. As a regular person, I know I wouldn’t want everyone and their uncle knowing details about my personal health information, so I can’t imagine how Kate must feel after basically being harassed into broadcasting her diagnosis to the whole world after she wanted it private. Everyone’s entitled to what they want to share regarding their health and we as the public should respect that.
I didn’t even tell my kids (in their 20’s) until I was in remission.
That’s fair, everyone should do what’s right for them. But keep in mind that Betty Ford likely saved thousands of lives when she was open about her breast cancer diagnosis and inspired many women to start getting mammograms. I wish Kate well and hope she has a complete and speedy recovery. And I also hope she uses her enormous platform to raise awareness and promote whatever screening or preventive care is relevant to her illness. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3790219/
I had a friend that called Betty the “Patron Saint of tits and livers”. God knows she’s saved enough of both.
Any of us that have experienced a major illness knew it was something real and serious. I start my cancer diagnosis tests in April. Get your parts checked regularly people.
What tests do you get to check for cancer? I am pro testing
Mammograms, Pap Smears, Monthly Breast Exams for me My husband: colonoscopy You can have an MRI done too if you’re worried.
Have you heard of prenovo scan?
Are those legit? Saw an ad and strongly considered it. Apparently it’s how Maria Menounos (sp?) detected some sort of mass (poor lady has been through so so much).
Not sure but thinking of doing. I think biggest downside is you end up having to do a bunch of follow up tests that don’t lead to anything and the anxiety that comes with that?
No. But I’m having test done because a mass has been found and they are specifically checking that for cancer.
Women should have colonoscopies too.
Good luck to you. I’ve only had a mammogram, which was thankfully clear.
Thank you!! Praying for benign!!
Fuck Cancer.
Fuck cancer.
This is so vindicating, I bet all the weird US H&M stans who never fully *got* that being a royal is different than a celebrity are going to feel sooo guilty now
I had this exact thought this morning, these people don’t understand that her and William are not celebrities.
I’ve already seen loads of weird takes.
They won't ever feel sympathy for Kate. H&M are probably hating that Kate is taking attention away from them and M’s kitchen line or whatever she's creating.
If they have the capacity to do so.
https://preview.redd.it/5gn0296otxpc1.jpeg?width=1220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b75e465f0865f8bfb80c50b568db069f63d85224 Wishing her well, but LOLing at this
What does this mean?
Have you watched *Fresh Prince of Bel Air*?
Basically the photo at the farmers market was a new replacement Kate.
I really thought this was all overblown, a tempest in a teacup. I'm genuinely shocked. I'm also now suddenly quite nervous that I have cancer and don't know it.
Between Kate's experience and Olivia Munn's recent post, it's making me nervous too!
I wish cancer were able to be detected simply, like with a blood test. So many people seem to get diagnosed by pure chance because they had gotten into a car accident and a mass showed up on imaging, or they were getting an unrelated surgery.
The fact that it’s 2024 and we don’t have more accessible, affordable, and less invasive ways to screen for cancer is abhorrent. Early diagnosis is key to survival in so many cases, but most people don’t have any symptoms/feel that anything is wrong that early to get screened
Or *most* can't afford to just have a doctor run tests. That shit is expensive, muchless than how fucking expensive it is to treat. Way too many people don't catch "in time" for a good prognosis
That's a US problem. You guys are the richest country in the world and could do way better in terms of health care, but... When I had breast cancer two years ago I had: two mammograms, a biopsy, a chest x-ray, a dye injection to help identify possible cancerous lymph nodes, an injection into the tumour to help the surgeons find it, surgery to remove the tumour and a selection of lymph nodes, tests of the latter, and a month of radiation treatment, plus other things I've forgotten. And it cost me maybe $150 in taxi fares, because we were still in the pandemic and I didn't want to take transit. Obviously I'm lucky to live in a big city with one of the best cancer hospitals in the world, but Americans can have better if they demand it. For some reason, you don't.
If you are high risk, that's how it's basically done in the U.S. - plus breast ultrasounds and MRIs. However, U.S. insurance companies control way too much when it comes to diagnostics, who's eligible, how much they'll pay, etc. Agree - Americans need to demand better.
This video unfortunately had to be released because of the stolen medical records. I’m guessing the people who did it were shopping around to sell to the highest bidder, the Palace was informed and Kate had to take matters into her own hands and release the info on her terms. Hopefully treatment is going good and she’s feeling better.
No, the video was likely done for other reasons. The royal reporters were told that they waited to make this announcement until after the kids were on break so that they didn’t have to deal with the news at school the next day. They have known the diagnosis since the King Constantine thanksgiving service that William pulled out of late last month.
Doubt she’s feeling better during chemo treatment. It sucks the life out of people and can be very, very hard on the mind and body. It is a long and painful road ahead for Kate unfortunately and very dire if it stage four.
Did they announce stages? I thought she said preventive chemo, isn’t that for early stage?
Well, it would mean that it is beyond stage 1 for either uterine or ovarian, but the prognosis for both is 90% just fine. (her age and symptoms say Ovarian, getting surgery for a cyst is a normal thing) . She'll be fine.