Maybe it's just me...

[Renauda]

Princess of Wales confirms she is undergoing treatment for cancer:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68641441

[Mik]

That's a damn shame. I had a good friend who went in for abdominal exploratory because they could not figure out what the problem was. turned out to be cancer there, unexpectedly.

I wish her healing and comfort. I think the worst part of this is she was compelled to explain what is a very private matter

[89th]

Agreed. And wow she looks very thin, almost similar to Steve Jobs near the end. Wishing her a speedy recovery and healing, of course. Her and William seem good for the monarchy as it eventually transfers from King Charles.

[George K]

@bachophile ...

Any thoughts on what she has going on?

Someone on Twitter said that it could be mucocoele of the appendix - looks benign, but later found to be not so.

I question this - after all, she was hospitalized and we were told to expect for her to be there for 10 days.

My guess - uterine cancer. Looked OK at time of hysterectomy, but pathology gets on the phone, "Uh, chaps..."

[Renauda]

@George-K

If that’s the case, I always figured it was “women’s stuff” that sent her to the hospital. Didn’t necessarily expect cancer to be the complication. Just hope it’s not one of those particularly aggressive cancers.

Hopefully too it is indeed at an early stage and they can eradicate it. She’s young and seemingly in good shape. That will be to her benefit in the treatment phase.

[Doctor Phibes]

Who'd be a royal?

[jon-nyc]

Royal what? Pain in the ass?

[George K]

Read the thread.

As I said, the fact that it was a "planned" operation speaks against any kind of appendicitis. And the fact that she was scheduled for a two week hospitalization is unusual, even for Great Britain...

[taiwan_girl]

What is a "Whipple"?

[Jolly]

@taiwan_girl said in Maybe it's just me...:

What is a "Whipple"?

An autopsy before you're dead?

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Maybe it's just me...:

What is a "Whipple"?

Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a major surgical operation most often performed to remove cancerous tumours from the head of the pancreas.[2] It is also used for the treatment of pancreatic or duodenal trauma, or chronic pancreatitis.[2] Due to the shared blood supply of organs in the proximal gastrointestinal system, surgical removal of the head of the pancreas also necessitates removal of the duodenum, proximal jejunum, gallbladder, and, occasionally, part of the stomach.

Usually lasts about 6 hours, in good hands.

[George K]

[Copper]

genius

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

Wow! Sounds very sad.

[Doctor Phibes]

@taiwan_girl said in Maybe it's just me...:

Wow! Sounds very sad.

Also slightly odd that "royal sources" and her "friends" apparently only spoke to The Daily Beast.