Maybe it's just me...

[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.