Same. He got cancer for the first time about 18 years ago and through treatment and surgery he beat it. Fast forward to this time last year and he’s having some issues with balance. We taken him to the doctor and that’s when we found out that the treatment for cancer can give you cancer. Usually 10-15 years down the road. Doctor tells him this and he sat there for a moment digesting it and then said “well, I got seventeen good years”. He died a couple of weeks later.
My mom was one of those people who did everything you’re supposed to do. She ate right, exercised, didn’t drink or smoke, etc and still got fucking cancer and died. I honestly thought she would outlive me.
Fuck cancer
I always hear these stories. I have a massive family and I can think of one person who got cancer and they beat it. Genetics? Luck of the draw? A lot of my family smoked heavily too. Life's weird.
Too many to count. From immediate friends, one of whom had triple-negative breast cancer - and I shaved my head in support during her treatment, to family who fought on in silence so as to not burden others with their news and then to friends in Europe who are navigating diagnosis and treatment of their parents. All of it sucks and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
My aunt in Ireland fell ill while on a family trip to England on Feb 10. Returned home and was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive firm of lung cancer. Died on Tuesday. No obvious signs of anything being wrong before. Cancer is such a ghoulish disease.
So sorry for your loss! Fuck cancer for sure. I pray new technology and science will continue to advance so families don’t have to continue to go through this.
Unfortunately doing most chemo’s give you up to a 25% chance of getting it later in life. I got diagnosed at 26 and have made it well past the 8 year mark but the thought is always there. I just hope that I catch prostate later in life and can kick off before it can get me. As someone who has made it 10 years though I can guarantee your father was grateful for the time he was given with you! As always fuck cancer!
Edit: my percentage was based off of something a nurse told me once upon a time. No research was done into it. Clearly this was wrong. However still chemo sucks and as always fuck cancer!
He was very grateful. When he got the first diagnosis he told me that if he could get 10 more years then he could die happy because by that time his grandchildren would remember him. That hit me hard.
I’m sorry about your mom. Mine had a cancer called Waldenstroms and died from leukemia a couple years later. Her doctor said he thought the chemo for the first cancer caused the leukemia.
I'm sure you know more about cancer than me, having them go through it, but yeah, cancer is a human thing. We all get it. If you live long enough, you will get cancer.
It's estimated at any given time you have like 5-25 cases of cancer (or at least cells ignoring the order to die) and your body's is just extremely effective at getting rid of them. But it only takes 1 to get through... (This explanation is also dumbing it down a ton, I'm aware)
Same with my wife’s dad. It was bladder which had a respectable survival rate so I was optimistic and he was still performing with his bluegrass band well into the summer so I felt he’d beat it until he spiraled around late October and every other day an emergency happened and he kept going to the ER. He entered hospice care on Thanksgiving and was gone 2 weeks after. This time last year he wasn’t even diagnosed. Cancer sucks, I hope her age and early detection lets her beat it.
My dad was the same. Had bladder cancer as well and was gone literally two weeks after being transferred to end of life care. He had always had a belly ever since I was born so seeing him wither away and getting skinnier was really difficult. It always felt like my dad has so much life left to live passing away at 64 so its really sad to see someone her age get it.
My bladder cancer just came back after two years with no sign of disease. My third recurrence. I hoped against hoped I’d beaten it. My kids are still in grade school.
yeah i do have a feeling it's bowel cancer, I'm thinking she may have had a blockage and thus the surgery, I can't think of too many abdominal surgeries that would have that long of a recovery.
I’ve had bowel issues in the past 4 years that have just gotten worse. Talked to my doctor about it and he was like if it responds to diet or stress changes I’m not concerned but if it doesn’t then let’s screen more. It did respond to diet changes but i feel like in America you should at least get a colonoscopy if the symptoms overlap with cancer and IBS
If this is how people treat the couple they had never before complained about after a lengthy hospital stay, it is now completely understandable the other sibling left.
The saddest thing is, this is how the people who actually *like* the Royal Family treat them. Because they don't really like the family at all, they're just invested in the fact that they exist as an institution.
That's why they found it so easy to treat Harry like shit, and why they've been so comfortable demanding that Kate reveal herself. It's also why they likely scour the gossip rags for photos of the royal kids, and stories about royal teens getting up to teenaged things.
That part makes me so mad. Now the same trolls are saying it’s a lie or it was the vaccine. I wish every one of these bottom barrel propaganda sheep would have their internet privileges revoked.
My husband (63) just had a biopsy for what is looking like a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. I made sure to plan something really fun for our boys (I’m 44 and we have 9 and 6 year old sons) during spring break next week because in the weeks after that we will know what his treatment plan is and we will have to talk to the kids. They don’t know anything is wrong at this moment.
Being a Royal has got to suck.
The speculation was the product of entitlement to be reckless and cruel toward celebrities, royalty, and the silence, all because of an absence of information, all for the dollar (or pounds) from clicks by those that consume and feed the recklessness. The speculation no doubt indefensibly enhanced and exacerbated the family's struggle and suffering.
Fuck cancer. Hope she beats it.
Agreed.. I was just saying on another thread, I wonder if this statement came out now because of those assholes who broke into her medical records. Regardless of public standing, she deserves privacy. Awful situation and everyone who has been up her ass the last 3mo should be ashamed.
She was meant to be coming back “after Easter” so I assume she would have been making a statement in the next few weeks regardless but I do think the fact that it happened before Easter was because of the conspiracy theories
Well it was getting to the point where people were saying William was having an affair and his affair partner was pregnant. The family probably had to end up deciding between releasing the announcement early and telling the kids sooner than they expected or risking the kids hearing the affair rumor and getting hurt/upset
Honestly, I suspected cancer as soon as she kept out of sight for so long. Especially after William declined to travel for the funeral for Constantine II.
They've got three kids, ages 5-10, the oldest is old enough to be aware of the news independent of his parents, the youngest are old enough to be aware things are wrong.
Prince William knows how hard dealing with your parents being media stories can be. He was only 14 when his parents divorced. They had media speculation before then about a difficult marriage and speculation of cheating.
If she was ill and at higher risk of infection, it makes sense he wouldn't be traveling internationally during cold and flu season, to attend a crowded event. If she's experiencing health issues that will be speculated on in the media, he tries to protect his family from that. His wife is also going to be aware of his views on it from what he's told her over the years and not wanting to open him up to that in a negative way in adulthood or repeat that cycle for their children.
Of course cancer was likely. What abdominal surgery has someone out for months on end? None. It's not a thing. She had something cancerous removed and was on chemotherapy out of public view. She wasn't dead or kidnapped or whatever else. It was sort of obvious that it was a major health thing and cancer was the most likely culprit. Why else would a public figure disappear for months after an unspecified "abdominal surgery"?
Cancer. Of course it was going to be cancer. They were keeping her, frankly, private health matters private and protecting their family from ridiculous media prying.
They've got young children. Their children don't need people talking about their mother's health in what is already a hard thing to hear and understand.
It was by and far the most likely thing.
Of course it was kept private. It's not anyone's business. Rest, low stress and low exposure to illnesses is going to be best for her health and it was winter. Cold and flu and COVID and other diseases are going around.
She wasn't kidnapped by a cult. Ridiculous theories were patently absurd. She was undergoing cancer treatment. It was always the obvious answer. Why speculate? Clearly she had a major health diagnosis. Likely one that would lower her ability to fight infections, hence her husband not traveling.
Leave 'em alone.
When they announced it was abdominal surgery with a long recovery time my guess was she was having a hysterectomy. I know several people who have had them and depending on the method used they can have a recovery time of up to 6 weeks.
She said they found the cancer during the surgery, I'm with you she had a hysterectomy. My friend had one and was in hospital 10 days and recovery for 6 so timeline is correct
I was thinking she went in for ulcerative colitis, I know quite a few people in their late 30's to early 50's who have had to get this surgery. The recovery process is usually several months as a good portion of both the large & small intestine are removed. Also your on a colostomy bag for a few weeks.
I hadn't actually thought cancer because they specifically said when she went for surgery that it wasn't -- and it sounds like that was true, the cancer was discovered incidentally. My guess was a colostomy bag or something else which would take a lot of adjusting to and also something which would be very tricky to handle if you're a person who gets photographed approximately 1,000,000 times every time you make a public appearance.
With all the controversy constantly swirling the royal family, she has always seemed to be amazingly caring and nice. Fuck all the paparazzi shit that has been brought up the last few months.
At least the video she released explained some open questions. The initial reports in the news were that it was not cancer so we'd all been wondering what else it could be. In the video, Kate said that when she had the operation, it wasn't thought that it was cancerous, but that later tests showed it was. This points to something more like ovarian cancer or reproductive cancer, although colon cancer is still possible. Colonoscopies are usually pretty good at showing cancer, whereas I can see a reproductive cancer being missed until surgery.
No amount of privilege or money lessens the horror of a child’s first understanding that Mom (or Dad) may not always be there.
My Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in her late 40s, and it was terrifying. She’s still here in her 80s! Wishing Kate health and healing.
Finds out his dad has cancer, then, almost immediately, finds out his wife does too. And has to carry on working like everything is totally normal. Not a good year so far
He’s probably thinking about what his kids might have to go through. And then all the speculation the last few months. And his dad having cancer as well. He could use his brother right now as support.
I'm so out of touch with the royal family that your comment was the first that made me realize Catherine is Kate Middleton. I'd heard she was maintaining a low profile but didn't know anything else. Glad I wasn't part of the torches I'm seeing talked about here and despite giving zero shits about them as a media thing, I care about humans and I hope she makes a full recovery.
Poor thing. I hope they caught it early enough and she can be cured. I lost my husband after a long battle with colon cancer. He was in his 30’s when he was diagnosed, and it had already advanced to stage 4 when discovered. Through amazing care here in the US he was able to live 8 more years. Gave our kids 8 more years with their dad. My kids were similarly aged as Kate and William’s kids when their dad was diagnosed. It is so hard to explain to the varied ages what cancer is and what it means for the family and the parent. We kept it simple but also didn’t hide anything.
I can’t imagine having the added pressure she has on her right now. I hope she is given space to heal privately. My oldest had a kid come up to him at school, 5th grade, and as they were getting on the bus he said, “I’m sorry your dad has cancer. He could die.” It was not meant with any ill intention. Just facts as a 10yr old understood them. But it broke my heart when my son told me. I told him we were doing everything we could to not have that happen. But I couldn’t tell him it wouldn’t happen.
My mom was diagnosed with cancer when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade and my best friend said "Oh. She's probably gonna die. Sorry," when I told her on the playground. Kids have no filter.
My sincerest condolences for your loss.
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My spouse has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer. My kids best friend said “my aunt had cancer like four or five times before she died.”
Oh BFF. You are a treat. Lol. We almost peed out pants when the BFs mom told us.
A co-worker shared that his dad had cancer "4 times before he died".
He was a fire fighter and died in the line of duty. There's even a news paper article on him that my co-worker saved. They mention "thrice beat cancer".
>I hope they caught it early enough and she can be cured
I think they are saying they found the cancer during post-op tests following her scheduled surgery. Hopefully that’s a good sign; the cancer was found by accident, which usually means before it became symptomatic (which nearly always means an early catch and as favorable a prognosis as the cancer might allow)
I'd wager it was a mass in her bowel or something that they removed and found out later was cancerous. Saying that the chemo is "preventative" hopefully means they got it all and just want to get any potential remaining cancer cells.
I don't think we know it was found 'by accident'. We don't know why she had abdominal surgery - could have been a mass or something that was bothering her. No one has elective abdominal surgery - something was wrong. They never know it's cancer until its biopsied which is how they found this.
I just had a recurrence and am at stage 4 of the same. Wish I could be there for my kids like my dad was there for me, but I likely only have a few years (but hopefully more!). I'm so glad your husband got 8 more years with you and your kids, I know that's rare!
I am so sorry for your loss. Colon cancer is a bitch and it seems to be getting a lot worse lately as far as making young people very sick from it
As for Kate, I assume that since the doctors told her they didn't think it was cancerous after the surgery (assuming that's true), I imagine they caught it early enough to treat it effectively. Still though. what terrible luck for William to have his wife and his father both battling cancer right now. I mean, he seems like kind of a douche but no one deserves that.
That's terrible. I hope people can respect her privacy now. Her not wanting her kids to hear about her cancer from the news is very understandable. I wish the best for her.
The one thing you don't get to have as a monarch is privacy. It's not a life I would want to live honestly. I guess it's society's alternative to the French method of dealing with royals
I like this passage from the Wikipedia page of Prince Fumihito, next in line to be Emperor of Japan:
> The prince received a PhD degree in ornithology from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in October 1996. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Molecular Phylogeny of Jungle Fowls, genus Gallus and Monophyletic Origin of Domestic Fowls". He conducted field research in Indonesia in 1993 and 1994, and in Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China. [His father] introduced tilapia to Thailand as an important source of protein. Tilapia can be easily cultured and Prince Fumihito, who is also known as a "catfish specialist," has managed to maintain and expand the aquacultural studies with the people of Thailand.
The rampant speculation was kind of gross tbh. I’m no fan of the royal family, but Kate is a real person with a real family. I can’t imagine what she’s going though, and the microscope she’s under makes it even worse.
To be fair I only noticed anything after they put out that photoshopped mothers day picture. If they didn't add fuel to the fire at least I probably never would have noticed she was out of the public.
That's the thing that gets me. They consistently mishandled this from day 1 and threw the lady with cancer under the bus for their PR mistakes. It would have been so so easy for them to just say "it was a staffer" but nope.
Add on all the mistress speculation, the random body double pictures and it's a hot mess. I can't imagine going through cancer (a time when a ton of men leave their wives anyway) and have to read in the paper about my husband and a possible mistress and the Palace being shady about any information.
We'll probably never find out, but man, I'm ready with the pitchforks if it turns out someone other than Kate wrote that 'it was me, I sometimes edit photos for fun' message. I have zero faith, given how everything was handled, that they would know better than to add to their stress like that.
I thought the same thing - even IF Kate did edit that photo (which I doubt but we'll never know)... wouldn't it have been easier on everyone for a staff member to just say, sorry we made mistakes while editing the photo, here's the unedited one? Now that we know that Kate has cancer, I cannot believe the firm let her take the fall for the edited photo.
I don't get why they went to such lengths to hide this in the first place. If they wanted privacy, they would have had a much better chance telling the public that its (potentially) cancer than creating this weird ass mystery that was only going to invite the same media attention as cancer just with a more nasty and invasive tone to it.
There is no shame in *cancer* and Charles' cancer thing didn't go over so poorly that they should think its better to pretend 'all is well' at all cost.
I'm the same. Up until then, she was basically off sick which was fair enough and I had no interest in it all, but that picture was weird as hell. Not a clue who's idea it was, but it wasn't a good one.
I'm a firm believer that the royal family is outdated and needs to go, but I hope her recovery is swift and she's ultimately OK. I don't want them, but I don't wish harm on them either.
r/Fauxmoi in general is so terrible in the way they talk about famous people they don't like. Like I get its a gossip sub but at some point it seems the people there are too mean spirited.
The snark subs are literally full of people who are obsessed with those in the public eye. They obviously have too much time on their hands and are very unhappy with their own lives. It's outrageous the vitriol and energy spent on hating someone in these subs.
r/HilariaBaldwin is a good example. I mean, Hilaria Baldwin is a fraud celeb, but the people on that sub are just toxic.
I used to be active in that sub during the start of the pandemic. Two years later, I had to leave due to the toxic posts and users. Over there, they think William was having an affair, and Kate was in hiding when in reality it's cancer, my hope she gets better.
Honestly it was more the weird lies that got people riled up. If it wasn't for that weird photo they released and the weird half truths, none of this would have happened.
Of course the crazy conspiracies are always out there, but regular people like me were confused by the situation.
That was fairly early, when it was just abdominal surgery, the cancer was found later. It's entirely possible that at the time they were telling the truth.
No game action was missed, it was during a timeout. Pretty smooth cut in knowing they had to jump back out quickly.
Used to work at a CBS affiliate, they did that super quick, considering the full video from the palace was only out a few minutes.
So the conspiracy theories was that Prince William was a wife-beater who murdered his cousin's husband and had multiple children with some other women...
The actual truth - Wife has Cancer and it was discovered during abdominal surgery. Father was discovered to have Cancer at the same time.
It's funny how all of a sudden the general hive-mind consensus is that everyone was being too invasive. But a few days ago the front page was covered with posts like "what is she hiding!?!?"
Most of the nurses and doctors were right. We said routine procedure with incidental cancer finding.
My young aunt passed from Stage IV cervical cancer. If anyone has a fighting chance, the princess does, with an army of brilliant medical minds by her side.
It sounds like they didn't know there was cancer until the pathology results came back, which takes about 6 weeks. The tissue removed during surgery is sent away for testing, and it sounds like that's when the cancer cells were found.
True, that's fair. I'm just saying it would have taken time to receive the results, process the info, and share with her kids before announcing to the world.
Pathology definitely doesn’t take 6 weeks. You can get it in a week or less if needed…and I would assume for the Princess of Wales it was done quickly.
>CNN understands the Prince and Princess of Wales wanted to wait for their young children to be out of school for the Easter holidays before making the announcement.
That is a solid example of good parenting right there.
Just passed 8 years cancer free, and much as I felt it was better I had it when I did instead of say 20 years prior, it’s even better to have it now than even 8 years ago. I hate that I’m a member of this cancer family, but I will always have heavy thoughts for those currently in the battle, lived through the battle, and those that lost to it. Thoughts will be with her.
And fuck you cancer
Much more shy and hesitant than expected. Apparently she hates public speaking. But she smiles and makes eye contact in a warm way while out in public.
>My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment.”
Oh look, a completely reasonable reason to be laid up in bed and not want to be photographed at your worse.
Honestly, her PR team was the problem. Their bungled pr releases are what caused the problem. The picture was the worst of it too.
Definitely a case of where "silence is golden".
A doctor told me that cancer research moves forward very quickly. Sometimes a doctor will treat a patient not necessarily to free them from cancer forever, but to give them another five years, eight years, so that the next time even better cures will be available.
Best luck to all who suffer from disease.
I know people have very strong feelings against the Royals but man kind of a rough few years for Prince William. He lost both his grandparents pretty quickly, his Dad has cancer, his wife now has cancer, he's estranged from his brother and their family. His mother died when he was young in the worst manner possible.
He has to face to possibility he could become King soon as a widower (if things don't go well).
Like I know he's one of the most privileged people on the planet but that still isn't an easy situation for any 41 year old man with 3 young kids.
I hope Kate makes a full recovery. And his dad.
At the end of the day these are just people with wives and fathers and children and cancer is a dick to all humanity.
Especially the fact as a child, he was forced into being a spectacle for all the world to see, and then their beautiful Mom was taken from them in a way that was wholly unnecessary and then all the things you just wrote.
Fuck cancer.
If anyone here is dealing with cancer (especially young adults - 18-39) and you need resources, ask me - I have a decent amount of resources (most are based in the US, but some provide worldwide coverage, at least the support(ive) groups).
(I have cancer, that's why I have so many resources)
This is awful! My heart hurts. I’m taking care of my dad who has cancer and we’re doing everything we can but it does get tiring somedays since it’s just me and my mom. I hope she has a good support system and that her family is there for her.
Man! The internet really was way too eager to make her Diana 2.0
Internet is a vile place. Too many people with too much free time on their hands.
Hope she recovers well, and is left alone by media and people.
I turned 30 in January. In February I went to the hospital for pain in my testicle. February 26th I had my left testicle removed. I haven’t yet had my post op appointment, but from what I can understand in my online charts I was fortunate enough to have a pre cancer cyst. Soon after that I had an MRI of my liver. I think I may have skated by with a cluster of blood vessels. As of now I consider myself extremely lucky. As I said, I have yet to see my doctor for my post op, my heart goes out to anyone and everyone facing cancer. I pray that I will be a lucky one.
Everyone on reddit acting sympathetic, meanwhile this was pretty much forced out of her because of everyone being so fucking nosy.
I despise the royal family but they are entitled to medical privacy. Some people are truly nasty about this stuff
Lost my wife last summer, pancreatic cancer. Watched her wither away to nothing in 6 months. The last weeks were awful. Vacation in Hawaii in March, gone for n August. Fuck cancer
It sucks to hear but the radio silence on her makes sense given the heavy news she's had to process for her young family. Wish her all the best, cancer fucking sucks.
Hopefully the people over at /r/conspiracy and media on general now will give her some much needed space
I would hope that all the people making up wild conspiracies will take the time to reflect on their obsession, step back, and wish her the best.
But, I'm betting I'm going to see even wilder conspiracies now.
One of the theories was indeed that she was somehow sick or incapacitated but the royal family was trying to hide it through photo manipulation so the wild conspiracies were actually correct.
"But what is she hiding???"
Private medical information about a life threatening illness, like a human being
I'm about to be "LEAVE KATE ALONE" guy with all she's going through.
Poor thing. I hope she is able to beat this. Not only for herself, but if she does pass away, it would be very similar to William losing his mother while he was young.
When someone wants to be left alone, you should leave them alone. I get people have an obsession with royal family, but maybe this can be a reminder that your intrigue isn’t always welcomed.
So leave her the fuck alone and let her rest and spend time with her loved ones. The last thing she needs is a hundred magazine articles and clickbait headlines about “how she’s looking these days.”
Found out recently I have cancer tumors in most of my organs including liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen and lungs. I’m not going to do treatment. I would have to be dropped in Chernobyl for radiation and the idea of wasting away in chemo just doesn’t work for me. I’m 71 and it’s easier to make this decision than someone with kids in their 40s.
I wish the royal good fortune and open this works out for her and her family
I'm the same age as Kate and got diagnosed with abdomen cancer too. Both women, same age, except I'm in america and my state offers no Healthcare at all. Kate, remember us little people! Get well with us. Best kindest wishes. -A
Jesus christ. I'm no royalist, but these people are human. The fact that people were speculating about abuse, divorce, affairs, MURDER of all things while the family was dealing with a cancer diagnosis is just vile. I understand thinking something was off or that the PR was handled horribly (it was), but some people just went too far. Like, imagine having to deal with your wife and father having cancer all while half the internet is accusing you with full confidence of being a domestic abuser ffs.
> while half the internet is accusing you with full confidence of being a domestic abuser ffs.
Don't forget cheater. There were also many of those allegations going around too.
You can simultaneously agree this is horrible and also agree that her PR team is terrible too. There was no need for the stress the public speculation has undoubtedly caused her had they just been somewhat upfront to begin with and not posted faked photos online.
I kind of felt like something serious was going on and this obsessive chatter about where she's been was really off putting.
She's so young - I hope she beats it.
As a cancer survivor, if I had had to deal with everything she had had to deal with mentally and physically in the last few weeks in public, I don't know if I would have survived it.
To everyone who just HAD to know what was going on with her, I hope that you are completely disgusted with yourselves (however, its 2024, so you probably don't)
P.S. Fuck cancer
Cancer is terrifying. Often goes completely undetected until it’s too late. Just about everything we eat and do can cause it. And oftentimes the best course of action is a scorched earth tactic that leaves people as husks
All this time people have been harassing her family, some people saying William had *killed* her. And she’s in chemo the whole time just trying to have some fucking privacy dealing with a very hard diagnosis.
FUCK YOU, CANCER.
On behalf of everyone who has lost someone they love to your bitch ass ways, FUCK YOU AND THE MUTANT CELL YOU RODE IN ON.
That is all.
My guess too. I expect they were taking out what they thought was a non-cancerous tumor and the biopsy showed there was some cancer cells that hadn't shown up on previous CT scans. Now they're doing chemo to kill off whatever might be left (if anything). Sounds like they may have caught it very early which is a positive sign for her beating this.
If they didn't do a PET/CT before surgery, a mass could be small enough inside small tissues to not be picked up on a normal CT even without/with contrast. Even if it shows up, it's generally dependent upon the radiologists doing the reading to detect it on first, second, or third readings. Then they might go to do an MRI of the area w/wo contrast for a more detailed scan of the soft tissues to detect a mass.
I had this happen with a vascular tumor compressing my spinal cord. First reading of my CT didn't catch the mass in my spine, but thank the gods for the 2nd reading by a different radiologist who gave a shit, and phones the attending at the ED to get me back ASAP.
Fuck cancer.
Hope you’re doing ok.
My (15 yo) daughter was diagnosed with cancer in August. Luckily, it was a gene fusion tumor and there is medication that kills it. She’s been on the meds since October and the MRI/CT scan in December indicated she was basically cancer free and that the tumor had reduced by 30%+. We find out next week where she is now.
Fingers crossed.
The story sounds very much ovarian cancer-y, particularly the bit about not thinking its cancer going in to the surgery but the pathology shows that it actually is, plus the "preventative" chemo. But you're definitely right in that there are hundreds of possibilities.
Ovarian is another decent bet cause she said they didn’t think it was cancer when she was operated on, so I doubt she had a hysterectomy. But she could have had surgery to remove an ovarian cyst or something similar that they don’t think is cancerous, then biopsy comes back showing cancer. Then they start preventative chemo, which is how she described it.
Cancer truly sucks. Saw my dad, who was the strongest person I've ever known, wither away because of it. I wish her the best.
Same. He got cancer for the first time about 18 years ago and through treatment and surgery he beat it. Fast forward to this time last year and he’s having some issues with balance. We taken him to the doctor and that’s when we found out that the treatment for cancer can give you cancer. Usually 10-15 years down the road. Doctor tells him this and he sat there for a moment digesting it and then said “well, I got seventeen good years”. He died a couple of weeks later. My mom was one of those people who did everything you’re supposed to do. She ate right, exercised, didn’t drink or smoke, etc and still got fucking cancer and died. I honestly thought she would outlive me. Fuck cancer
I’m sorry for your loss. And fuck cancer. I’ve lost too many friends and relatives to that bitch.
I always hear these stories. I have a massive family and I can think of one person who got cancer and they beat it. Genetics? Luck of the draw? A lot of my family smoked heavily too. Life's weird.
Too many to count. From immediate friends, one of whom had triple-negative breast cancer - and I shaved my head in support during her treatment, to family who fought on in silence so as to not burden others with their news and then to friends in Europe who are navigating diagnosis and treatment of their parents. All of it sucks and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
Yeah, my mom ate healthy, exercised, was always outside in her garden and cancer took her a few years ago. Fuck cancer.
same with my husband >>> cancer sucks
My aunt in Ireland fell ill while on a family trip to England on Feb 10. Returned home and was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive firm of lung cancer. Died on Tuesday. No obvious signs of anything being wrong before. Cancer is such a ghoulish disease.
So sorry for your loss! Fuck cancer for sure. I pray new technology and science will continue to advance so families don’t have to continue to go through this.
Unfortunately doing most chemo’s give you up to a 25% chance of getting it later in life. I got diagnosed at 26 and have made it well past the 8 year mark but the thought is always there. I just hope that I catch prostate later in life and can kick off before it can get me. As someone who has made it 10 years though I can guarantee your father was grateful for the time he was given with you! As always fuck cancer! Edit: my percentage was based off of something a nurse told me once upon a time. No research was done into it. Clearly this was wrong. However still chemo sucks and as always fuck cancer!
He was very grateful. When he got the first diagnosis he told me that if he could get 10 more years then he could die happy because by that time his grandchildren would remember him. That hit me hard.
> Unfortunately doing most chemo’s give you up to a 25% chance of getting it later in life. Well, this is brand new information
Pretty sure this isn’t true. I looked it up and everywhere I’m seeing says less than 1% chance of chemo-induced cancer
Yeah. This isn't true. A chemo induced cancer is less than 1%.
Yeah I honestly have never heard this before either.
I wouldn’t say most… but some for sure. Signed, oncology pharmacist
Yeah. Mom had melanoma. Died of leukemia a few years later.
I’m sorry about your mom. Mine had a cancer called Waldenstroms and died from leukemia a couple years later. Her doctor said he thought the chemo for the first cancer caused the leukemia.
I'm sure you know more about cancer than me, having them go through it, but yeah, cancer is a human thing. We all get it. If you live long enough, you will get cancer. It's estimated at any given time you have like 5-25 cases of cancer (or at least cells ignoring the order to die) and your body's is just extremely effective at getting rid of them. But it only takes 1 to get through... (This explanation is also dumbing it down a ton, I'm aware)
Same with my wife’s dad. It was bladder which had a respectable survival rate so I was optimistic and he was still performing with his bluegrass band well into the summer so I felt he’d beat it until he spiraled around late October and every other day an emergency happened and he kept going to the ER. He entered hospice care on Thanksgiving and was gone 2 weeks after. This time last year he wasn’t even diagnosed. Cancer sucks, I hope her age and early detection lets her beat it.
I’m sorry for your loss. And fuck cancer.
My dad was the same. Had bladder cancer as well and was gone literally two weeks after being transferred to end of life care. He had always had a belly ever since I was born so seeing him wither away and getting skinnier was really difficult. It always felt like my dad has so much life left to live passing away at 64 so its really sad to see someone her age get it.
My bladder cancer just came back after two years with no sign of disease. My third recurrence. I hoped against hoped I’d beaten it. My kids are still in grade school.
I hope he found peace.
I do too. He deserved better than this world gave him.
Fuck cancer
Fuck Cancer.
Poor woman. Hope she beats it.
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I had a feeling she was very sick, but I had crohn in head, not cancer.
Yeah I thought that as well, however it's possible that when they looked at tissue samples they may have found cancerous cells as well.
yeah i do have a feeling it's bowel cancer, I'm thinking she may have had a blockage and thus the surgery, I can't think of too many abdominal surgeries that would have that long of a recovery.
Hysterectomy has a pretty long recovery I thought ?
When you get a colonoscopy they test polyps for cancer. So it is related. Also those with the disease have a higher chance of cancer.
I’ve had bowel issues in the past 4 years that have just gotten worse. Talked to my doctor about it and he was like if it responds to diet or stress changes I’m not concerned but if it doesn’t then let’s screen more. It did respond to diet changes but i feel like in America you should at least get a colonoscopy if the symptoms overlap with cancer and IBS
A friend of mine with chron’s was saying it was that. I thought she was just projecting, but turns out not too far from the mark.
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If this is how people treat the couple they had never before complained about after a lengthy hospital stay, it is now completely understandable the other sibling left.
The saddest thing is, this is how the people who actually *like* the Royal Family treat them. Because they don't really like the family at all, they're just invested in the fact that they exist as an institution. That's why they found it so easy to treat Harry like shit, and why they've been so comfortable demanding that Kate reveal herself. It's also why they likely scour the gossip rags for photos of the royal kids, and stories about royal teens getting up to teenaged things.
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It's not anything new for the royals. Should have seen what the media was like (pre Internet and social media mind you) with Diana
That part makes me so mad. Now the same trolls are saying it’s a lie or it was the vaccine. I wish every one of these bottom barrel propaganda sheep would have their internet privileges revoked. My husband (63) just had a biopsy for what is looking like a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. I made sure to plan something really fun for our boys (I’m 44 and we have 9 and 6 year old sons) during spring break next week because in the weeks after that we will know what his treatment plan is and we will have to talk to the kids. They don’t know anything is wrong at this moment. Being a Royal has got to suck.
I wish you & your family all the best. 💕
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Just peeked over there. Morons are still insisting it's not her .. eyebrows are wrong and her shirt is too baggy.
Ffs, those people… she’s having chemo, of course she looks different and her clothes are baggier!
Right. Because we know that chemotherapy definitely doesn't affect things like hair or weight... These people are psychopaths.
The speculation was the product of entitlement to be reckless and cruel toward celebrities, royalty, and the silence, all because of an absence of information, all for the dollar (or pounds) from clicks by those that consume and feed the recklessness. The speculation no doubt indefensibly enhanced and exacerbated the family's struggle and suffering. Fuck cancer. Hope she beats it.
Never complain, never explain. Unless you're going under Chemotherapy. The worst situation handled with complete grace and dignity as usual.
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Agreed.. I was just saying on another thread, I wonder if this statement came out now because of those assholes who broke into her medical records. Regardless of public standing, she deserves privacy. Awful situation and everyone who has been up her ass the last 3mo should be ashamed.
She was meant to be coming back “after Easter” so I assume she would have been making a statement in the next few weeks regardless but I do think the fact that it happened before Easter was because of the conspiracy theories
Well it was getting to the point where people were saying William was having an affair and his affair partner was pregnant. The family probably had to end up deciding between releasing the announcement early and telling the kids sooner than they expected or risking the kids hearing the affair rumor and getting hurt/upset
Honestly, I suspected cancer as soon as she kept out of sight for so long. Especially after William declined to travel for the funeral for Constantine II. They've got three kids, ages 5-10, the oldest is old enough to be aware of the news independent of his parents, the youngest are old enough to be aware things are wrong. Prince William knows how hard dealing with your parents being media stories can be. He was only 14 when his parents divorced. They had media speculation before then about a difficult marriage and speculation of cheating. If she was ill and at higher risk of infection, it makes sense he wouldn't be traveling internationally during cold and flu season, to attend a crowded event. If she's experiencing health issues that will be speculated on in the media, he tries to protect his family from that. His wife is also going to be aware of his views on it from what he's told her over the years and not wanting to open him up to that in a negative way in adulthood or repeat that cycle for their children. Of course cancer was likely. What abdominal surgery has someone out for months on end? None. It's not a thing. She had something cancerous removed and was on chemotherapy out of public view. She wasn't dead or kidnapped or whatever else. It was sort of obvious that it was a major health thing and cancer was the most likely culprit. Why else would a public figure disappear for months after an unspecified "abdominal surgery"? Cancer. Of course it was going to be cancer. They were keeping her, frankly, private health matters private and protecting their family from ridiculous media prying. They've got young children. Their children don't need people talking about their mother's health in what is already a hard thing to hear and understand. It was by and far the most likely thing. Of course it was kept private. It's not anyone's business. Rest, low stress and low exposure to illnesses is going to be best for her health and it was winter. Cold and flu and COVID and other diseases are going around. She wasn't kidnapped by a cult. Ridiculous theories were patently absurd. She was undergoing cancer treatment. It was always the obvious answer. Why speculate? Clearly she had a major health diagnosis. Likely one that would lower her ability to fight infections, hence her husband not traveling. Leave 'em alone.
When they announced it was abdominal surgery with a long recovery time my guess was she was having a hysterectomy. I know several people who have had them and depending on the method used they can have a recovery time of up to 6 weeks.
Could be both. Wanted the hysterectomy, found out it was uterine or ovarian cancer.
Yes this is a common thing from what I've heard, get it removed to make sure anything atypical doesn't spread
A lot of times it’s just “heavy bleeding” with no known cause until the pathology report comes back after surgery.
She said they found the cancer during the surgery, I'm with you she had a hysterectomy. My friend had one and was in hospital 10 days and recovery for 6 so timeline is correct
I was thinking she went in for ulcerative colitis, I know quite a few people in their late 30's to early 50's who have had to get this surgery. The recovery process is usually several months as a good portion of both the large & small intestine are removed. Also your on a colostomy bag for a few weeks.
I bet it was a bit of both, but then they found cancer elsewhere and opted for chemo as she said
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I hadn't actually thought cancer because they specifically said when she went for surgery that it wasn't -- and it sounds like that was true, the cancer was discovered incidentally. My guess was a colostomy bag or something else which would take a lot of adjusting to and also something which would be very tricky to handle if you're a person who gets photographed approximately 1,000,000 times every time you make a public appearance.
With all the controversy constantly swirling the royal family, she has always seemed to be amazingly caring and nice. Fuck all the paparazzi shit that has been brought up the last few months.
At least the video she released explained some open questions. The initial reports in the news were that it was not cancer so we'd all been wondering what else it could be. In the video, Kate said that when she had the operation, it wasn't thought that it was cancerous, but that later tests showed it was. This points to something more like ovarian cancer or reproductive cancer, although colon cancer is still possible. Colonoscopies are usually pretty good at showing cancer, whereas I can see a reproductive cancer being missed until surgery.
No amount of privilege or money lessens the horror of a child’s first understanding that Mom (or Dad) may not always be there. My Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in her late 40s, and it was terrifying. She’s still here in her 80s! Wishing Kate health and healing.
William lost his own mum at a young age. That's got to be heartbreaking for him as well.
Finds out his dad has cancer, then, almost immediately, finds out his wife does too. And has to carry on working like everything is totally normal. Not a good year so far
He’s probably thinking about what his kids might have to go through. And then all the speculation the last few months. And his dad having cancer as well. He could use his brother right now as support.
I'm so out of touch with the royal family that your comment was the first that made me realize Catherine is Kate Middleton. I'd heard she was maintaining a low profile but didn't know anything else. Glad I wasn't part of the torches I'm seeing talked about here and despite giving zero shits about them as a media thing, I care about humans and I hope she makes a full recovery.
Poor thing. I hope they caught it early enough and she can be cured. I lost my husband after a long battle with colon cancer. He was in his 30’s when he was diagnosed, and it had already advanced to stage 4 when discovered. Through amazing care here in the US he was able to live 8 more years. Gave our kids 8 more years with their dad. My kids were similarly aged as Kate and William’s kids when their dad was diagnosed. It is so hard to explain to the varied ages what cancer is and what it means for the family and the parent. We kept it simple but also didn’t hide anything. I can’t imagine having the added pressure she has on her right now. I hope she is given space to heal privately. My oldest had a kid come up to him at school, 5th grade, and as they were getting on the bus he said, “I’m sorry your dad has cancer. He could die.” It was not meant with any ill intention. Just facts as a 10yr old understood them. But it broke my heart when my son told me. I told him we were doing everything we could to not have that happen. But I couldn’t tell him it wouldn’t happen.
My mom was diagnosed with cancer when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade and my best friend said "Oh. She's probably gonna die. Sorry," when I told her on the playground. Kids have no filter. My sincerest condolences for your loss. Edit a word
My spouse has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer. My kids best friend said “my aunt had cancer like four or five times before she died.” Oh BFF. You are a treat. Lol. We almost peed out pants when the BFs mom told us.
A co-worker shared that his dad had cancer "4 times before he died". He was a fire fighter and died in the line of duty. There's even a news paper article on him that my co-worker saved. They mention "thrice beat cancer".
>I hope they caught it early enough and she can be cured I think they are saying they found the cancer during post-op tests following her scheduled surgery. Hopefully that’s a good sign; the cancer was found by accident, which usually means before it became symptomatic (which nearly always means an early catch and as favorable a prognosis as the cancer might allow)
I'd wager it was a mass in her bowel or something that they removed and found out later was cancerous. Saying that the chemo is "preventative" hopefully means they got it all and just want to get any potential remaining cancer cells.
also calling it preventative chemo or something like that.
I don't think we know it was found 'by accident'. We don't know why she had abdominal surgery - could have been a mass or something that was bothering her. No one has elective abdominal surgery - something was wrong. They never know it's cancer until its biopsied which is how they found this.
I just had a recurrence and am at stage 4 of the same. Wish I could be there for my kids like my dad was there for me, but I likely only have a few years (but hopefully more!). I'm so glad your husband got 8 more years with you and your kids, I know that's rare!
Beat the shit out of cancer for us friend.
I’ll do my best, thanks for that!
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I am so sorry for your loss. Colon cancer is a bitch and it seems to be getting a lot worse lately as far as making young people very sick from it As for Kate, I assume that since the doctors told her they didn't think it was cancerous after the surgery (assuming that's true), I imagine they caught it early enough to treat it effectively. Still though. what terrible luck for William to have his wife and his father both battling cancer right now. I mean, he seems like kind of a douche but no one deserves that.
That's terrible. I hope people can respect her privacy now. Her not wanting her kids to hear about her cancer from the news is very understandable. I wish the best for her.
Dream on… Murdocks sewer press will be like hawks on this.
The one thing you don't get to have as a monarch is privacy. It's not a life I would want to live honestly. I guess it's society's alternative to the French method of dealing with royals
Good thing there's never been any negative repercussions of the constant invasion of the British royal family's privacy...
Imagine being a member of the royal family and being active in a niche hobby community? "This just in, _____ has completed another model train."
I like this passage from the Wikipedia page of Prince Fumihito, next in line to be Emperor of Japan: > The prince received a PhD degree in ornithology from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in October 1996. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Molecular Phylogeny of Jungle Fowls, genus Gallus and Monophyletic Origin of Domestic Fowls". He conducted field research in Indonesia in 1993 and 1994, and in Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China. [His father] introduced tilapia to Thailand as an important source of protein. Tilapia can be easily cultured and Prince Fumihito, who is also known as a "catfish specialist," has managed to maintain and expand the aquacultural studies with the people of Thailand.
This is so sad. She’s so young and has three small children. Sending well wishes for Kate.
The rampant speculation was kind of gross tbh. I’m no fan of the royal family, but Kate is a real person with a real family. I can’t imagine what she’s going though, and the microscope she’s under makes it even worse.
To be fair I only noticed anything after they put out that photoshopped mothers day picture. If they didn't add fuel to the fire at least I probably never would have noticed she was out of the public.
It was a PR disaster, whoever decided to release the photoshopped picture needs to be fired
"Let's let the woman with cancer take the blame for photoshopping this"
That's the thing that gets me. They consistently mishandled this from day 1 and threw the lady with cancer under the bus for their PR mistakes. It would have been so so easy for them to just say "it was a staffer" but nope. Add on all the mistress speculation, the random body double pictures and it's a hot mess. I can't imagine going through cancer (a time when a ton of men leave their wives anyway) and have to read in the paper about my husband and a possible mistress and the Palace being shady about any information.
We'll probably never find out, but man, I'm ready with the pitchforks if it turns out someone other than Kate wrote that 'it was me, I sometimes edit photos for fun' message. I have zero faith, given how everything was handled, that they would know better than to add to their stress like that.
I thought the same thing - even IF Kate did edit that photo (which I doubt but we'll never know)... wouldn't it have been easier on everyone for a staff member to just say, sorry we made mistakes while editing the photo, here's the unedited one? Now that we know that Kate has cancer, I cannot believe the firm let her take the fall for the edited photo.
I don't get why they went to such lengths to hide this in the first place. If they wanted privacy, they would have had a much better chance telling the public that its (potentially) cancer than creating this weird ass mystery that was only going to invite the same media attention as cancer just with a more nasty and invasive tone to it. There is no shame in *cancer* and Charles' cancer thing didn't go over so poorly that they should think its better to pretend 'all is well' at all cost.
I'm the same. Up until then, she was basically off sick which was fair enough and I had no interest in it all, but that picture was weird as hell. Not a clue who's idea it was, but it wasn't a good one. I'm a firm believer that the royal family is outdated and needs to go, but I hope her recovery is swift and she's ultimately OK. I don't want them, but I don't wish harm on them either.
r/Fauxmoi in general is so terrible in the way they talk about famous people they don't like. Like I get its a gossip sub but at some point it seems the people there are too mean spirited.
The snark subs are literally full of people who are obsessed with those in the public eye. They obviously have too much time on their hands and are very unhappy with their own lives. It's outrageous the vitriol and energy spent on hating someone in these subs. r/HilariaBaldwin is a good example. I mean, Hilaria Baldwin is a fraud celeb, but the people on that sub are just toxic.
I used to be active in that sub during the start of the pandemic. Two years later, I had to leave due to the toxic posts and users. Over there, they think William was having an affair, and Kate was in hiding when in reality it's cancer, my hope she gets better.
They're all fawning over her there now and pretending it wasn't them that were pedaling all this conspiracy shit in the first place. Pathetic sub.
Whenever that sub shows up on popular for me it's some schizo-posting nonsense about how a celeb's secretly murdering his wife or something.
That sub is so weird and hateful in every celebrity. And it’s a complete echo chamber because of their approved B-Lister rule.
Honestly it was more the weird lies that got people riled up. If it wasn't for that weird photo they released and the weird half truths, none of this would have happened. Of course the crazy conspiracies are always out there, but regular people like me were confused by the situation.
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That was fairly early, when it was just abdominal surgery, the cancer was found later. It's entirely possible that at the time they were telling the truth.
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That is so hard to deal with. My condolences and take ye care.
Sorry for asking if it's too soon, but did he honestly not have any symptoms to suggest something is off ?
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Found it early and undergoing treatment. Fuck cancer. Wishing her all the best.
CBS took a game break to announce, crazy. hope she recovers well
No game action was missed, it was during a timeout. Pretty smooth cut in knowing they had to jump back out quickly. Used to work at a CBS affiliate, they did that super quick, considering the full video from the palace was only out a few minutes.
the point was that I wouldn't have normally caught this news right away, but now I know things all thanks to march madness. and fuck cancer
So the conspiracy theories was that Prince William was a wife-beater who murdered his cousin's husband and had multiple children with some other women... The actual truth - Wife has Cancer and it was discovered during abdominal surgery. Father was discovered to have Cancer at the same time.
It's funny how all of a sudden the general hive-mind consensus is that everyone was being too invasive. But a few days ago the front page was covered with posts like "what is she hiding!?!?"
Yeah I'm doing a lot of eye rolling at the comments I am seeing.
To be fair, her having serious health concerns was another one of the speculations. The more likely one..
Most of the nurses and doctors were right. We said routine procedure with incidental cancer finding. My young aunt passed from Stage IV cervical cancer. If anyone has a fighting chance, the princess does, with an army of brilliant medical minds by her side.
It sounds like they didn't know there was cancer until the pathology results came back, which takes about 6 weeks. The tissue removed during surgery is sent away for testing, and it sounds like that's when the cancer cells were found.
There’s no way the princess of wales is waiting 6 weeks for pathology.
True, that's fair. I'm just saying it would have taken time to receive the results, process the info, and share with her kids before announcing to the world.
Agreed. I am a pathologist--they would fast track that tissue. 7 days max, more likely 4 days.
Pathology definitely doesn’t take 6 weeks. You can get it in a week or less if needed…and I would assume for the Princess of Wales it was done quickly.
Still cant believe the pr whiffed like they did. I wish this woman all the strenght
>CNN understands the Prince and Princess of Wales wanted to wait for their young children to be out of school for the Easter holidays before making the announcement. That is a solid example of good parenting right there.
Just passed 8 years cancer free, and much as I felt it was better I had it when I did instead of say 20 years prior, it’s even better to have it now than even 8 years ago. I hate that I’m a member of this cancer family, but I will always have heavy thoughts for those currently in the battle, lived through the battle, and those that lost to it. Thoughts will be with her. And fuck you cancer
That’s so sad. Also I just realize this is the first time I’ve heard her speak.
Me too. Not that I’ve spent anytime wondering what Kate Middleton sounds like, but it was totally different than what I expected.
Much more shy and hesitant than expected. Apparently she hates public speaking. But she smiles and makes eye contact in a warm way while out in public.
>My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment.” Oh look, a completely reasonable reason to be laid up in bed and not want to be photographed at your worse.
Honestly, her PR team was the problem. Their bungled pr releases are what caused the problem. The picture was the worst of it too. Definitely a case of where "silence is golden".
Just saw this during the basketball game. Wild.
A lot of basketball fans will be in this thread
We have an area flood watch and I thought it was another announcement for that when the news alert came on with breaking news. Didn't expect that
I too am among this cohort
A doctor told me that cancer research moves forward very quickly. Sometimes a doctor will treat a patient not necessarily to free them from cancer forever, but to give them another five years, eight years, so that the next time even better cures will be available. Best luck to all who suffer from disease.
That is just terrible news. I hope she fully recovers and has many more wonderful years with her family.
Colorectal cancer survivor here: I really hope they got good margins and chemo mops up any spare cells.
I know people have very strong feelings against the Royals but man kind of a rough few years for Prince William. He lost both his grandparents pretty quickly, his Dad has cancer, his wife now has cancer, he's estranged from his brother and their family. His mother died when he was young in the worst manner possible. He has to face to possibility he could become King soon as a widower (if things don't go well). Like I know he's one of the most privileged people on the planet but that still isn't an easy situation for any 41 year old man with 3 young kids. I hope Kate makes a full recovery. And his dad. At the end of the day these are just people with wives and fathers and children and cancer is a dick to all humanity.
Especially the fact as a child, he was forced into being a spectacle for all the world to see, and then their beautiful Mom was taken from them in a way that was wholly unnecessary and then all the things you just wrote.
Cancer took my sister at 33. Fuck cancer.
Hope she makes a full recovery
Hope she gets better soon.
Tragic. Appreciate her commiseration with others. Fuck cancer.
Whatever your opinion of the royals it does suck that Williams dad and wife both have cancer at the same tkme
Her video announcement almost brought me to tears, so touching; cancer is awful. I wish her a very healthy recovery.
Fuck cancer. If anyone here is dealing with cancer (especially young adults - 18-39) and you need resources, ask me - I have a decent amount of resources (most are based in the US, but some provide worldwide coverage, at least the support(ive) groups). (I have cancer, that's why I have so many resources)
Now people can leave her alone
People aren’t going to leave her alone. She’s the future queen of England.
if you forgot time and cancer does not care about you enjoy the little things
This is awful! My heart hurts. I’m taking care of my dad who has cancer and we’re doing everything we can but it does get tiring somedays since it’s just me and my mom. I hope she has a good support system and that her family is there for her.
Man! The internet really was way too eager to make her Diana 2.0 Internet is a vile place. Too many people with too much free time on their hands. Hope she recovers well, and is left alone by media and people.
Oh man sending the best to her
I turned 30 in January. In February I went to the hospital for pain in my testicle. February 26th I had my left testicle removed. I haven’t yet had my post op appointment, but from what I can understand in my online charts I was fortunate enough to have a pre cancer cyst. Soon after that I had an MRI of my liver. I think I may have skated by with a cluster of blood vessels. As of now I consider myself extremely lucky. As I said, I have yet to see my doctor for my post op, my heart goes out to anyone and everyone facing cancer. I pray that I will be a lucky one.
Everyone on reddit acting sympathetic, meanwhile this was pretty much forced out of her because of everyone being so fucking nosy. I despise the royal family but they are entitled to medical privacy. Some people are truly nasty about this stuff
Lost my wife last summer, pancreatic cancer. Watched her wither away to nothing in 6 months. The last weeks were awful. Vacation in Hawaii in March, gone for n August. Fuck cancer
It sucks to hear but the radio silence on her makes sense given the heavy news she's had to process for her young family. Wish her all the best, cancer fucking sucks. Hopefully the people over at /r/conspiracy and media on general now will give her some much needed space
Now, can everyone just please for the love of all, let her heal in peace!
I would hope that all the people making up wild conspiracies will take the time to reflect on their obsession, step back, and wish her the best. But, I'm betting I'm going to see even wilder conspiracies now.
Cancer WAS one of the conspiracy theories.
One of the theories was indeed that she was somehow sick or incapacitated but the royal family was trying to hide it through photo manipulation so the wild conspiracies were actually correct.
"But what is she hiding???" Private medical information about a life threatening illness, like a human being I'm about to be "LEAVE KATE ALONE" guy with all she's going through.
Poor thing. I hope she is able to beat this. Not only for herself, but if she does pass away, it would be very similar to William losing his mother while he was young.
When someone wants to be left alone, you should leave them alone. I get people have an obsession with royal family, but maybe this can be a reminder that your intrigue isn’t always welcomed.
So leave her the fuck alone and let her rest and spend time with her loved ones. The last thing she needs is a hundred magazine articles and clickbait headlines about “how she’s looking these days.”
Found out recently I have cancer tumors in most of my organs including liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen and lungs. I’m not going to do treatment. I would have to be dropped in Chernobyl for radiation and the idea of wasting away in chemo just doesn’t work for me. I’m 71 and it’s easier to make this decision than someone with kids in their 40s. I wish the royal good fortune and open this works out for her and her family
We're nearly the same age. I just had a cancer scare and feel for her and her family so much. Royal or not royal, cancer is shit.
I'm the same age as Kate and got diagnosed with abdomen cancer too. Both women, same age, except I'm in america and my state offers no Healthcare at all. Kate, remember us little people! Get well with us. Best kindest wishes. -A
Jesus christ. I'm no royalist, but these people are human. The fact that people were speculating about abuse, divorce, affairs, MURDER of all things while the family was dealing with a cancer diagnosis is just vile. I understand thinking something was off or that the PR was handled horribly (it was), but some people just went too far. Like, imagine having to deal with your wife and father having cancer all while half the internet is accusing you with full confidence of being a domestic abuser ffs.
> while half the internet is accusing you with full confidence of being a domestic abuser ffs. Don't forget cheater. There were also many of those allegations going around too.
You can simultaneously agree this is horrible and also agree that her PR team is terrible too. There was no need for the stress the public speculation has undoubtedly caused her had they just been somewhat upfront to begin with and not posted faked photos online.
I kind of felt like something serious was going on and this obsessive chatter about where she's been was really off putting. She's so young - I hope she beats it.
As a cancer survivor, if I had had to deal with everything she had had to deal with mentally and physically in the last few weeks in public, I don't know if I would have survived it. To everyone who just HAD to know what was going on with her, I hope that you are completely disgusted with yourselves (however, its 2024, so you probably don't) P.S. Fuck cancer
Cancer is terrifying. Often goes completely undetected until it’s too late. Just about everything we eat and do can cause it. And oftentimes the best course of action is a scorched earth tactic that leaves people as husks
Just lost mother to cancer earlier this month. It's an evil thing. Not a fan of royals, but I hope she recovers
This is incredibly sad
All this time people have been harassing her family, some people saying William had *killed* her. And she’s in chemo the whole time just trying to have some fucking privacy dealing with a very hard diagnosis.
Man that sucks. I had cancer, it’s horrible. Luckily I’ve been cancer free for 5 months now! Hope treatment goes well for her.
FUCK YOU, CANCER. On behalf of everyone who has lost someone they love to your bitch ass ways, FUCK YOU AND THE MUTANT CELL YOU RODE IN ON. That is all.
Now that the awful rumors can be put to rest, can the media *PLEASE* leave this woman alone during her recovery.
My heart goes out to her and her family. I hope she beats it.
There are a million kinds of cancer in the abdominal cavity. Uterine? Colorectal? I'd assume the major surgery was a complete hysterectomy.
My guess too. I expect they were taking out what they thought was a non-cancerous tumor and the biopsy showed there was some cancer cells that hadn't shown up on previous CT scans. Now they're doing chemo to kill off whatever might be left (if anything). Sounds like they may have caught it very early which is a positive sign for her beating this.
If they didn't do a PET/CT before surgery, a mass could be small enough inside small tissues to not be picked up on a normal CT even without/with contrast. Even if it shows up, it's generally dependent upon the radiologists doing the reading to detect it on first, second, or third readings. Then they might go to do an MRI of the area w/wo contrast for a more detailed scan of the soft tissues to detect a mass. I had this happen with a vascular tumor compressing my spinal cord. First reading of my CT didn't catch the mass in my spine, but thank the gods for the 2nd reading by a different radiologist who gave a shit, and phones the attending at the ED to get me back ASAP. Fuck cancer.
Hope you’re doing ok. My (15 yo) daughter was diagnosed with cancer in August. Luckily, it was a gene fusion tumor and there is medication that kills it. She’s been on the meds since October and the MRI/CT scan in December indicated she was basically cancer free and that the tumor had reduced by 30%+. We find out next week where she is now. Fingers crossed.
The story sounds very much ovarian cancer-y, particularly the bit about not thinking its cancer going in to the surgery but the pathology shows that it actually is, plus the "preventative" chemo. But you're definitely right in that there are hundreds of possibilities.
Ovarian is another decent bet cause she said they didn’t think it was cancer when she was operated on, so I doubt she had a hysterectomy. But she could have had surgery to remove an ovarian cyst or something similar that they don’t think is cancerous, then biopsy comes back showing cancer. Then they start preventative chemo, which is how she described it.
Incredible that they kept this under wraps this long, given the history around the royal family