Holly, Spill the Tea Re: Catherine and King Charles?
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hollydolly
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hollydolly
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I ask because I think if it was a long time ago.. things might have changed.. but you could be right it could be that, which would explain the rush, because they said she took ill over the weekend
i was rushed in by ambulance,it had burst,,a couple of complecations after op,,maybe why i was in longer
CallMeKate
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I remember learning about those head spikes on London Bridge...they don't do that very often when it comes to the royal family.... perhaps worried they'll be locked in the tower...
VintageBetter
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How awful for the patient. I hope she recovered.
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She did. She actually had a fourth incision during that nearly 12 hours in surgery - a urostomy to drain urine until her bladder healed.
She hired a lawyer and threatened to sue but since the hospital didn't manufacture the failed catheter and the catheter manufacturer could come up with any number of reasons it failed after leaving the factory, she didn't have a strong case. One of the items her attorney listed in the first paperwork was that she lost much of her hair due to being under anesthetic for so long. That caused a lot of eye rolling ...would she have wanted her bladder repaired while conscious?
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Yes, 2 weeks in the hospital is an unusually long time for a post surgical stay. Drs. want you up and out of the bed the next day. Also, a 3-4 month recuperating time ???? I wonder why the big secrecy about the diagnosis- people do get sick?
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A few years ago my sister had a tumour in one of her kidneys thankfully not malignant.
It had to be removed immediately but it also had spread to her bladder which resulted in more surgery and she had to wear a urostomy bag for over a month while the bladder healed. All in all she spent five weeks in hospital and a couple of months recovery in care.
So the dear lady Princess could be having similar type of problem.
It had to be removed immediately but it also had spread to her bladder which resulted in more surgery and she had to wear a urostomy bag for over a month while the bladder healed. All in all she spent five weeks in hospital and a couple of months recovery in care.
So the dear lady Princess could be having similar type of problem.
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That was my first assumption; if it's not cancerous, it's likely something like Crohn's or colitis. If it is, she has my empathy, I have a family member with Crohn's and it's tough to go through.
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My Wife had a Hysterectomy and spent one night in the hospital, and was back at work on a limited schedule after a week.
That ... and the fact that all articles say they are keeping it private for the "sake of her children."
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I had an appendectomy when I was 12 and had to stay in the hosp for a week because my appendix had died, basically, and fell off its stem and was free-floating, spreading bacteria around in my gut while it rotted.
Gross, I know, but that's what happened. The surgeon had to do a major clean-up.
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there's a big row going on today inn the media.. because one doctor said that if Catherine had been treated on the NHS she would have been out in one day... of course he's being berated by another doctor who says that he's guessing at what her problem is.... However in general the first doctor is correct.. most of us are chucked out of hospital asap.. and usually within one or 2 days unless we're dying..and we're expected to recover at home. despite some people not having anyone at home to care for them
Murrmurr
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Same thing goes on over here.
I had a regular customer at the shop I owned several years ago; a nice lady I'll call Linda who had a tumor (benign) in her gut that was so enormous it made her look 8 mo pregnant. While Linda's insurance was refusing to pay to remove the hideous thing, one of our state representative's wives got a facelift, her lips plumped, her turkey-neck all ironed out, and her boobs perked up.
And, like the rest of us hard-working Californian's, Linda's taxes helped pay for that.
Maybe ol' Kate's getting a tummy-tuck.
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Thank you for the update @hollydolly
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When I worked at the hospital, it was at most a 2-day stay unless there were complications. The joke was that soon, hysterectomies would be "drive-by" surgeries. Drive under the portico and the doc would lean in the back window, do his job, and you'd be free to go.
I was in for five days for mine but that was a long time ago. I only missed eight days of work, though.
hollydolly
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same with my mum even all those years ago..only in for about 5 days... and then my sister in the 80's..only in hospital for 2 or 3 days..then recuperating at home..
Whatever the problem physically I wish PC a speedy recovery. Mental health can have a huge impact on our physical health. Given the stress that she must be under not only from her royal duties, being a mum, add to that the gruesome twosome hurling negative comments, the body can only take so much.
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I don't think that would be of any real significance. She's a mother with Nannies.. she does a job.. which other mothers do., but she doesn't have to find a job that pays enough to pay the gas bill, and do it around school hours ...
she has staff who make sure she's in the right place at the right time.. she doesn't have to worry about ensuring her schedules are right someone else does that for her .. she has a very supporting husband and father-in-law, she has hairdressers, make-up artists and dressers on hand,..she has a home gym and a swimming poor for exercise.. she has a chef.. she eats the best food with the best ingredients ..... the government bow down to her wishes when and if she wants them ( She's the Princess of Wales ), ..
she has no financial problems, her children are in expensive schools getting the best education... if she falls ill.. she doesn't have to wait a year to see a consultant, or potentially get bankrupted with the cost of her operation..... she has very supporting parents.. the gruesome twosome are but just a blip on her horizon.
You have to remember that despite them being cute, and hands on in their role... they do very little for themselves ...all their whims and issues are taken care of...
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I LOVE the Royal family.
A few years prior to the Falkland War ( which the British Navy won very quickly in 1982) there had been another incident involving Great Britain and another South American location-I cannot remember where and it could have been another island in the archipelago-or maybe the west coast of South America, and my oldest daughter wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth with her idea of how that other conflict could be resolved, pre 1981.
Then ,one day , in NJ, my doorbell ran and the mailman asked if she was home, but she was in school. So he said he would present something to me, in her behalf and he read a statement from a special note he had, from his boss at the Post Office.
He then handed me a small envelope, from Buckingham Palace. I knew it was a response to my daughter's letter.
BUT, this was 1981 when plans were being made for Prince Charles' marriage to Diana, so I said to the Post Man,
"Oh gee, I told them already, that we cannot come to the wedding!"
The look on the mailman's face was Priceless.
My daughter opened the small envelope when she got home, and it was a beautiful brief letter from the Queen's Ladies in Waiting, thanking her for her suggestions to resolving the recent conflict ,prior to the official pre -Falkland War.
(Of course, I did tell the mailman the truth, before he left, on what I assumed the letter was about.)
I hope and pray that both of these Royals recover well from their health issues.
A few years prior to the Falkland War ( which the British Navy won very quickly in 1982) there had been another incident involving Great Britain and another South American location-I cannot remember where and it could have been another island in the archipelago-or maybe the west coast of South America, and my oldest daughter wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth with her idea of how that other conflict could be resolved, pre 1981.
Then ,one day , in NJ, my doorbell ran and the mailman asked if she was home, but she was in school. So he said he would present something to me, in her behalf and he read a statement from a special note he had, from his boss at the Post Office.
He then handed me a small envelope, from Buckingham Palace. I knew it was a response to my daughter's letter.
BUT, this was 1981 when plans were being made for Prince Charles' marriage to Diana, so I said to the Post Man,
"Oh gee, I told them already, that we cannot come to the wedding!"
The look on the mailman's face was Priceless.
My daughter opened the small envelope when she got home, and it was a beautiful brief letter from the Queen's Ladies in Waiting, thanking her for her suggestions to resolving the recent conflict ,prior to the official pre -Falkland War.
(Of course, I did tell the mailman the truth, before he left, on what I assumed the letter was about.)
I hope and pray that both of these Royals recover well from their health issues.
We might never know why she had to have an operation,
could be appendix, or a hernia, or a secret!
The Royal Family are treated differently to the rest of us,
she is held for observation and to see if the procedure, is
successful, could be hernia, with a mesh insert.
Mike.
could be appendix, or a hernia, or a secret!
The Royal Family are treated differently to the rest of us,
she is held for observation and to see if the procedure, is
successful, could be hernia, with a mesh insert.
Mike.
VaughanJB
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Question about current news for you, Holly or anyone who knows. @hollydolly We're only getting that Catherine has had abdominal surgery and will be "down" for a few weeks and out of royal duties for longer. Can't find what the "abdominal" issue is. Do you know? King Charles' upcoming surgery, however, is right up there in our faces about what it is. (Enlarged prostate) So... that seems backwards that the world would know that and everything's quiet about Catherine. Care to "spill the tea" as they say in social media?
The Royal Family are above tabloid news. And gossip. Next question?