Kate Middleton in Hospital - Recovering from Surgery

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Chron's or diverticular disease requiring bowel resection/s.

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Hospitals are not healthy places. No one stays there longer than they need to. If Kate is indeed going to be there for 2 weeks then it must be something significant. I hope she recovers fully quickly.

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Most countries allow longer hospitalization stays and they care for their patients until healed and well. Hence the longer hospital stay. In USA obviously they want you out asap.

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Anonymous wrote:Could she have diverticulitis and her planned surgery was to remove a portion of her colon?

Even then, you wouldn't stay in the hospital that long.

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Meanwhile, the palace machine does it again: buries Prince Charles health issue under the more urgent breaking news about Kate.

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Y’all are acting like she isn’t part of the BFR.

You got discharged after your hysterectomy after 3 days because BCBS/Cigna/Kaiser said so, not because it was the best thing for you medically.

My spouse had a transplant (NOT kidney) and was home a week later.

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Anonymous wrote:
The USA, due to its peculiar and inhumane medical costs, sends people home to deal with their problems by themselves WAY earlier than European or Asian first world countries.

So a one week stay in an American hospital for something serious can very well be a two week stay in a European or Japanese hospital.

Yup! For an “easy” birth, 48 hrs for US hospitals, 5 days for Japanese hospitals. I had an emergency C-section and nurses were badgering me about when I would be leaving about 48 hrs afterward; I stayed for 5 days which was as long as my insurance would pay for. In Japan it would have been 10 days.

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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, the palace machine does it again: buries Prince Charles health issue under the more urgent breaking news about Kate.

Whatever she has/had done is way more serious than a 75-year old's enlarged prostate.

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She’s probably been taking weight loss drugs for years to keep herself so thin and now she’s suffered and obstruction which had to be surgically treated.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The USA, due to its peculiar and inhumane medical costs, sends people home to deal with their problems by themselves WAY earlier than European or Asian first world countries.

So a one week stay in an American hospital for something serious can very well be a two week stay in a European or Japanese hospital.

Yup! For an “easy” birth, 48 hrs for US hospitals, 5 days for Japanese hospitals. I had an emergency C-section and nurses were badgering me about when I would be leaving about 48 hrs afterward; I stayed for 5 days which was as long as my insurance would pay for. In Japan it would have been 10 days.

Kate literally was on the hospital steps within 48 hours of giving birth each time and went home right from there.

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Anonymous wrote:re: colon cancer

I had a tumor spotted during a CT scan prior to a planned colonoscopy. I was 41 at the time.

Within 48 hours, I was undergoing an emergency colonoscopy to verify the tumor was cancerous. I could have been in surgery a week later, but that date didn't work out. It was about 2 weeks between the Monday phone call from my doc about the results of my Saturday CT scan and surgery to remove the cancerous tumor (I got the result while doing my cleanse for my surgery)

I was only in the hospital for 3 days IIRC. The recovery time was one month.

I'm thinking similar. I'm the one who had a father that went in straight from the colonoscopy to surgery (never left the hospital). This was about 6-8 years ago so it might not have been 'next' day-but it was within 48 hours. PP, I hope you are doing well now!

My neighbor had some digestive issues late summer/early Fall. Went into the hospital with what they thought was a blood clot--leg. IT wouldn't resolve. Upon further investigation she had stage-4 colon cancer (late December). She passed away this week. No idea about the cancer prior. I don't think this is likely with Kate--but throwing it out there because it certainly happens and CC is on the significant rise in younger populations.

Thank you for sharing. Yes, I am actually coming up on 5 years here pretty soon. No recurrence, although I do actually suspect I have other issues with my colon that are as yet undiagnosed. I was so lucky that my body told me something was wrong. I wrote it off for a while (pain that I thought was gyn, stress or bad diet related), but did eventually need to investigate. So glad it was caught before spreading past the colon walls and all I needed was the surgery!

I don't think Kate has cancer, but based on what we know and what we have sleuthed/shared on this post, I do think it is a pretty serious problem with her digestive system, most likely her colon.

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Anonymous wrote:Most countries allow longer hospitalization stays and they care for their patients until healed and well. Hence the longer hospital stay. In USA obviously they want you out asap.

This is someone who has unlimited funds to be cared for at the top level of care at home. Typically the super-rich who pay for procedures out of pocket actually go home to rest fairly early with private doctors at home if it is at medically safe to do so. Hence the royals going home so soon after giving birth.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The USA, due to its peculiar and inhumane medical costs, sends people home to deal with their problems by themselves WAY earlier than European or Asian first world countries.

So a one week stay in an American hospital for something serious can very well be a two week stay in a European or Japanese hospital.

Yup! For an “easy” birth, 48 hrs for US hospitals, 5 days for Japanese hospitals. I had an emergency C-section and nurses were badgering me about when I would be leaving about 48 hrs afterward; I stayed for 5 days which was as long as my insurance would pay for. In Japan it would have been 10 days.

Maybe Japan is different but in the United Kingdom at NHS hospitals, the stay is SHORTER than at US hospitals. The standard procedure at NHS hospitals is to discharge the patient after 6 to 24 hours after a "normal" birth.

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We’re all operating under pure speculation. Except for the BRF, no one knows. Personally, I find it odd that she’s staying that long in a hospital. Kate’s known to go home right after birth. Besides, it is well known that extended hospitalization can lead to nosocomial infection. It’s just how it is. It’s best to recuperate at home and being with the royal family, I would imagine they can have access to the best care at home. I hope I am wrong, but I feel there’s something concerning about this. The BRF will never divulge anything that would jeopardize their stability. The queen’s bone cancer was well privately kept. I really hope this is nothing but extra precautionary measure.

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Anonymous wrote:All I can say is I bet none of us woke up this morning thinking we would be arguing about what type of laparoscopic surgeries a London hospital performs.

LOL