Kate Middleton cancer in remission

[Anonymous]

Fantastic news for Kate and her family. Hope she continues to do well!

[Anonymous]

Ghoulish to be speculating about the types of cancer these people had when they are most certainly not releasing that information. Nor does it matter.

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Anonymous wrote:I think she had surgery for Crohn's or IBD (conditions she's long been rumored to have) and they discovered unexpectedly she had colon cancer.

This is what I have always believed.

My father had Stage II and later IV colon cancer and the type of chemo used did not cause hair loss. I was in the consult when the oncologist said the good thing is this type of chemo won't cause you to lose your hair. It was true.

Her hair never went thin or patchy or looked like it was a hair piece and that with the fact she always had prior gastro issues makes me believe it was discovered with a bad recurrence of crohns or ibd

[Anonymous]

It matters the type because outcomes are different. If a patient doesn't reveal the cancer type, nothing else they say about their cancer is important or worth my attention.

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Anonymous wrote:I think she had surgery for Crohn's or IBD (conditions she's long been rumored to have) and they discovered unexpectedly she had colon cancer.

This is what I have always believed.

My father had Stage II and later IV colon cancer and the type of chemo used did not cause hair loss. I was in the consult when the oncologist said the good thing is this type of chemo won't cause you to lose your hair. It was true.

Her hair never went thin or patchy or looked like it was a hair piece and that with the fact she always had prior gastro issues makes me believe it was discovered with a bad recurrence of crohns or ibd

Oh, good point. My neighbor had colon cancer, and she had a full head of hair after chemo too.

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Anonymous wrote:It matters the type because outcomes are different. If a patient doesn't reveal the cancer type, nothing else they say about their cancer is important or worth my attention.

Perfect then don't pay any attention.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of cancer?

For whatever reason, she didn't specify. You could possibly narrow it down based on her treatment plan (surgery + adjuvant chemo, apparently no radiation) but there are lots of plausible possibilities here.

I know a lot of patients who lament about having a "gross" cancer (colorectal, anal, etc.). There is unfortunately still some shame among certain types of cancer. I've known some folks with lung cancer who never smoked, and always feel compelled to mention that. There's not really a "good" cancer. I had breast cancer and also didn't like naming the type. It felt so intimate and I didn't like people immediately thinking about my boobs or how mangled I looked under a shirt.

I had base-of-tongue cancer that you get from performing oral sex (hpv), but since I was seeing head-and-neck cancer docs I told people at work that I had cancer in my neck area (so not lying).

I would've done the same thing. It's so ironic that HPV carries a "dirty" stigma, considering something like 90% of us have/had HPV - we just didn't know about it because our bodies cleared it. My best to you!

Only if you're young-to-older millennai currently. Those of us who are GenX and up don't boast those kind of rates, actually. Except for the unpartnered who keep sleeping with multiple people. But for married GenX +, that figure is far too high

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Anonymous wrote:We don't even know what kind of cancer the actual monarch has nor did they announced what QE2 died from. This is protocol for the BRF. Glad Kate is better whatever it was.

QE2 passed from bone cancer.

This was never officially announced - that she had it or that she died from it.

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Anonymous wrote:Remission from what? She said she was having “preventative chemo”

Right, people do that when cancer is fully removed but chemo is still done as a preventative measure. Are people really this dense or just love their BRF conspiracies?

NP. Sorry, not everyone knows everything about cancer. There's been a ton of it in my family but everyone just dies from it.

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Anonymous wrote:Remission from what? She said she was having “preventative chemo”

Right, people do that when cancer is fully removed but chemo is still done as a preventative measure. Are people really this dense or just love their BRF conspiracies?

NP. Sorry, not everyone knows everything about cancer. There's been a ton of it in my family but everyone just dies from it.

I’m so sorry to hear that. It’s the second largest cause of death in the US. Cancer sucks. My best to all the survivors on this thread and to Kate!

[Anonymous]

I thought she probably went in for fibroids and polyos (original procedure thought no big deal) and tissue turned out to be cancer. Took out uterus and ovaries. Maybe ovarian too.

[Anonymous]

It's fascinating how different Kate is to Meg. Americans generally like to get into the details and tell exactly what happened and how they felt when it happened.
Kate has kept mum about this entire ordeal that some people don't even believe she's had cancer.

[Anonymous]

I had cancer at the same time as Kate. I've never been a big fan, but I found her so relatable during this time period. Even the nastiness directed at her made her relatable-- when you have cancer, you're suddenly not able to keep up. So when you disappoint people you have the choice of 1) ruin their day and make them feel like an awful person by explaining you have cancer. Or 2) say nothing and just try your best to get through. In a weird way, all the conspiracies and nastiness just made me feel total solidarity with her. Also, I am a stiff upper lip type too. And watching her go through this with dignity and on her own terms made me feel... less alone. Cancer is so isolating. And I felt like I wasn't alone. I'm very grateful for the way she handled this.

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Anonymous wrote:I think she had surgery for Crohn's or IBD (conditions she's long been rumored to have) and they discovered unexpectedly she had colon cancer.

This is what I have always believed.

My father had Stage II and later IV colon cancer and the type of chemo used did not cause hair loss. I was in the consult when the oncologist said the good thing is this type of chemo won't cause you to lose your hair. It was true.

Her hair never went thin or patchy or looked like it was a hair piece and that with the fact she always had prior gastro issues makes me believe it was discovered with a bad recurrence of crohns or ibd

It's called "cold capping." Google that. Some chemo is better or worse with making hair fall out. But you can always use a cold cap to try to save your hair, reduce hair loss, and make hair regrow faster.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of cancer?

For whatever reason, she didn't specify. You could possibly narrow it down based on her treatment plan (surgery + adjuvant chemo, apparently no radiation) but there are lots of plausible possibilities here.

I know a lot of patients who lament about having a "gross" cancer (colorectal, anal, etc.). There is unfortunately still some shame among certain types of cancer. I've known some folks with lung cancer who never smoked, and always feel compelled to mention that. There's not really a "good" cancer. I had breast cancer and also didn't like naming the type. It felt so intimate and I didn't like people immediately thinking about my boobs or how mangled I looked under a shirt.

As an oncology nurse, if I were "picking" the best kind of cancer, I'd go with testicular. If caught early, it's a couple of treatments and you're usually good to go! Ones I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy: pancreatic, colorectal, glioblastoma, small cell lung cancer, triple negative breast cancer. For starters