Kate Middleton cancer in remission

[Anonymous]

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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

Very few chemos cause outright hair loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oncology nurse again. If it were ever me, I wouldn't cold cap. And I have thick, curly hair. Doesn't always work, does NOT make your hair grow back faster, too many restrictions on what you can and can't do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oncology nurse again. If it were ever me, I wouldn't cold cap. And I have thick, curly hair. Doesn't always work, does NOT make your hair grow back faster, too many restrictions on what you can and can't do.

Not to mention that cold capping doesn’t feel good!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of cancer?

+10000
I'm having trouble believing this all...

Why, because she kept details private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oncology nurse again. If it were ever me, I wouldn't cold cap. And I have thick, curly hair. Doesn't always work, does NOT make your hair grow back faster, too many restrictions on what you can and can't do.

Not to mention that cold capping doesn’t feel good!!!

That too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Thought it was common knowledge that her hair is fake. So wouldn’t exactly thin out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oncology nurse again. If it were ever me, I wouldn't cold cap. And I have thick, curly hair. Doesn't always work, does NOT make your hair grow back faster, too many restrictions on what you can and can't do.

I had to make this decision. Mentally, anyway, as I prepared to find out if I required preventative chemo. After everything I read, I decided to do it. They say it stops hurting after 20 minutes and you just go numb. The restrictions were fine with me (I'm already very careful with my hair, and the only changes would have been dropping to 2x per week washing).

[Anonymous]

She could have worn a wig for all we know. She has access to the best quality ones that look like her own real head of hair.

[Anonymous]

Glad to have this story wrapped up.

[Anonymous]

She is a lovely human. I’m so glad for her and her family.

[Anonymous]

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.

Cancer is more than probability of death. You may very well discover that, since there's about a 1 in 2 chance you'll get it. Hopefully, when you're writhing in pain from surgery or chemo, no one says, "but what type? It matters for outcomes. Tell me or nothing you say is worth my attention."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She could have worn a wig for all we know. She has access to the best quality ones that look like her own real head of hair.

She’s been wearing half wigs for years.

[Anonymous]

Glad to hear she's in remission. My sister in law who was diagnosed around the same is too. Yay for good treatment!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is a lovely human. I’m so glad for her and her family.

+1
Very happy news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oncology nurse again. If it were ever me, I wouldn't cold cap. And I have thick, curly hair. Doesn't always work, does NOT make your hair grow back faster, too many restrictions on what you can and can't do.

Keep in mind that since you are an oncology nurse, you probably see bald patients frequently and have kind of become desensitized.

For me, losing my hair to chemo was one of the worst aspects of going through cancer treatment (cold capping didn’t exist). I had so many fears and worries and stressors then but being bald as a woman (also no eyelashes or brows) really knocked out any remaining feelings of normalcy and made me self-conscious to be in public for almost a year (especially over the summer when it was miserable to wear a wig).

I realize that hair loss is all superficial but I wouldn’t discount how it can make already vulnerable women feel.