Kate Middleton in Hospital - Recovering from Surgery

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Anonymous wrote:William will now miss the BAFTAs in mid-February, long after she’s supposed to be home recovering. It’s a low bar, what’s considered work for the royals - and William is doing the least.

He's missed eight BAFTAs, the organization he's the president of.

The horror. What will they do without him?

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Anonymous wrote:So the statement from the palace said that she had surgery at The London Clinic. The London clinic does not have a Gyn dept. They have cancer care (reporters have been told it’s not cancer) and “digestive health” which includes Crohns as well as tumors and other procedures.

If it had been Gyn, she’d have gone to St Mary’s or the Portman.

Wow, DCUM folks really sleuthed this out. Never disappoint, DCUM.

So yeah, very likely some sort of digestive or colon issues: Crohn's, UC, or a bowel perforation.

My best friend had a bowel perforation while working overseas as an expat. It took forever to get properly diagnosed (months) and when they finally figured out that it was a perforation, he was in the hospital for about 2 weeks to recover after the surgery. You're on a ton of antibiotics and need round the clock observation.

Wrong - this hospital does treat fibroids and endometriosis so could have been in the gyno department.

No one is staying in the hospital for 2 weeks and then recovering for 3 months from fibroid surgery.

Exactly. It's all keyhole these days. Few days in hospital at best. Something way more going on here - breakdown? And no notification before the surgery, yet a week notification of Charle's surgery and we are told about that a mere few hours to take the heat of her announcenement....

Yet, I think when it comes to planning she HAS to take significant time off. What if she ain’t better and she has rescheduled with people… only to have to postpone again.

People! She doesn’t have a medical reception job. She’s not a lawyer. She’s not a teacher or stay at home mom. She isn’t a govt analyst or technical writer.

Of her lifelong job, she can rest for a while. You don’t even know what it’s been like. Maybe it’s not even the recovery, but a no-pressure rest that is needed.

I'm not saying she doesn't have to recover, but let's be real here. She's essentially a stay at home mom with a full household staff who "works" a few hours per week doing ribbon cuttings and meet-and-greets. She does the least amount of work of any of the working royals as it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is digestive related since that is the expertise of this particular hospital and team of doctors. And some of those surgeries can indeed require lengthy recoveries that fit with the timeline set out. Makes the most sense.

The plastic surgery or "injury" crowd seem a bit far afield.

What digestive-related surgery would possibly require that long of a hospital stay and recovery?

People have said this multiple times. Inflammatory bowel diseases. Possibly lingering complication from her severe hyperemsis during pregnancy.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is digestive related since that is the expertise of this particular hospital and team of doctors. And some of those surgeries can indeed require lengthy recoveries that fit with the timeline set out. Makes the most sense.

The plastic surgery or "injury" crowd seem a bit far afield.

What digestive-related surgery would possibly require that long of a hospital stay and recovery?

Colon resection can be required for a variety of reasons. Hospital stay and recovery from that surgery can be 2 weeks for a variety of reasons.

DP. My mother had multiple surgeries on her colon for a resection, bowel obstructions, ostomy bag, various complications--you name it. None of those surgeries required a 2 week hospital stay and they certainly didn't require a 3-month recovery period. Even if the BRF was overestimating the hospital stay (for privacy or out of an abundance of caution), the 3 month long recovery is odd.

You are lucky. My son had scar tissue from small intestine surgery that had to be repaired. He lost 2/3 of his small intestine from that scarring and was in the hospital for a month. Between major antibiotics, not able to eat for 2 weeks. loss of significant weight in that time period. After a month in the hospital he was significant restrictions for about 2 months.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is digestive related since that is the expertise of this particular hospital and team of doctors. And some of those surgeries can indeed require lengthy recoveries that fit with the timeline set out. Makes the most sense.

The plastic surgery or "injury" crowd seem a bit far afield.

What digestive-related surgery would possibly require that long of a hospital stay and recovery?

Colon resection can be required for a variety of reasons. Hospital stay and recovery from that surgery can be 2 weeks for a variety of reasons.

DP. My mother had multiple surgeries on her colon for a resection, bowel obstructions, ostomy bag, various complications--you name it. None of those surgeries required a 2 week hospital stay and they certainly didn't require a 3-month recovery period. Even if the BRF was overestimating the hospital stay (for privacy or out of an abundance of caution), the 3 month long recovery is odd.

You think she should be right back out there doing public appearances with an ostomy and all the associated intense media scrutiny of her appearance and dress?

[Anonymous]

Bowel surgery w temporary ostomy bag is my guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bunch of you on here think you could plan out the PR aspect of this better than anyone else

First of all, you don’t know what it is.
Second, you don’t know how kids are reacting.
You don’t know their daily routines.
You don’t know how oldest vs. youngest vs. middle is reacting. It could be all over the board.
You don’t know anything about them.

Yet you’re like *pushes in glasses* “He should have continued his work because the kids don’t need him. They’re in school all day.”

I guess you’re right if you’re saying that him continuing work while caring for the kids would highlight how little he actually works, or how much help he has at home.

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Anonymous wrote:So the statement from the palace said that she had surgery at The London Clinic. The London clinic does not have a Gyn dept. They have cancer care (reporters have been told it’s not cancer) and “digestive health” which includes Crohns as well as tumors and other procedures.

If it had been Gyn, she’d have gone to St Mary’s or the Portman.

Wow, DCUM folks really sleuthed this out. Never disappoint, DCUM.

So yeah, very likely some sort of digestive or colon issues: Crohn's, UC, or a bowel perforation.

My best friend had a bowel perforation while working overseas as an expat. It took forever to get properly diagnosed (months) and when they finally figured out that it was a perforation, he was in the hospital for about 2 weeks to recover after the surgery. You're on a ton of antibiotics and need round the clock observation.

Wrong - this hospital does treat fibroids and endometriosis so could have been in the gyno department.

No one is staying in the hospital for 2 weeks and then recovering for 3 months from fibroid surgery.

Exactly. It's all keyhole these days. Few days in hospital at best. Something way more going on here - breakdown? And no notification before the surgery, yet a week notification of Charle's surgery and we are told about that a mere few hours to take the heat of her announcenement....

Yet, I think when it comes to planning she HAS to take significant time off. What if she ain’t better and she has rescheduled with people… only to have to postpone again.

People! She doesn’t have a medical reception job. She’s not a lawyer. She’s not a teacher or stay at home mom. She isn’t a govt analyst or technical writer.

Of her lifelong job, she can rest for a while. You don’t even know what it’s been like. Maybe it’s not even the recovery, but a no-pressure rest that is needed.

I'm not saying she doesn't have to recover, but let's be real here. She's essentially a stay at home mom with a full household staff who "works" a few hours per week doing ribbon cuttings and meet-and-greets. She does the least amount of work of any of the working royals as it is.

And?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bowel surgery w temporary ostomy bag is my guess.

+1
She can’t do public appearances until that is resolved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William taking time off to support his wife and children increases my opinion of him.

Those are some low standards. It’s not like he enjoys working anyway

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is digestive related since that is the expertise of this particular hospital and team of doctors. And some of those surgeries can indeed require lengthy recoveries that fit with the timeline set out. Makes the most sense.

The plastic surgery or "injury" crowd seem a bit far afield.

What digestive-related surgery would possibly require that long of a hospital stay and recovery?

Colon resection can be required for a variety of reasons. Hospital stay and recovery from that surgery can be 2 weeks for a variety of reasons.

DP. My mother had multiple surgeries on her colon for a resection, bowel obstructions, ostomy bag, various complications--you name it. None of those surgeries required a 2 week hospital stay and they certainly didn't require a 3-month recovery period. Even if the BRF was overestimating the hospital stay (for privacy or out of an abundance of caution), the 3 month long recovery is odd.

Brit here. I’ve said on this thread before that long hospital stats are as unusual in the UK as they are in the US. However, doctors do tend to encourage longer recovery times. There is a culture of being “signed off” with for a certain period of time following procedures or illnesses and it is much more generous than the US, likely because most people have generous paid sick leave and it’s culturally acceptable to follow doctors orders and take it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the statement from the palace said that she had surgery at The London Clinic. The London clinic does not have a Gyn dept. They have cancer care (reporters have been told it’s not cancer) and “digestive health” which includes Crohns as well as tumors and other procedures.

If it had been Gyn, she’d have gone to St Mary’s or the Portman.

Wow, DCUM folks really sleuthed this out. Never disappoint, DCUM.

So yeah, very likely some sort of digestive or colon issues: Crohn's, UC, or a bowel perforation.

My best friend had a bowel perforation while working overseas as an expat. It took forever to get properly diagnosed (months) and when they finally figured out that it was a perforation, he was in the hospital for about 2 weeks to recover after the surgery. You're on a ton of antibiotics and need round the clock observation.

Wrong - this hospital does treat fibroids and endometriosis so could have been in the gyno department.

No one is staying in the hospital for 2 weeks and then recovering for 3 months from fibroid surgery.

Exactly. It's all keyhole these days. Few days in hospital at best. Something way more going on here - breakdown? And no notification before the surgery, yet a week notification of Charle's surgery and we are told about that a mere few hours to take the heat of her announcenement....

Yet, I think when it comes to planning she HAS to take significant time off. What if she ain’t better and she has rescheduled with people… only to have to postpone again.

People! She doesn’t have a medical reception job. She’s not a lawyer. She’s not a teacher or stay at home mom. She isn’t a govt analyst or technical writer.

Of her lifelong job, she can rest for a while. You don’t even know what it’s been like. Maybe it’s not even the recovery, but a no-pressure rest that is needed.

I'm not saying she doesn't have to recover, but let's be real here. She's essentially a stay at home mom with a full household staff who "works" a few hours per week doing ribbon cuttings and meet-and-greets. She does the least amount of work of any of the working royals as it is.

And?

She’s a non-essential human being?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What could it be... I know she doesn't want us to speculate... but..... Would it be a hysterectomy?

I’m wondering this. My friend had a radical hysterectomy and I remember her first days home being miserable for her. So much pain and she had a catheter to deal with on top of everything. And then, cancer treatments.

My elderly aunt had a laparoscopic hysterectomy and was up and walking about that day. She was annoyed they kept her overnight and we had to force her to rest the next day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is digestive related since that is the expertise of this particular hospital and team of doctors. And some of those surgeries can indeed require lengthy recoveries that fit with the timeline set out. Makes the most sense.

The plastic surgery or "injury" crowd seem a bit far afield.

What digestive-related surgery would possibly require that long of a hospital stay and recovery?

Colon resection can be required for a variety of reasons. Hospital stay and recovery from that surgery can be 2 weeks for a variety of reasons.

DP. My mother had multiple surgeries on her colon for a resection, bowel obstructions, ostomy bag, various complications--you name it. None of those surgeries required a 2 week hospital stay and they certainly didn't require a 3-month recovery period. Even if the BRF was overestimating the hospital stay (for privacy or out of an abundance of caution), the 3 month long recovery is odd.

You think she should be right back out there doing public appearances with an ostomy and all the associated intense media scrutiny of her appearance and dress?

I think that sweater dress she wore a few months back would be the only one i can think of that you couldn’t wear with an ostomy. Her style is modest to start with, so most dresses and all her pantsuits would work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is digestive related since that is the expertise of this particular hospital and team of doctors. And some of those surgeries can indeed require lengthy recoveries that fit with the timeline set out. Makes the most sense.

The plastic surgery or "injury" crowd seem a bit far afield.

What digestive-related surgery would possibly require that long of a hospital stay and recovery?

Colon resection can be required for a variety of reasons. Hospital stay and recovery from that surgery can be 2 weeks for a variety of reasons.

DP. My mother had multiple surgeries on her colon for a resection, bowel obstructions, ostomy bag, various complications--you name it. None of those surgeries required a 2 week hospital stay and they certainly didn't require a 3-month recovery period. Even if the BRF was overestimating the hospital stay (for privacy or out of an abundance of caution), the 3 month long recovery is odd.

You think she should be right back out there doing public appearances with an ostomy and all the associated intense media scrutiny of her appearance and dress?

You may want to read more carefully. No one is saying she should resume normal duties the week after she gets discharged. But why wouldn't she be able to go about her life with an ostomy bag after a few weeks or a month? Plenty of people do it every day without a 3 month long recovery and without the endless resources she has--and they have jobs that are far more stressful and strenuous than what she is expected to do. I swear, the excuses some of you make for her is quite amusing!