Shock report: Kate Middleton was "fortunate" to survive cancer

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The Daily Mail has run a slew of articles on colon cancer in young people. That's what I think she had. Remember she's very thin and might have had colitis that became cancerous.

she looks worn out, keeps the million dollar smile on, but looks exhausted in recent pics.

I think she's fabulous. For the KGT, I'm not an old British crone. I'm a gay American man.

Sure Jan

Yeah, she went through it. My brother got colon cancer at 45. I don't know what the fuck is going with this world

Isn’t everyone?

An interesting question to ask is why Catherine's team are leaking this now

a) response to the flurry of headlines about her missing a previously scheduled event

b) it's back

R8, I have it on good authority she was going to be arrested for trafficking house servants from India, but the BRF pulled some strings and her team floated this story.

c) it's that dark-skinned American interloper

DL doctors, correct me if I'm wrong, but —

If a person has colitis severe enough to require abdominal surgery, they've probably been scoped (and even scanned) enough to make it less likely that colon cancer would be a surprise discovered during the procedure.

Surgery to remove what looked like an ovarian cyst on ultrasound is more likely to reveal unexpected cancer, particularly advanced.

The two-week initial hospital stay seems to point toward colon, but if an initial laproscopic procedure for a suspected ovarian cyst revealed scary stuff, they may have had to regroup and call in specialists before a larger, open surgery.

I posted this in the thread about her absence from Ascot. Worth reposting here.

It was one of the hottest (if not the hottest) days of the year.

I'll let AI do the talking:

[QUOTE]Yes, cancer survivors can be more susceptible to heat. Cancer treatments, like chemotherapy and radiation, can make the skin more sensitive to the sun and heat. Additionally, some cancer treatments can affect the body's ability to regulate temperature, potentially leading to dehydration or other heat-related illnesses.

Also, she might very well likely be going through premature menopause. Both chemotherapy and radiation treatments, particularly if targeted to the pelvic region, can cause it. Heat and sunlight can actually precipitate hot flashes. No menopausal woman in her right mind would want to spend a hot afternoon in the beating sun

I didn't think about the fact that the DM has been having (at least) one new article every week for awhile now...never thought to connect it to Kate.

Perhaps it's being leaked now because the DM has been working up to spilling the beans and the BRF is finally just throwing their hands up in the air and saying "ok, just do it."

Other publications have had an awful lot of articles about the recent increased incidence of colon cancer in relatively young adults. We've had a thread or two about it.

Threads about incidence in the UK?

I can't remember specifically, but epidemiological studies were probably done in the U.S.

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