Princess of Wales: surgery and recuperation

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68009259

My DM was in for two nights with her stoma

Yes, I was sorry when our old GP retired. Under his successor it meant I had a sterilisation on the Thursday and was back at work on the Monday, albeit limping around a bit.

Can you point me to where you saw that please? @Betsyhilton

I stayed in hospital for 1 night after my hysterectomy but mine was done via key hole surgery. Hope she is ok.

No, I totally get that. We are all different. I think it made a big difference that I was fairly young, reasonably fit and also have a very high pain threshold.

I also think I was lucky with my surgeon/consultant as I feel his advice really helped my recovery

I thought the late Queen had bone marrow cancer (not bone cancer)

There was no official announcement, but the 'let it be known' was myeloma, was it not?

Also it seems she died with it, not of it (though it's likely it contributed to her old age decline)

@TrickyD the old types of general anaesthetic did used to knock people out and they could take a day or two to be totally with it. So maybe he was about 50 years behind the times?

The Palace has already said that she wants her personal medical information to be kept private, in others words...."Noses out, sticky beaks!"

Cancer-mongers can pipe down too

NHS though, yes?

Really ? I haven’t seen that statement. Can you link please ?

That's a pretty nasty thing to say.

Those who think of major surgery as a break haven’t spent 2wks in high dependency thinking they are dying, or would rather die as it’s preferable at that point. What a ridiculous comment

It's on the BBC website and at least one other I've read as well.

The Princess of Wales is to stay in hospital for up to two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery.
Kensington Palace said the procedure was planned and successful but the princess is not expected to resume royal duties for months.
The palace did not disclose further details about her condition but said it is not cancer-related.

I was private and only in 1 night

It was in the Times

I was also wondering what 'brown leg' was. Sounded like the kind of disease a 16th century sailor might have contracted in the Tropics.

Hope the Princess of Wales makes a full recovery and is allowed to do so in peace.

A c-section is also considered "major" abdominal surgery and patients are shoved out the door after 24hrs. In other countries, c-sections are given 3-5 days of recovery, similar to a hysterectomy.

So recovery time doesn't necessarily correlate to the severity of the procedure. Some minor operations end up with complications that require longer recoveries. Anyone remember that bizarre story with Princess Charlene of Monaco? Apparent a botched dental operation left her rail thin and needing treatment in South Africa away from her kids for over a year. However things all turned out well in the end.

My friend had 14 hour surgery. Lol at this

Then why click on it?

Poor thing. I am not going to speculate but I do sympathise with her and hope whatever it is necessitating the operation and recovery period, is solved. This must be so worrying for her husband and family.

@penjil I was treated at a private hospital actually.

@User3563573 I thought Princess Charlene was effectively held hostage?