Bridget in MD
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jan 17, 2024 15:28:19 GMT
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Post by wellway on Jan 17, 2024 15:40:27 GMT
I have no idea what surgery she has had but it is very unusual for a Royal to spend any length of time in hospital. They are usually in and out asap.
It's not as if a recovery room could not be set up in any number of palaces. So, it makes me think that she needs to be monitored more closely by medical staff.
I wish her well.
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Post by wellway on Jan 17, 2024 15:45:55 GMT
Also just breaking, King Charles to have surgery too. For a benign prostrate condition.
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Post by Tearisci on Jan 17, 2024 15:48:22 GMT
When my appendix burst during a trip to Scotland, I was hospitalized for 6 days. If it had been the US, I would have been gone within a day or two so maybe the stays in the UK are automatically longer than what we are used to in the States.
I had to beg them to let me leave, promising that I would just get room service and stay in my hotel room.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jan 17, 2024 15:48:43 GMT
14 days - damn! no clue what's going on but that is an extremely long stay!
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jan 17, 2024 15:51:55 GMT
I was also curious what kind of surgery would lead to a planned 10-14 days in the hospital and several months recovery.
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Post by iluvpink on Jan 17, 2024 15:56:14 GMT
Yes, the long hospital stay seems odd. I was thinking hysterectomy. But that seems awfully long.  |
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Post by Lurkingpea on Jan 17, 2024 15:58:11 GMT
Hysterectomy was my thought. That would certainly lead to a long recovery.
In any event I wish her well.
Stays outside of the US are typically longer.
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Post by sueg on Jan 17, 2024 16:04:33 GMT
Yes, the long hospital stay seems odd. I was thinking hysterectomy. But that seems awfully long. Hysterectomy was my thought too. I had an abdominal hysterectomy in Germany 10 years ago and had to stay in for over a week, so 10 days doesn’t seem overly long for me. |
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Post by paulao on Jan 17, 2024 16:06:17 GMT
I’m thinking hysterectomy. I wish her the best and speedy recovery. She’s one of my favorite people in the whole world.
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Post by wellway on Jan 17, 2024 16:10:48 GMT
Am I remembering correctly? Didn't she suffer from awful morning sickness in her pregnancies?
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Post by sueg on Jan 17, 2024 16:15:41 GMT
Am I remembering correctly? Didn't she suffer from awful morning sickness in her pregnancies? Yes, she had hyperemesis, a really severe form of ‘morning’ sickness, where women often become dehydrated and are hospitalised for intensive fluids treatment. That was partly why my mind went to a gynocological issue, even though it may be entirely unrelated. |
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Post by mom on Jan 17, 2024 16:47:14 GMT
I am wondering if it was some sort of bowel obstruction surgery? I lean that way because of how long she could possibly be in the hospital -- for a routine hysterectomy, 2 weeks hospitalized seems long. But who knows.
I hope her recovery is smooth.
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Post by milocat on Jan 17, 2024 16:52:38 GMT
When my appendix burst during a trip to Scotland, I was hospitalized for 6 days. If it had been the US, I would have been gone within a day or two so maybe the stays in the UK are automatically longer than what we are used to in the States. My niece just had an appendicitis, surgery at 9 pm, released the next morning. In Canada. No one seems to stay more than a day or two for anything. Hopefully all will be ok, that is a really ling time in the hospital. |
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Post by iluvpink on Jan 17, 2024 17:00:28 GMT
I'm trying to remember when my dad had heart surgery in 2014. They had to rebuild his aortic arch, replace a valve, double bypass and some other procedure. I don't remember how long he was in the hospital but I don't think it was two weeks. Maybe a week and a half if that? I'm thinking they are just giving the longest time and it may well be quite a bit shorter. A little more info here. Princess of Wales Surgery |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 17, 2024 17:04:09 GMT
I'm wondering if they are saying 2 weeks publicly, knowing full well she'll be home sooner than that.
Not many people stay in hospital for 2 weeks these days, and given that she obviously has a lot of options available for getting care at home, it does seem to be an overestimation. Perhaps they are just trying to throw the media & the speculation off track.
There's already been a "leak" that the issue is non cancerous, but even if it was that's not a reason to stay in hospital.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jan 17, 2024 17:14:02 GMT
I wonder if this is just protocol due to her status. Can you imagine sending her home then having complications? Although I am sure she would have help at home. But that is my theory.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jan 17, 2024 17:47:25 GMT
I hope she heals quickly.
My first thought was hysterectomy.
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Post by sueg on Jan 17, 2024 17:52:21 GMT
There's already been a "leak" that the issue is non cancerous, but even if it was that's not a reason to stay in hospital. It wasn’t a ‘leak’ about it being non-cancerous. According to the BBC, it was part of the statement released by the Palace |
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Post by gar on Jan 17, 2024 18:09:10 GMT
It says she could stay up to 2 weeks so I'm guessing that's a precaution/worst case scenario and she'll most likely (hopefully) be out sooner.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jan 17, 2024 21:20:51 GMT
It says she could stay up to 2 weeks so I'm guessing that's a precaution/worst case scenario and she'll most likely (hopefully) be out sooner. Exactly. If she stays 12 days and goes home, then everyone will say it’s good news. Same if she stays 12 days. If they just left the timeline open and she was there equally as long, there would be tons of speculation about what’s wrong and why is her stay so long. I can’t imagine a two week stay in the hospital. I had a c/sect with my first and I was in for 2 days—and the first day was only 30 minutes long as I’d given birth at 11:30 pm. My father just had a knee replacement at 80 and he was there less than 24 hours. |
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Post by Rhondito on Jan 17, 2024 21:52:01 GMT
I'm leaning toward hysterectomy, mainly because they said it was "planned." But what does that mean really? If it was emergent would they say? We most likely won't learn the truth for quite some time, if ever. I'm just hopeful and praying she'll be well and okay.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jan 18, 2024 0:29:53 GMT
If it had been planned, why was she scheduled to make appearances.
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It was planned for the future and they decided to do it sooner.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 18, 2024 1:24:09 GMT
There's already been a "leak" that the issue is non cancerous, but even if it was that's not a reason to stay in hospital. It wasn’t a ‘leak’ about it being non-cancerous. According to the BBC, it was part of the statement released by the Palace You can see the statements here....and it doesn't say anything like that |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 18, 2024 1:32:21 GMT
If it had been planned, why was she scheduled to make appearances. Those royal engagements would have been planned several months in advance, they aren't booked with a week or two notice. Planned surgery means not an emergency. She might have seen a doctor 2 weeks ago, and they planned and booked her surgery for a few days ago...long after any engagements were booked into the calendar. |
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Post by Merge on Jan 18, 2024 2:56:58 GMT
Hmm, my first thought was tummy tuck.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jan 18, 2024 3:06:02 GMT
I assumed hysterectomy too because that's just the most common abdominal surgery women that age go through in my experience. She has three children already, I can't picture her having anymore at this point. I'd be willing to bet the timeline is just precautionary so people don't get into a frenzy if she isn't in and out of the hospital asap.
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 18, 2024 3:17:17 GMT
I wonder if she just would like to take some time to heal and spend as much time with the kids as possible. Wishing her well.
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Post by iowgirl on Jan 18, 2024 4:27:31 GMT
Hmm, my first thought was tummy tuck.  There is no tummy to tuck! My goodness she is a very thin woman. I marvel at her figure after 3 kids  |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 18, 2024 4:51:47 GMT
Hmm, my first thought was tummy tuck. There is no tummy to tuck! My goodness she is a very thin woman. I marvel at her figure after 3 kids  While I'm sure that 'tummy tuck" answer was meant to be either rude or a bad attempt at humour , it might be possible that she's had some sort of abdominal repair to her muscles. She has a very slender frame and she had quite large babies for her size, so her having abdominal muscle separation and/or excess skin, is possible. Perhaps they wanted to wait until they were sure they weren't having any more children before doing it. She might have been wearing shapewear type garments until now. You don't have to look overweight to need either of those surgeries. Of course it's all pure speculation, and without trying to put her down in any way, but it is possible she needed a surgical repair for issues like this. |
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