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I love how I had an anon literally state the following:
THIS is why a lot of oncologists are shaking their heads. The message from KP is not adding up, and I think that the sympathy train is overwhelming what is basic common sense.
But I'm the "crazy" one because I'm willing to point out that, based on Kate's own statements, Kate's health and life aren't in danger.
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The previous statement concerning the Princess's health had said she was unlikely to resume public duties until 'after Easter'. Once the subsequent discovery of cancer had led to a course of preventative chemotherapy from late February, that timetable was untenable. The Kensington Palace household of the Prince and Princess was also under going substantial staff changes. Throw into the mix the row over the edited Mothering Sunday photograph plus news of an investigation into a potential data breach of her medical records — a thoroughly distressing thought for anybody — and you have layer upon layer of added stress at possibly the most stressful time of her life. And that is not including the festering toxicity of social media trolls whipping up debates on the back of one baseless rumour after another. Once that poison had reached the school gates — and it had — then the children became the priority. The Prince and Princess decided that the last day of term would be the appropriate moment to clear the air.
~ Robert Hardman, "The inside story of the Royal health crisis: Why Kate made video statement, how she met King TWICE in hospital and the Wales' three wishes for the future"
So...you're telling me that Kate started "preventative chemotherapy" in late February, but the real problem affecting the kids was the internet chatter caused by Kensington Palace's incompetence?
Were the kids not distressed by watching THEIR MOTHER recover from "preventative chemotherapy", which started in late February? "Mum went to the doctor and she looks different, but we can't talk about it with our friends because they haven't announced it to the world yet???" Is that what you're telling us Robert? Because that's what it sounds like! George and Charlotte are already old enough to talk to their friends at school about these things, but supposedly the real worry was the internet chatter that only existed due to the incompetence of the Kensington Palace comms team?
As I keep saying about the KP comms team:
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So what you want Kate to not get chemotherapy so that she gets even more worse and more unwell? Who even thinks like that and William doesn’t smoke
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First off, it's well known that William smokes. Just because he hides it better than Harry doesn't mean he doesn't do it. He clearly has smoker skin. That's why his skin looks so terrible & dry. So dry that soon we might be able to grate cheese on it.
"You want Kate to not get chemotherapy so that she gets even more worse and more unwell?"
Your ignorance is clearly showing.
This is how people die from cancer:
Catabolism: the body breaks down on a cellular level; substances released by tumor cells are strong anorexics.
Secondary infection due to immune system suppression.
Blockage of vital structures: trachea/esophagus, superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, impacts to the spinal cord, pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, etc.
Side effects of medication/treatment: immune suppression, pulmonary fibrosis, Graft-versus-Host-Disease (GvHD), etc.
You do not die from cancer just because you have "cancer."
I wrote a long post yesterday differentiating that different people have different physiology. Just because you have "cancer" does not mean that it poses a threat to your life or health. Plenty of people have "cancer" that does not progress at all or affect them in any way. Just because you have "cancer present" does not mean it will affect your life or health in any significant way.
The situation is really like the anon said:
"Catherine has a much more serious cancer than they are letting on, hence, the decision to have chemo is not even a discussion point,"
"she’s not having chemo and there’s another reason why she’s missing in action,"
"she and William are panicking and she’s receiving chemo regardless"
My bets are on numbers two or three.
Kensington Palace is clearly lying. Can't wait for it to be revealed! KP's strategy before Kate's cancer announcement was to release the news that her medical records had been breached and paint Kate as a victim. After the cancer announcement, it was those pesky conspiracy theorists and the axis of evil who was to blame for Kate's reputation being slagged around the world, not the utter incompetence of William and KP.
Let's not forget that William is an emotionally damaged, thin skinned, control freak with a privacy fetish.
Let's also not forget that next Monday, 01 April 2024, begins a new fiscal year for the BRF.
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Submission: Chemotherapy
What lay people don’t seem to realize is that you don’t go into chemotherapy like it’s a day of drug shopping. Chemo SHORTENS your lifespan. Google it and you’ll bring up a ton of websites confirming this. Which begs the question: either Catherine has a much more serious cancer than they are letting on, hence, the decision to have chemo is not even a discussion point; OR she’s not having chemo and there’s another reason why she’s missing in action, OR she and William are panicking and she’s receiving chemo regardless. If that IS the case, then I find it incredibly irresponsible to state this as preventative chemo. Chemo KILLS cells. It’s not a preventative measure like a vaccine. This is serious shit, people, and they are making it sound like she’s adding extra fluoride to her toothpaste. THIS is why a lot of oncologists are shaking their heads. The message from KP is not adding up, and I think that the sympathy train is overwhelming what is basic common sense. I think it’s entirely possible to feel the utmost sympathy for the Wales family and, at the same time, condemn the messaging. It’s sloppy and disingenuous. 
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This is why I made mention of what Dr. Reiner said. 
Kensington Palace wants everyone to believe that Kate found out on 27 February, the day of Constantine’s memorial service and then started her “preventative chemotherapy” right afterwards, as in less than 48 hours afterwards.
Apparently she didn’t need a consultation with a hematologist-oncologist to ask and discuss about treatment options, and apparently she didn’t need a port placement by either a vascular surgeon or interventional radiologist for her “preventative chemotherapy.”
Kensington Palace wants everyone to believe that they found out about Kate’s “cancer” diagnosis the same day William skipped out on that church service less than an hour before and still had enough time in the month to start “preventative chemotherapy.” 
It’s not a remotely believable timeline, but plenty of people believe it. 
I’ve seen rumors that the UK press has known about the “cancer” diagnosis since January; however, what stage of cancer was it? Was it just in situ or stage 2 or 3?
It’s widely assumed that it was a colon cancer diagnosis; however, in the US, they typically do not do adjuvant therapy, aka “preventative chemotherapy,” for stage 0 or 1 colon cancer.
It’s pretty clear that KP is lying with their timeline. She most certainly did not find out on 27 February and also start her “preventative chemotherapy” in “late February.” There are not 31 days in February, and that timeline possibility isn’t even remotely plausible.
To me, it’s either they are outright lying that her diagnosis is more serious, which means Kate sat on that bench and lied to everyone. Or they thought they could hide the “preventative chemotherapy” treatments with their original statement, hoping that they would never have to admit she did anything more than surgery because they are ridiculously extreme about their “privacy.” 
I don’t exclude Kate doing “preventative chemotherapy” to kill in situ/stage 0 cancer cells because as you can see, most people’s attitude can be summed up as, “So what you want Kate to not get chemotherapy so that she gets even more worse and more unwell?” Not realizing that the treatment is likely worse than the disease if she really does have stage 0 colon cancer. They don’t know how to do a cost-benefit analysis. There does not seem to be proper risk analysis going on, which is typical of people who have a lot of money and can get whatever kind of treatment they want. 
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Don’t you find it odd how The King can’t attend Maundy “because of large numbers of people attending” yet the week of announcing “cancer”, Cathy was seen out shopping and we were told she’s going to watch her children play sports etc? I presume with other children, who are notoriously germy.
It’s almost like…one person’s cancer is actually a serious diagnosis and the other’s is an invented soap opera to exploit their way out of their own mistake…
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It definitely sounds as if they ran away to Anmer Hall to hide for 3.5 weeks.
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I’m getting confused.
So, do you think that W&K knew about the possibility of detecting cancer prior surgery? And that maybe the surgery was to take out the tumor or organ as the first part of the treatment and then that’s why she is doing ‘preventative chemo’?
Because I keep reading people saying that some people have had surgery without expecting to have cancer and then after sending it to pathology, they discovered the tissue with cancer cells. Many are saying that it’s ‘common’ or it’s how some were diagnosed. Many are fortunate to find it in early stages, other ñd not so much.
Or what are you implying? Are they lying in some part of the story? Or how do you think all this happened?
I just hope that whatever she had/had, it had been detected on time and isn’t in an advanced stage tho.
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I would recommend my answer to your previous ask here.
I think Kate's surgery was for a bowel obstruction, bowel fistula, or severe diverticulitis. There's no way to no for sure since they're never going to tell us. (It's too embarrassing! Gasp!) They always do imaging prior to surgery, so if the radiologists did not see any noticeable lesions on her imaging, then she likely was diagnosed as Stage 0/in situ based on the pathology report. Or whatever they call it in the UK.
I think Kate's "preventative chemotherapy" is very unnecessary. It makes the doctors and medical staff feel good because they like to do medical interventions. That's what their entire careers are based on. However, that doesn't mean she needs it to be healthy. In all likelihood, she would be just fine without it. She should have waited another six months to do it if she wanted to do it. Should have waited until her body and mind finished healing and her husband stopped chain smoking in the backyard to soothe his nerves.
Kate's got rich people problems. She can get any treatment she wants, even if her life would be better off without it.
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What you're saying is that she should have ignored her doctors' advice and not taken this preventative treatment ? The truth is that we don't know anything at all. Just like Charles, we know nothing. We are not doctors, we do not have the results or even the x-rays or scans of these two humans. You minimize Kate's problems and it shows your true colors a little more. I find it unfortunate that you end up saying that you have no sympathy for her. Quite sad. For my part I hope that Charles and Kate will be better in the future.
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Because either
a) Kate is lying about her condition and it's worse than what she said,
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b) her condition is exactly as she described it, which sounds like Stage 0/in situ cancer and she's napalming her body because her real problem is the poverty of affluence.
I save my sympathy for people who deserve it, such as the construction workers who lost their lives in the recent Baltimore bridge collapse tragedy and their families.
Kate's life isn't a tragedy.
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No, I don't think it's as serious as the conclusions people are leaping to. If her cancer was actually "serious," then she would have stated that she is being "actively treated for cancer.
Oh, sorry if I’m a bit lost on this topic, but cancer experiences in my circle has been completely different from this.
I understand the point you are making. However I’ve seen many people saying that we don’t know in what stage the cancer was (I want to imagine it isn’t stage 4 since she wouldn’t have used ‘preventative’ chemo term, she should have used ‘chemotherapy’ term since it would have meant it was already metastasized and preventative wouldn’t be the case) and that she at the end ‘has’ cancer because doctors don’t know if she still has cancer cells on her body, so they will mop op those who remain and the doctors can’t see.
I’ve seen other people talking on their experience and saying that they went to surgery and only after it, it was detected the person has stage 3-4 cancer, is that possible? Or when you have a more advanced cancer it’s more visible with PET scans and other medical tests? Like I don’t understand or can’t comprehend how some doctors can’t see a stage 4 cancer in some organ if that would mean it was already in other organs, or how that works?
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A general overview of cancer (TNM) staging is described in detail here.
T = tumor, which can be staged 0 through 5 (depending upon organ/location). N = lymph node, has it spread to the lymph nodes? What kind of lymph nodes? Sentinel node, group of nodes, several groups of nodes? M = metastasis, yes or no
Specific staging numbers and letters varies based on where the primary tumor is located. Stage 3 or 4 cancer is unquestionably visible on imaging. Stage 4 is usually metastatic cancer, where lymph nodes have been affected. (Except for testicular cancer, which I understand no longer stages up to the number 4 because it has a 99% cure rate in the US.) This is when there are visible lesions on imaging, and surgeons can see tissue abnormalities during surgery with certain kinds of equipment.
Stage 0 is when no actual tumor/mass is found; it is also known as in situ, where abnormal cells in a single tissue layer have not formed a mass.
Consider Kate's statement:
“In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment."
Masses usually tend to be visible on imaging because radiographic imaging is very good these days. Even though she didn't mention it, she likely had pre-op imaging of some sort, probably a CT scan (with or without contrast). As Dr. Reiner mentioned on CNN, they would have known IF she had any suspect masses in her abdomen prior to surgery. They don't just cut people open and take a look under the hood. If the surgeons noted any abnormalities during the surgery, they would have told Kate after the surgery about those abnormalities and informed her the final results would be determined after testing by pathology.
If she didn't have any visible masses on imaging and if Kate isn't saying that her surgeons informed her of suspicious tissue post-op and they only "found cancer had been present" after pathology, then--based on her own statements--it sounds as if her "cancer" is in situ or stage 0.
As for how other people go through cancer screening or surgery and find out they are stage 3 or 4, well, that gets into how different people's biology grows cancer at different rates.
The below image is taken from a screen shot from Vinay Prasad's video on mammography, which I previously posted here. Vinay Prasad is a hematologist-oncologist (cancer doctor).
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In this graphic, you see four trajectories with four different animals associated--bird, bear, turtle, snail. There is a red vertical line noting "screening detects cancer." There are two dotted gray lines. The top one notes "size at which cancer causes death" while the one below the bear (and the word "slow") says "size at which cancer causes symptoms."
The four trajectory animals:
Bird: fast growing cancer
Bear: slow growing cancer
Turtle: very slow growing cancer
Snail: non-progressive cancer
The example where you are describing, "I’ve seen other people talking on their experience and saying that they went to surgery and only after it, it was detected the person has stage 3-4 cancer," is a fast growing cancer. A "bird" "in the graphic above. Those kind of cancers are almost impossible to treat. It can be difficult for people with those kind of cancers to make it to the five-year survival rate no matter what kinds of treatments are used.
Charles probably has a "bear" type of cancer. Slow growing but detectable, which is why I suspect he's going to be okay. You can read some urologist comments from reddit here, which I previously posted. It's likely that Charles is being treated for bladder cancer, which was found after his benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) procedure. It's not uncommon to find bladder cancer during BPH procedures.
Kate--based on her own statements--sounds as if she has either a "turtle" or a "snail." If cancer wasn't suspected at all prior to her surgery, then it's likely that what she has currently would pose no immediate threat to her or in the near future. She could have waited six months and been re-evaluated. Instead, it sounds as if she is already napalming her own body with "preventative chemotherapy." A treatment she likely doesn't need but can afford because she has "the best doctors." It sounds more like over-treatment and carries serious risks.
You can read more about over-treatment & over-diagnosis in cancer in the following two articles.
While conventional wisdom holds that early diagnosis is good, H. Gilbert Welch, a professor of medicine and director of the Center for Medicine and the Media at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, views it as a major problem for modern medicine, with myriad social, medical, and economic implications. In his new book, Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health (Beacon Press, 2011), Welch and coauthors Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin write about the hazards of looking too hard for illnesses in healthy people, including additional procedures that carry no benefit, but may cause harm, higher health care costs, and psychological detriments.
Over a decade ago, Welch started looking into the effects of mass screening programs for cancer that have emerged around the globe. These programs take otherwise healthy people and subject them to tests to find out whether they have lumps and bumps that may be malignant. This is different from using ultrasounds or other technologies to diagnose people at risk of a disease or who have symptoms that require investigation. It's the type of preemptive screening that so many celebrities advocate. Welch found something surprising: in many cases, screening wasn't actually helping people or saving lives. The programs were turning healthy people into cancer patients unnecessarily, leading them to needless treatment and hospitalization, creating clubs of "cancer survivors" who actually would have lived even if their cancers were left untouched.
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Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the King will attend the traditional Easter Matins church service in Windsor on Sunday. Charles, accompanied by the Queen, will lead members of the Royal family at the traditional service at St George’s Chapel. The 75-year-old King has stepped back from public duties on medical advice as he undergoes cancer treatment in order to avoid the risks associated with large crowds. The royal turnout on Easter Sunday will therefore be considerably smaller than usual, with only a handful of royals in attendance in order to minimise his contact with others, in an outing that has been described as “Easter Lite”. The Palace said: “Their Majesties the King and Queen, accompanied by other members of the Royal family, will attend the Easter Matins Service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Easter Sunday.” The outing will be the King’s most significant appearance since he was diagnosed with cancer early last month. Since then, he has been determined to maintain a public profile, reassuring the nation that his hand remains on the tiller and that he continues with his state duties. As such, he has also recorded an audio message that will be played at the Royal Maundy Thursday service at Worcester Cathedral this week, when he will be represented by the Queen. Camilla, 76, will distribute Maundy money on behalf of her husband, taking on the ancient custom for the first time. The King is unable to attend because of the large numbers that will be at the service. Kensington Palace has confirmed that the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children will not be there. The Princess revealed on Friday that she was having treatment for cancer.
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I guess it must have been a "quick decision!"
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A spokesman for the princess said: 'We will not be sharing any further private medical information. The Princess has a right to medical privacy, as we all do.' However her spokesman confirmed: 'The Princess is now on a recovery pathway having commenced a course of preventative chemotherapy…in late February.'
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The princess is now on what has been described as a 'recovery pathway' having commenced a course of chemotherapy in late February. It is for this reason that Prince William pulled out of a memorial service for his late godfather, King Constantine of Greece.
Constantine's memorial service was on 27 February 2024.
There were only 29 days in February this year.
Am I really supposed to think Kate started "preventative chemotherapy" within or less than 48 hours of the news? Apparently without a cancer counseling appointment?
Is that how they do things over at The London Clinic? Or in the UK in general?
They just call people up. Tell them they have cancer, and, oh, by the way, you're starting chemo tomorrow!
No hour long consultation with the doctors prior to treatment about what to expect throughout the course of treatment, whether it is virtual or in person appointment? No opportunity to ask questions about the drugs being used or drug options? No opportunity ask about preparation for the drug infusions and post procedure guidelines? No opportunity to consider if you really want to do "preventative chemotherapy" after having these discussions with medical professionals? REALLY?!
Seriously???
This is just another reason why Dr. Jonathan Reiner said Kate's statement didn't "make a lot of medical sense."
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After The Associated Press issued a kill notification on the botched photoshopped image of a suspiciously glossy Princess of Wales surrounded by her beaming progeny, there was a typical outburst of tabloid pomposity questioning whether Kensington Palace could ever be considered a trusted source of news. Huh? When was the last time any tabloid considered the palace a trusted source of news? As the editor of Vanity Fair in 1985, I wrote a piece revealing that Prince Charles and Princess Diana were having awful marital fights. The palace roundly denied it, and the royal couple denied it in a television interview, confirming in my mind — correctly, as it turned out — that it was all true.
~ Tina Brown, "Heavy Lies the Crown"
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