“I had a major abdominal operation in London in January, and at the time it looked like my condition was not cancerous. The operation was successful. However, tests after the operation showed the presence of cancer. My medical team therefore recommended that I undergo a course of preventive chemotherapy and I am now in the initial stages of this treatment.” Kate Middleton revealed about whose state of health various speculations were beginning to be made. Perhaps they were also one of the reasons why Prince William’s wife she talked about her health condition.
The princess also revealed that in order to start chemotherapy, her body had to come back together after major abdominal surgery. It was Andrew Beggs from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham who spoke to the Daily Mail about preventive chemotherapy, who compared this method of treatment to mopping the floor with bleach, because it kills not only cancer cells.
At the same time, he revealed that the time frame for such treatment is very variable but traditionally, he said, it is given between four and six cycles of chemotherapy, with each cycle lasting 21 days. The treatment is given over the course of one or several days, followed by days where the body has time to recover while the chemotherapy continues to destroy the cancer cells.
The specialist also mentioned the side effects of chemotherapy. These appear because healthy cells are damaged along with cancerous ones. The treatment can therefore make people feel very tired, nauseous, vomiting and hair loss.
Luckily, Kate has a lot of support in her family, although she admitted the news came as a huge shock to them and revealed it took time to explain the situation to their children. Fortunately, she has Prince William by her side, who has reduced his work duties and is mainly focusing on his family.
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