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he is already ok?
he is already ok?
It certainly sounds like something was removed and a biopsy will be performed However, anytime ANYTHING is removed from your body, they biopsy it, even the littlest thing the doctor looks at and says "meh."
Indeed, general anesthesia without the surgery is, of itself, risky at hat age. My 88 year old MIL recently had a perforated ulcer. They gave her light sedation and an epidural, because they would not risk the general.
we have to wait ome days to know exctly the duke¡s conditionThe operation has gone as planned but thats all we know for now,I'm sure we'll know a bit more later this evening.
EXACLY! Some people think b/c the Duke's been very lucky to have excellent medical care and be fit and active into his 90s, that it's not a big deal. Hardly. At his age, just about anything besides a runny nose or a minor scrape can become a big deal. A small scalp laceration from a fall can kill if you bleed to death. And we have to keep in mind, he'll be 92 on Monday (MY birthday! ). These sorts of significant procedures become more routine, even in someone like the Duke. I know I hope he recovers well. But we should be prepared that he's going to decline at some point, and sooner rather than later. That's simply the nature of time. B/c it's an exploratory operation on his abdomen and he's had bladder infections, my guess is prostate, bladder, gall bladder, stomach or intestinal, in no particular order. Of course that's just speculation.At 92 any operation is major operation.
Respectfully, "concerned", could very well simply mean that: She's concerned about her husband, which after 65 years of marriage, one would be. It could be code, but I think it's pretty routine to say that. Anyone's concerned when a loved one goes in hospital. Simply b/c the royals use language differently, doesn't mean in every case.O.k. It was stated that the Queen is "concerned". That does not sound like its just a little thing. When will we know more? If she is concerned then there must be something more going on right? Oh my. Okay, lets stay calm here. Im telling myself that.
I completely agree.It is usually better not to speculate about medical matters a doctor has made their diagnosis and everyone knows what they are talking about.
Its like when it was announced that he was going into hospital every media outlet found a doctor to start guessing and prognosing but none of them had ever examined the duke or seen any results from his tests.
What a choice - let everyone know your medical history/facts or have your obit prepared ready to go to print.
Poor old devil - love him!
My husband is managing editor for a major newspaper. They have obits on file for all important/famous individuals and update them annually so they are ready immediately when someone notable dies. That said, I think Philip is quite a character and hope his obit does not go to print for a very long time.
Actually its not so much the obit but the "pre-obit" tosh written by papers who haven't got the medical info (quite right) so put out articles that imply the man is dying.
Also happens with posters on blogs and forums
Some of them have even been known to print them before their time. My fathers obit story was printed in London 14 years before he actually died. A journalist happened to be at the KE7 Hospital when my father was admitted, overheard a young intern tell me he would die that night but did not stick around to overhear the 2 actual attending physicians come out and tell us the intern was wrong and my father would be fine after treatment. Needless to say the story caused a lot of upset the next morning when we read it over breakfast. When my father actually did die 14 years later they called to confirm before running pretty much the same obit.
Pretty good actually. He at least got to correct a few factual errors, although 14 years later they still made a few mistakes.Amazing! Your father may have been the only man ever to have had the experience of reading his own obituary in the newspaper! I hope it was complimentary at least.