Last Friday, a video of the Princess of Wales was published in which she says that after undergoing surgery on her stomach, she was diagnosed with cancer. “In January I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time they thought it was not cancerous. Tests after the surgery revealed that it was cancer and I am currently in the first stages of preventive chemotherapy,” she described.As you may recall, in January the British Royal House announced that Princess Kate Middleton was admitted to the hospital for an abdominal surgery scheduled ahead of time, and that she would stay in the hospital for the next two weeks. “The surgery was successful,” the royal house said, “and she is expected to stay in the hospital between ten and 14 days, before returning home to continue her recovery. Based on the current medical advice, it is unlikely that she will return to public duties until after Easter.”
In any case, this is not the first time that the 42-year-old princess has a health problem that may be related to stomach problems.
In 2012, the princess was hospitalized for 3 days due to morning sickness that she suffered from during her pregnancy. She also suffered from unusual nausea during her next two pregnancies, which forced her to tell the public about the pregnancy ahead of time already in the first weeks. Middleton was hospitalized, as mentioned, because the nausea and vomiting reached abnormal proportions that could put her and the fetus at risk of dehydration as well as cause other physiological damages. In addition, as a child, Middleton underwent an operation whose details remained confidential, but it was defined as “very serious” and left a scar with a diameter of about 7.5 cm on the left side of her head.
