It could also be that she is in no rush to return to public life and is just taking time off. That is her right.
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It does if the 3 month recovery isnât medically necessary.
Or perhaps just emotionally necessary.
I think most people forget that Catherine had HG which can have lasting effects. Most likely she had her gallbladder removed as that is the most commonly associated with HG postpartum, but thereâs a chance she also had a kidney removed. Gallbladder doesnât require that long of a hospital stay but again, there may be greater precautions being taken given because of her status within the monarchy. It does have a lengthier âreturn to normalâ period because the gas they fill the abdomen with takes some time to be reabsorbed and you need to stay close to a bathroom while your body adjusts to not having one.
Removal of gall bladder is nowadays an easy laparoscopic surgery, usually only one overnight stay. This recovery is more consistent with a Whipple, or a distal pancreatectomy, or a huge debulking for ovarian cancer, or a massive surgery for some other advanced GYN or GI cancer. Even a colectomy for ulcerative colitis, or a removal of a segment of the GI tract for Crohnâs, would not have a two to three month recovery. Plus it came on so suddenly, the surgery, they had to cancel vacation plans, itâs obvious that they didnât know this was coming, so I doubt that it is immune bowel disease.
Well, they have said it isnât cancer related. I wouldnât think theyâd lie about that since it would likely become obvious at some point.
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Theyâll say that they didnât know at the time of surgery that it was cancer. But thereâs really not much else that I can think of that would have been so urgent that they had to cancel vacation, that requires a 2 week hospitalization for someone who can have anything they want at home, and then a 2-3 month recovery at home.
The Royal Family schedules trips a year in advance, so her condition could have arisen in the last few months, but the plans were long-scheduled.
Many have questioned the word âplannedâ as it pertains to her surgery. Some have said technically, if surgery is scheduled for the next day at 2 p.m., it is âplanned.â Although most of us use the term in a non-emergency sense, such as I have a planned surgery in two weeks to remove my wisdom teeth.
In this case, the word planned makes most of us think it has been in the works for weeks or even months, but in actuality, it could have been planned for the following day.
I also think so many of us are used to the US getting them in and out of the hospital in record time mentality. She is the future Queen of England, and whatever she has done, she will get to convalesce as long as needed she also can stay in the hospital as long as she wants.
Some may not realize that the Wales family lives in a modest (by royal standards) 4-bedroom home without even a guest room. Their house, with the small children, and no doubt 24/7 nursing care, may not work well with recuperating from any type of surgery.
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Another possibility is a laparotomy for severe endometriosis. Colon, bladder, and/or even the kidneys could have been involved too. I also donât think they would have knowingly lied about cancer, and the timeline was communicated before the surgery, not after.
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Severe endometriosis would have led to infertility - nope. Plus at 42, the treatment for endometriosis would have been a hysterectomy, since sheâs pretty close to menopause. Even if not, laparoscopic is the way to go, and she would have been out the next day.
Not counting their 3BR, 20 room apartment at Kensington Palace or their 10BR country home in the Sandringham Estate. 
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Severe endo could definitely lead to a laparotomy if the endo lesions are on various organs (and yes, also usually involves a hysterectomy). It could have worsened in the last 5 years, we really have no idea. Not sure why you are so adamant that she must have cancer. Maybe she does, but for now it doesnât seem really seem necessary everyone know. Time will tell.
Since the children are in school close to their home, I donât think they would uproot the entire family.
I am sure they are trying to normalize the entire situation as much as possible.
Iâm concerned for Kate. I wonât speculate but the lack of photos of William and the kids visiting from a British media that typically doesnât respect boundaries is disconcerting. (I think that in the last 2 weeks there has been only one documented visit by William, while there have been many of Camilla.)
The âwe pay; you poseâ tabloid press seems to have different standards for William and Kate. It may be due to the serious nature of the hospitalization or an example of the arrangement between the Royal Family and those media outlets. I hope itâs just the latter.
Because Iâm an MD, and I cannot think of anything else that would have necessitated an urgent abdominal surgery with a 2 week hospitalization followed by a 2-3 month recovery at home. Afterwards, it can easily be explained away as, âWell, we didnât know that she had it, until after the surgery.â The fact that her parents are still alive and well goes against the likelihood of cancer. Her past apparent good health, and the three healthy pregnancies (other than her hyperemesis misery), go against ulcerative colitis or Crohnâs.
I am backing the endometriosis theory. I had endo over 25 years ago. I went in for a scheduled outpatient laparoscopic removal of an ovarian cyst and ended up with a more major surgery once the doctor saw how much endo I had in other parts of my body. Spent a few nights in the hospital to recover. They did not do a hysterectomy and most of the surgery ended up being abdominal (where the endo was located). I think this also fits with the severe morning sickness she had when pregnant, especially if the endo is located in the GI areas. When my husband heard about Kate, he immediately said she must have what you had! Also, Endo that is not causing large issues in the uterus or ovaries, will not cause infertility.
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Maybe the doctor here can answer. Could it be a surgery that required a colostomy bag? She is at home for three months until the colostomy can be reversed? She is used to going out in dresses that are form fitting and wouldnât want photographers zooming in and possibly discovering the colostomy bag.
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found this which would match the timeline
âA colostomy reversal will only be carried out when youâre in good health and have fully recovered. This will usually be at least 3 months after the initial colostomy surgery.â
I still think it would have been better for the press release to be more general⊠something like - âfor required surgery⊠family request privacy for the recovery period of approximately 3 monthsâ.
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The family DID request privacy.
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