The King Diagnosed with Cancer.

Kate recovering from a major operation as well. Must be a difficult period for Wills, especially bearing in mind what would follow if his dad died.
 
It just shows you Cancer can effect anyone no matter who you are what your age is or what your wealth is.

All the best Charlie. 👍
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
It’s all do do with a new cancer drug which the NHS cannot fund due to the extreme costs reportedly to be £120,000 (£40,000 per session and he needs at least 3) according to the bbc news.

Hardly a comparison to general NHS treatment.
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Not good for anyone - I suppose the question is - ‘What does the drug offer?’ - does it increase life expectancy for a day or offer a cure?

God knows where the balance between the two is!!!
 
poolseasider said:
Why the cheap dig?
I've had family members with cancer the NHS and hospices have been absolutely bloody brilliant.
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I don't think it is a cheap dig. My mother in law has been housebound for 2 months waiting for an x-ray on her hip. Then no doubt another few months while a space becomes available for treatment.

I love the NHS and am furious about the way it's a political football while patients are caught in the cross fire.
 
Wizaard said:
I don't think it is a cheap dig. My mother in law has been housebound for 2 months waiting for an x-ray on her hip. Then no doubt another few months while a space becomes available for treatment.

I love the NHS and am furious about the way it's a political football while patients are caught in the cross fire.
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Why do you love an organisation that is not treating your family well?
 
poolseasider said:
Why the cheap dig?
I've had family members with cancer the NHS and hospices have been absolutely bloody brilliant.
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We’ve also had brushes with cancer & received really good treatment. I posted that comment after hearing it on a recurring loop on the 6 o’clock news. They reported it, then repeated it again then dug up Nickolas Witchell to repeat it again. You’d have been forgiven if you thought nothing else had happened today.
 
seasideone said:
Why do you love an organisation that is not treating your family well?
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Because the alternative is so much worse, and it's not the fault of the organisation its being deliberately starved of funds in order to 'encourage' privatisation.

By going private she'd almost certainly see the same consultant with his different hat on, but would have to fork out around £1,000 for the xray and possibly £15,000 for the treatment.

Its not what she wants to spend at 85, but its a bit of a rock and hard place in that she is becoming far less independent and may cost the NHS far more if she has to go into care, as well as possibly having to sell her home to pay for it.
 
seasideone said:
Not good for anyone - I suppose the question is - ‘What does the drug offer?’ - does it increase life expectancy for a day or offer a cure?

God knows where the balance between the two is!!!
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Exactly.

It’s a new type of drug in its early stages only for treating certain types of cancer.

It could give him another 5 years or 10 years or nothing at all.

As you indicate where do you draw the line? 🤷‍♂️
 
We don’t know what cancer he has, let alone what treatment/drug will be needed. Like I’d wish every human being well with any form of cancer, I wish him well.
 
Wizaard said:
Because the alternative is so much worse, and it's not the fault of the organisation its being deliberately starved of funds in order to 'encourage' privatisation.

By going private she'd almost certainly see the same consultant with his different hat on, but would have to fork out around £1,000 for the xray and possibly £15,000 for the treatment.

Its not what she wants to spend at 85, but its a bit of a rock and hard place in that she is becoming far less independent and may cost the NHS far more if she has to go into care, as well as possibly having to sell her home to pay for it.
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It isn’t just about funding though - it’s about how it is run and the money it wastes!
 
Wizaard said:
Because the alternative is so much worse, and it's not the fault of the organisation its being deliberately starved of funds in order to 'encourage' privatisation.

By going private she'd almost certainly see the same consultant with his different hat on, but would have to fork out around £1,000 for the xray and possibly £15,000 for the treatment.

Its not what she wants to spend at 85, but its a bit of a rock and hard place in that she is becoming far less independent and may cost the NHS far more if she has to go into care, as well as possibly having to sell her home to pay for it.
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Starved of funds…..do you have all the relevant financial stats to hand? Its notoriously inefficient Wiz
 
Found in a prostate exam could point to the bladder which can be really serious, much more so than prostate, but it could be anything.

They're basically saying it's very serious without actually stating it, Harry coming to visit isn't a great sign.

All speculation though.
 
Wizaard said:
Because the alternative is so much worse, and it's not the fault of the organisation its being deliberately starved of funds in order to 'encourage' privatisation.

By going private she'd almost certainly see the same consultant with his different hat on, but would have to fork out around £1,000 for the xray and possibly £15,000 for the treatment.

Its not what she wants to spend at 85, but its a bit of a rock and hard place in that she is becoming far less independent and may cost the NHS far more if she has to go into care, as well as possibly having to sell her home to pay for it.
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Exactly.

I went to see a consultant week before last who had gone out of his way to set the pre op telephone consultation up as a face to face with him to review...blah, blah. Got to the appointment and it's a junior with 'so what seems to be the problem'.

It had happened before with Consultant No 3 Please and I kicked off. Lost the will to live this time.

Gone against everything I believe in and gone to, yes, you've guessed it, the same consultant privately in the same consulting room as I was in when I thought I was getting sorted. 2019 this started.
 
Sad news, he's only just become king.

With the amount of treatments and new things available to those with money, like reprogramming cells, targeted dna treatments.

You'd think this sort of thing was available if not rolled out yet to all.

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Sooty59 said:
We’ve also had brushes with cancer & received really good treatment. I posted that comment after hearing it on a recurring loop on the 6 o’clock news. They reported it, then repeated it again then dug up Nickolas Witchell to repeat it again. You’d have been forgiven if you thought nothing else had happened today.
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It is the King, Head of State and despite views on here and some members of the public, he is a highly respected figure in the World.
 
Wizaard said:
And their previous stint, and the 10 years before Covid?
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A population who don’t take responsibility for their own health and well being…..drugs & alcholisim……very debatable whether it’s underfunded or badly mismanaged. High level of ‘foreign tourists’ (trying to be polite 🙈)…is also a big drain. Eg….the floating barge housing the illegal immigrants has a full time doctor and dentist on board. That won’t come cheap.
In its current form, no amount of public money could fund the NHS
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
Found in a prostate exam could point to the bladder which can be really serious, much more so than prostate, but it could be anything.

They're basically saying it's very serious without actually stating it, Harry coming to visit isn't a great sign.

All speculation though.
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Yes, I kind of thought that the prostate announcement recently was a kind of softening up of the public before this announcement. And as you have said, if it was an early stage treatable cancer (skin cancer for instance) would we even know about it? I doubt it. Some speculation that it has been caught early, Sunak mentioned this today.
I am a republican but I still feel sad to hear this and hope that he recovers. He has waited a lifetime for this moment and now this. Life is so fragile and unpredictable.
 
ElBurroSinNombre said:
Yes, I kind of thought that the prostate announcement recently was a kind of softening up of the public before this announcement. And as you have said, if it was an early stage treatable cancer (skin cancer for instance) would we even know about it? I doubt it. Some speculation that it has been caught early, Sunak mentioned this today.
I am a republican but I still feel sad to hear this and hope that he recovers. He has waited a lifetime for this moment and now this. Life is so fragile and unpredictable.
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Republican??

Are you from the USA?
 
Personally I wish King Charles a good recovery.
I've always liked him, and he seems a very sincere person.
Never seen him in the flesh, however I did see his mother once.
It was at Wembley a week before her Coronation in 1953. 😁
What a great day that was.
 
ElBurroSinNombre said:
Yes, I kind of thought that the prostate announcement recently was a kind of softening up of the public before this announcement. And as you have said, if it was an early stage treatable cancer (skin cancer for instance) would we even know about it? I doubt it. Some speculation that it has been caught early, Sunak mentioned this today.
I am a republican but I still feel sad to hear this and hope that he recovers. He has waited a lifetime for this moment and now this. Life is so fragile and unpredictable.
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Same here, no time for the Royals but as far as they go he seems like a decent fella with genuine concerns.

At least he's not supporting a nonce like his mum did and is trying to kick him out.
 
It seems like they might be preparing us for Charles’ chemotherapy treatment? Whereby all his hair might drop out. Will he be seen in public like that?
 
Bloodtangerine said:
It’s just made up nonsense BUT by your rationale Labour will have it all under control soon after the GE 👍
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Read the graph properly, man. It took Labour 12 years to get NHS waiting lists down to under half that they inherited from the Major Conservative govt in 1997.

That's not going to happen within a few months. We are a much poorer country than we were then, due to the last 14 years of planned austerity with cuts to all public services and the economic downturn.
 
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Wizaard said:
Because the alternative is so much worse, and it's not the fault of the organisation its being deliberately starved of funds in order to 'encourage' privatisation.

By going private she'd almost certainly see the same consultant with his different hat on, but would have to fork out around £1,000 for the xray and possibly £15,000 for the treatment.

Its not what she wants to spend at 85, but its a bit of a rock and hard place in that she is becoming far less independent and may cost the NHS far more if she has to go into care, as well as possibly having to sell her home to pay for it.
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It's being starved of funds because of too many wasters at the top of the tree.
Couple that with the same people who couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery and that's a combination for chaos!!
 
Archibald Knox said:
Read the graph properly, man. It took Labour 12 years to get NHS waiting lists down to under half that they inherited from the Major Conservative govt in 1997.

That's not going to happen within a few months. We are a much poorer country than we were then, due to the last 14 years of planned austerity with cuts to all public services and the economic downturn.
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So the Labour Party can just trot that line out for 5 years?……is that how it works?
 
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