Very recently, King Charles announced that he was diagnosed with cancer:
The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.
The King began "regular treatments" on Monday and will postpone public duties during it, the Palace said.
The Monarch, 75, "remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible," it added.
No further details are being shared on the stage of cancer or a prognosis.
I think this is big news.
For many years, the policy of the Crown has been not to mention any condition that a member of the Royal Family was suffering from. This revelation – alongside the Duchess of York's skin cancer – seems to have increased discussion and/or awareness of health issues:
- "Visits to the NHS webpage on melanoma skin cancer saw an increase in visits of 741% following the recent announcement from the Duchess of York."
- "Macmillan Cancer Support, of which the King is patron, saw a dramatic spike in visits to its information and support pages on Monday, after his cancer diagnosis was revealed."
I think we are v. scared of hearing the c word. We automatically think of chemo and dying, but after reading and learning more about cancer in the past few days, and how survivable it is (e.g. prostate and testicular cancers can be as high as 99%); I think we can 'relax' perhaps a bit more over this subject.
Seems as if it's very news are you mentioned over your way. Don't know about here though as nothing has been reported about people as in men or women doing anything about getting themselves checked for cancer because of what is happening.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the King is going to have Radiotheraphy - who knows.
Or we can take the piss out of it like I do on my blog. What I've got has a 5-year survival rate of around 10%.
ReplyDeleteOh really? Thanks for the invite. I'll defo have a look at your posts.
DeleteIrony and humour is good approach.
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