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When I was 46, I had a total hysterectomy that involved the removal of a very large and heavy non-malignant tumor (sorry if TMI) that resulted in about a seven-inch incision. and I was back at work the next week -- although, granted, I did not do any heavy lifting for a while and I certainly was not running any marathons. I was just an average woman -- not athletic but not a "slug", either. I had two young children at that time, so I did not have the luxury of just taking it easy and being waited on for a couple of months. I also acknowledge that different people have different recovery times for illness, surgery, and traumatic events.
So although I am not one to judge someone else for taking a long time to recover from ANY kind of trauma, I am suspicious as to what is really going on -- and considering how much attention is being given to this issue, I agree that I do not understand why a one-minute face-to-face interview (or even a brief video of her saying she is fine) has not yet been done.
And, btw, I agree that the reason this is taking up so much of the attention of many people is because the lives of most people are fairly drab and uninteresting, imo.
P.S. This does remind me of the whole Anastasia/Anna Anderson case which was also, I am 99.999% certain, was a "hoax" perpetuated on a gullible public. (Hoax is not the correct word, as many people promoting "Anderson" were absolutely 100% convinced that she was Anastasia.)
I find it amusing that they say she is recovering from surgery AND show a supposed video of her practically running.
Which is it?
She could go on TikTok live and be done with it, but no, she's too infirm for that - instead she will go shopping with her husband at a farm stand (with no secret service in sight) - and she'll be so sick that she'll be smiling ear-to-ear, and practically running. That surgery was a success!
True, plus why is she carrying heavy bags after such intense abdominal surgery? IMO it is not her.
I can't find the video to watch it again, but while it was large, it may not be heavy. It could have, I don't know, sprigs of flowers in it or something.
For those that say she's "running"
I've injured my foot/leg a couple of times. Last time I went to a chiropractor and was thrilled when I got up from the table feeling normal. Walked out to my car and decided to go to Trader Joe's. Got there and made it 3/4 across the parking lot before my leg said "you've done enough today" and I was back to walking like an 80 year old again.
Maybe that was Kate's 30 good steps before she slowed down.
Not the same at all, and the royals can put an end to all the speculation by being open and honest.
The speculation seems to be coming primarily from U.S. citizens while the rest of the world laughs. The tabloids are cleaning up, though, and the usual suspects are eating right out of their hands.
If they were to come out with a transparent statement or appearance to appease the U.S. masses, it would just spark more conspiracy noise no matter what they said.
If they were to come out with a transparent statement or appearance to appease the U.S. masses, it would just spark more conspiracy noise no matter what they said.
I don't think that's true for the vast majority of people. Even Americans recognize the truth when it is told openly and honestly. And being a public figure at that level does necessitate a level of transparency that may interfere with personal privacy. You really can't have it both ways.
These days, what kind of "abdominal surgery" can a person have that they are ashamed of, anyway? For a public figure at that level to be straight-up about what they are going through doesn't just appease the masses, it actually helps people who are struggling with the same issue. It's one of the best justifications for the existence of royalty, and there is a sense in which they owe transparency to the public.
Supposing they said, for instance, that she had been in in-patient treatment for an eating disorder. People would understand that and be very sympathetic. And it would help other people who have eating disorders, just to know this is something that anyone no matter how rich and famous can go through.
I don't think that's true for the vast majority of people. Even Americans recognize the truth when it is told openly and honestly. And being a public figure at that level does necessitate a level of transparency that may interfere with personal privacy. You really can't have it both ways.
These days, what kind of "abdominal surgery" can a person have that they are ashamed of, anyway? For a public figure at that level to be straight-up about what they are going through doesn't just appease the masses, it actually helps people who are struggling with the same issue. It's one of the best justifications for the existence of royalty, and there is a sense in which they owe transparency to the public.
Supposing they said, for instance, that she had been in in-patient treatment for an eating disorder. People would understand that and be very sympathetic. And it would help other people who have eating disorders, just to know this is something that anyone no matter how rich and famous can go through.
Perhaps not the majority of people in any big-picture way, but certainly the majority of those who follow tabloid (including X and TikTok) narratives.
I'm not sure in what universe the American public is owed an explanation of this woman's health issues...perhaps the same universe where "people would understand and be sympathetic" if she were suffering from an eating disorder.
Though we are not royal watchers, we are very interested in what the Middleton affair reveals about us — and about information and lies today. So we reached out to Charlie Warzel, a staff writer at The Atlantic and a great authority on the evolving culture of the internet, who has written about this explosion. We talked about what it means that conspiracy has become the way everyone makes sense of culture now, and what that says about community, society, and politics in our strange, disconnected age.
“Conspiracy culture,” he told us, “is just kind of the way we talk on the internet now.”
What about the British public? She works for them. Are they owed non-photoshopped pictures as well? They certainly seem to think so.
The conspiracy noise is coming primarily from U.S. citizens.
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