King Charles

I am beginning to warm to King Charles. I wish him well and hope that he pulls through.
Am sure Princess Anne will do her best to help. A difficult time for the Royal family.

Hear hear Marydoll if this helps someone to get tested it would be worth going public.

The king is the same age as me and should be able to retire IMO. I wouldn't swap my life for his for all the money in the world. tea in china

Nanatoone

I have no idea what ails the King and it is his private business of course. I wish him well and am glad he’s receiving treatment right away. None of us actually know how long he has waited for diagnosis and treatment as it takes time to develop the various tests and get to a diagnosis. With my hubby (different cancer) it took from early October until the day before Xmas eve to get the full diagnosis. Tests, biopsies, MRI, nuclear scan etc etc. it’s the reality for many. I always assumed diagnosis was a more or less instant thing, it isn’t. Anyway, good luck King Charles.

It can be a very quick diagnosis with the NHS, followed by rapid treatment.
I'm sorry it took so long for your DH to get a diagnosis, Nanatoone.

I hope that a swift diagnosis in Charles's case, followed by prompt treatment, as happens with many now with the advances in treatment, will mean that he makes a good recovery.

kittylester

Helen2gs

I’m new to gransnet. This will be my first and last post as I’ve been reading the forums for the last few days and don’t like the tone many of the comments take and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s definitely not the site for me.
Coolcoco, I’m sad to see that you are getting barbed and sarcastic comments for your post. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions which others may or may not agree with and healthy debate with one another is great, we can all learn from debate. I don’t feel that this is a discussion, it’s more like playground bullies ganging up against someone they don’t like or agree with. I’ve noticed this trend on several threads. My mum used to say ‘if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all’. Some people on here would be wise to heed that advice.

Suggest you take your own Mum's advice.

Oh, the irony Helen2gs!
Anyway, it's your last post so perhaps you've gone 👋

Well said, kittylester

CoolCoco

Well I’ve turned the news off as it’s just repeating the same old stuff. I do wish him well, I know from my own family how much a cancer diagnosis affects everyone, I don’t want this constant over discussion about every minute aspect of one persons life.

Why are you on the thread then?
You could always log off.

henetha

No one would 'toady' to the King. He wouldn't wish it.
Unkind right now, CoolCoco.

Yes, if you can't be decent, stay off the thread CoolCoco.

This is neither the time nor the place.

How do you get yourself checked when you can't even get a GP appointment. My friend's husband had waited months to have a scan and finally got his appointment. The day he was supposed to go, they received a phone call saying it was cancelled and they would send him a new appointment. The week after his cancelled appointment, he started being ill and died. Heart Attack.

My daughter in law's mum has been waiting for a hip replacement for 2 years, last June she received an appointment to go for the operation, when she and her daughter arrived at the hospital with her bags and appointment letter, the staff knew nothing about it and it turned out the letter had been sent by mistake. It is now the following February and our daughter in law's mum is housebound and in terrible pain. The NHS is a farce.

Harry - this surely isn’t the time to snipe. I read the King told his children and siblings personally. It’s reported that Harry will travel to the UK to see his father. Can’t we all wish them well

Yes!

The Palace has announced- public duties will be carried out by
Queen Camilla, the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family.

GSM 👏🙏🏽

GSM I did not speak complaint, I care about the King and hope he doesn’t have any further hurt from someone close to him

Anniebach

Namsnanny when the Queen died the family went to Balmoral, Harry told the world what he said to his Grandmother, surely private,and how the family didn’t talk to
him about his problems, they were grieving

Annie, do you really think this is an appropriate time to stir up complaints about Harry? It is most inappropriate in my opinion.

I feel sorry for William. Bang go his plans to cut back while Catherine recuperates and, if it all goes horribly wrong, he's got the crown looming over him.

I am sorry to hear about his diagnosis.
If just one reluctant person gets checked out because he has been open, then I think he did the right thing by going public.

It's always good for people in the public eye to share a cancer diagnosis.
It usually spurs people on to get their own issues checked out.
Hope he does well.

I am far from a fan of the King but I do wish him well on his cancer journey. I don't think it is particularly brave to share the news, maybe because I am an oversharer, but if it helps people to seek help that is a good thing. Unfortunately, I suspect most will have to see their GP's (if they can) before they get taken seriously and as Charles hadn't had symptoms, he has just been very lucky that he was having other treatment which picked this up.
My son had the rest of his cancerous tissue removed (again) and I hope his treatment path will be as good as Charles'.

I agree with you Ism64 ❤️

Namsnanny when the Queen died the family went to Balmoral, Harry told the world what he said to his Grandmother, surely private,and how the family didn’t talk to
him about his problems, they were grieving

I feel shocked. I am certainly no fan, but even so.

I was sorry to hear this news, as King Charles has made a good start to his reign, taking his role seriously whilst appearing to enjoy it.

And my heart goes out to Queen Camilla. I know how she feels - as do so many of us on here. The anxiety, the hope, the pit in the stomach. It will sadly be her silent and constant companion now.

Iam voicing concerns isn’t sniping

Anniebach

What concerns me, only Harry has made an announcement re his fathers illness

Why is that important do you think?

Yes Iam64 I agree with you, in regards to wishing them all well, Harry included.

But, he is untrustworthy, this could well end up being all about him, book, podcast, etc?

I like many have have been in this situation a couple of times and each time it brought up different emotions in different members of my family. Made it more stressful trying to calm and cope with it all.

I suppose I'm projecting onto KC all the feelings I went through.
He will have the best of love and care I'm sure.