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sir_bentley28
What a tragic story. I hope she recovers so well! She has done SO MUCH to help this country recover in tis greatest times of disasters! ............wait......hold on a second!
mike1492
I hope the Empress recovers.
Mr Kipling
When the emperor dies we get a holiday, what about the empress?
TARA TAN KITAOKA
I personally wish that the empress get well. Pls get well.
Yubaru
More like it seems to me that there are plenty of readers that are unaware of what SHE went through in her life, as a Roman Catholic and first "commoner" to marry a crown prince!
Yubaru
She went through far worse, and the wiki article is being "nice".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Michiko
coskuri
Good luck Michiko. I hope they treat her gently, not on 'gambatte' only, but with painkillers if needed.
It's said for a person retired from an important position, but allowed to keep using their title after ceasing activity. Fits the bill, no ? It's of course a Latin adjective emeritus/emerita
Jandworld
What the... is an emerita?
Spanish? Greek? Church Latin? Is there a Chinese term?
gogogo
Visit a different hospital!
Pukey2
yubaru:
I was told that she became mute for a short period of time because of the stress (from her "mother-in-law").
yrral:
Oh sweet mother, not more of that baloney. You're more likely to get problems from dairy milk. East Asians have been consuming soy for centuries, and the rates of breast cancer in East Asia are much lower than in western countries.
ListenTheTruth
From one human to another, I wish you well and hope you recover soon.
@Yubaru: That reads like you are writing about the new Empress, Masako.
Some suggestions to seek treatment abroad seem to bear out.
https://hospitals.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Japan
TheLongTermer
Id suggest scrapping treatment in Japan and head elsewhere, but thats due to experiences and observations in Japan when it comes to hospitals. Sounds like they are in over their head to me.
MSR Japan
So gently and politely they are trying to let the population know that she is dying of cancer and is in poor health, let the people down gently as opposed to just come out and say her cnacer has spread and is rapidly killing her.
She is an old woman !
Hope she doesnt suffer too much.
Yrral
Say is a major cause of breast cancer, soy mimic estrogen Google Soy Breast Cancer
Jonathan Prin
Vomiting blood for long means end is near.
Probably the underlying message.
I wish her good rest and not to suffer. She has been an example to follow in her way.
Yrral
When you vomit blood, that probably mean the cancer ,has spread elsewhere, maybe she could get better treatment in America
Leo
I wish I new who the writer of the articles are. They are Japanese people right? I am really sorry to here about her suffering. I hope she gets well soon.
macv
I wish her wellness
Aly Rustom
Allow me to second that.
Reese
This makes me sad. Best wishes to her and hoping for a recovery.
Kag
I'm surprised media is allowed to post this, most other countries you would just announce the diagnosis and not put out anything symptom related.
But if she's personally fine with it i think it will help give confidence to other suffering from any illnesses.
rgcivilian1
This is sad news. I wish the media would leave these people alone for once. They have served their purpose and done their duty diligently. Time to let them enjoy their golden years without the media. The old adage, "the man's done enough" most certainly applies to both former Emperor and Empress.
nandakandamanda
Some of the readers above seem to be mixing up Empress Emerita Michiko and her daughter-in-law Empress Masako.
natsu823
Get well soon
Nadège
Are you sure she does not undergo chimio therapy behind her back ? Some insane doctor treat religious woman without telling them the truth or love to do experiment on new drug for "living goddess". I expect everything inhuman when i analyse a doctor mistake case possibility.
Normally, breast cancer implied cancer treatment. And it would be normal to vomit even blood because the whole body tissues are finer and easy to break. Now, they might have made a mistake cutting too much under the arm pit. The body don't manage to recover or fight back the rest of the cancer cells.
This is not as simple procedure they like to let you think. There is often mistakes on the armpit zone hidden from public truth.
I would ask a new surgeon to look at the breast surgery. She might need an "anti-inflammatory" treatment.
But this is only a old memory from a OMS surgeon often called when there is "problem". I know the armpit problem can be dangerous and is often badly cared in surgery in general.
Of course, painkiller must be provided at all time to let the body recover and hormone can be diminished or change. It is important to be acertive with doctors. They are no god.
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Rick Hepner
Does the empress not deserve a bit more privacy about her health?
Chip Star
It’s sad when anyone goes through this. Not certain why it’s meant to be sadder in this instance.
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Hawkeye
Sorry to read this sad story. Could be bleeding in her gastrointestinal tract caused by contradictions from a blood thinner and other medicines interacting together. Hopefully the cancer did not spread to adjacent organs and this is a symptom. My best wishes and hope she is pain free.
Yubaru
She went through so much guano, particularly after she got married. Her "mother-in-law" evidently gave her all sorts of trouble while she was alive, and she supposedly had a breakdown because of it. She became, for quite a time, literally a shadow of the vibrant self she once was.
As she has gotten older, she has regained that vibrant younger self, and as she was always elegant, it made her even more loved by the people here.
She was a "commoner" who truly became royal!
Yubaru
Undetermined my butt, the IHA just doesn't want to share the sad news with the people!
I feel saddened that the only way she will ever have her freedom back from these vultures is by dying!
Laguna
So sad. She has led an exemplary life.