Dr Philippa Kaye was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer aged just 39, seven years on she is still struggling with her health now she has revealed she is “tired” of the complications
This Morning star Dr Philippa Kaye has given fans an emotional update on her health after having major surgery.
Last month the 46-year-old GP and author underwent surgery following a “cancer risk”. She has now revealed the procedure was “successful” but that she has “ongoing bowel and other issues” and is “tired” of the health complications.
Kaye, who is known for her work in women’s, children’s, and sexual health, shared several selfies on Instagram and wrote: “As ever…cancer and post cancer is complicated.”
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She wrote: “I know so many of you (and me) want everything to be done. But the truth is more complicated. The surgery was successful but there are ongoing bowel and other issues.” She added: “Now we have to work out what might still improve and what I might be left with forever and how to manage that. I am so tired of it all.”
Vanessa Feltz commented: “Sending you all the love, hugs and prayers and kisses. Can I do anything/bring anything or visit my darling friend?” While Nadine Baggott, beauty presenter for This Morning, commented: “Sending love”.
The mother-of-three was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer at 39 and underwent treatment during that time. Her care included six months of chemotherapy combined with a 12-hour surgical procedure to remove the remaining malignant tissue.
In October 2020, she revealed live on air that she had been given the all-clear. “For the first time in nearly 18 months I am able to say that I am cancer free, that is huge, and I am hugely excited to be out of my day pyjamas to speak to you!” she told Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield during that broadcast.
Philippa had previously revealed that despite getting the all-clear, she still needs yearly monitoring.
Last month, Kaye reflected on the devastating emotional impact of having her uterus removed and feeling like “less of a woman”. She captioned the post: “Post op thoughts don’t always make practical, intellectual sense.”
Philippa took to her Instagram last month and shared smiling selfies alongside thoughts about her surgery. She said: “Thoughts I have about my hysterectomy that do and don’t make sense. Intellectually I understand: It was causing problems and pain. I was not planning to have further pregnancies. So it wasn’t serving a purpose, was hurting and was a cancer risk.
“Emotionally though… it was part of me, it housed my babies, cancer forced me to make this decision, otherwise it would still be there. And the ones I know don’t make sense but are still here… Am I somehow less of a woman without my womb and ovaries? I know this is not true.
“Sometimes you can know something in one part of your brain and feel something else in another. It is why feelings are hard!'”
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