Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Survives Brain Surgery And Plans Radiation And Chemotherapy
June 3, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Last month it was a malignant glioma. This month, it was brain surgery.
What’s next for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy? Conquering the world?
Nope, just some good ol’ fashioned radiation and chemotherapy.
Once Kennedy recovers from the 3 1/2 hours of brain surgery he successfully underwent yesterday at Duke University Medical Center (during this recovery time, doctors will treat and observe him for brain swelling, seizures, bleeding, and blood clots), he’ll head back up north to begin radiation and chemotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital.
While the outlook for patients with malignant gliomas isn’t great, the associate deputy director of Duke’s brain tumor center, Dr. John Sampson, thinks Kennedy’s surgery Monday brought hope.
And Kennedy? Well, according to this Yahoo! News article he says, “I feel like a million bucks. I think I’ll do that again tomorrow.”
Image: Newscom
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