Ted Kennedy works through his incurable brain cancer

It was only six months ago when the nation was shocked with the news that Senator Edward Kennedy had brain cancer (Can my headaches mean I have a brain tumor?). Senator Kennedy had had a seizure and after testing, the doctors found that he had malignant glioma, a type of cancer that starts in the brain.

Yet, only three weeks after brain surgery, Senator Kennedy dismissed his doctors’ concerns and made his way back to work for a crucial vote. He has been moved to push harder for changes in the US healthcare system, something he had been advocating for a while, but now has taken a much more personal bent.

Of course, Senator Kennedy can afford good health care. He has people around him who can help him through the final stages of his life. He won’t have to worry about whether he will receive the proper end-of-life care that every human should be entitled to. But that’s what makes his battle all that more impressive. He wants others to have these same advantages. He wants proper and affordable healthcare for others who are battling brain cancer and every other type of cancer.

Whether you agree with the Senator’s politics or not, you do have to give him some credit for working when he could choose to live the rest of his life in a very different way.

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