76-year-old Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was diagnosed with a malignant glioma, will undergo surgery today at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor.
The Senators office released a statement saying that he would be operated on Monday morning Dr. Allan Friedman, followed by chemotherapy and radiation.
“I am deeply grateful to the people of Massachusetts and to my friends, colleagues and so many others across the country and around the world who have expressed their support and good wishes as I tackle this new and unexpected health challenge,” Kennedy said in the statement. “I am humbled by the outpouring and am strengthened by your prayers and kindness.”
He expects to remain at the North Carolina facility for one week to recuperate and then will begin further treatments at Massachusetts General Hospital and start chemotherapy.
Kennedy said that over the past few days he and his wife, Vicki, “along with my outstanding team of doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital, have consulted with experts from around the country and have decided that the best course of action for my brain tumor is targeted surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation.”
“I look forward to returning to the United States Senate and to doing everything I can to help elect Barack Obama as our next president.”
(Source: AP)
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Are rumors that he has a brain indeed true!?
Will it fix him? (sarcastic)
YWN should add smileys, so people can really show what they mean.
are/were his surgery staff democrat or republican? i guess time will tell….
#4. After Reagan was shot in ’81, he told the surgeons operating on him that he hopes they are all Republicans. Sense of humor under fire.
obama?
#3- if you type a semicolon ;
or a colon :
& right after that a closed parenthesis )
it converts into a smile / smirk. try it!
😉 🙂
with all his troubles edward kennedy is freind of thestate of israel so please do not insult
him-all lthe jews including im sure the bostoner
zol zein gezunt will agree
I can think of one very good reason to wish him well. Many of us know people with brain or other cancers, and every success story engenders immeasurable optimism and hope. When someone so high profile has a condition like this, s/he for whatever reason can have the merit to offer powerful encouragement.