Ted Kennedy has brain tumor

**Grace** · 05-20-2008, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

Ah, but I know many people who were given a "death sentence" at the time, but live on ... and so I live on in hope, not just for Senator Kennedy, but for everyone facing a cancer diagnosis.

I like your attitude. My comments come from working many years as a Neuro ICU nurse, where we did not see very many success stories.

**K9karen** · 05-20-2008, 10:32 PM

Except for Rose Kennedy, that family never gets a break for a peaceful end. It's always brutal and tragic. We'll hear more because he's in the public eye, but it's so heartbreaking and traumatic for anyone. So sad.

**RICHARD** · 05-21-2008, 01:18 AM

Not a political fan of his either, But I hope it's not as bad as it seems.

There is another type of radiation treatment that does not require surgery.

They locate the tumor and irradiate it in place. I'm not up on the names or the kind of rads they use....it's pretty new and it was looking promising!

**Freckles** · 05-21-2008, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by RICHARD

They locate the tumor and irradiate it in place.

Sounds like Gamma Knife Surgery. Worked for me!

**Catty1** · 05-21-2008, 09:43 AM

http://cfcn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...eleased_080521

Ted Kennedy being released from hospital

The Associated Press

Wed. May. 21 2008 9:34 AM ET

BOSTON — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is being released from the hospital, one day after being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour that experts say is almost certainly fatal.

Doctors said Wednesday the Massachusetts Democrat "has recovered remarkably quickly" from a biopsy conducted after he suffered a seizure last weekend at his home on Cape Cod.

The doctors say he will await further test results and treatment options while convalescing at his home over the Memorial Day weekend.

Kennedy has been treated at Massachusetts General Hospital for what doctors now say is a malignant glioma in his left parietal lobe. Malignant gliomas are diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year; in general, half of all patients die within a year.

**kelli1843** · 05-21-2008, 09:50 AM

My mother had acoustic neuroma; first was "removed" by Gamma knife at Pittsburg hospital. It came back several years later and was removed again (with Laser I think).