Senator Kennedy has a Brain Tumor
A Nation has waited a long weekend for Senator Kennedy’s health reports, to come back.
It is not what I had expected. But it is not a death sentence either.
Senator Edward Kennedy (D~Massacutchass), who was hospitalized in Boston Saturday after suffering a seizure, has a malignant brain tumor, a malignant glioma, according to a preliminary diagnosis released today by physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital.
A biopsy of a portion of Kennedy’s brain identified a malignant glioma.
as the cause of the seizure, according to a statement by Lee H. Schwamm, the hospital’s vice chairman of neurology, and Larry Ronan, Kennedy’s primary care physician.
A glioma is the most common type of brain tumor, accounting for more than half of the 18,000 or so diagnosed each year.
The doctors said the usual course of treatment is radiation and chemotherapy. Even though surgury is a possible.
The news is that Senator Kennedy will remain at Massachusetts General Hospital for the next couple of days according to routine protocol. He remains in good spirits and full of energy.
My prayers are there for the Senator and his family. In 1985, they diagnoised me with a brain tumor. When they told me, the room spun around. Fortumnately, they were wrong…it was something else. Senator Kennedy is a brave, strong man to face this with good spirits and energy.
Here is a link that expains about malignant glioma .It is a video explaining information about what the Senator has. You will find it very interesting. Click here.
I wish him the best and a full recovery.
~The Baby Boomer Queen~
Sources: The Washington Post and 5min.com
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