KENNEDY HAS A BRAIN TUMOR
POSTED BY: AURaptor
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 1:12 PM by Mark Murray
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From NBC's Mark Murray
The breaking news from the AP: "Sen. Edward M. Kennedy say he has a malignant
brain tumor. Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and
chemotherapy."
*** UPDATE *** Here is the statement from from Dr. Lee Schwamm, vice chairman, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. Larry Ronan, primary care physician, Massachusetts General Hospital: "Over the course of the last several days, we've done a series of tests on Senator Kennedy to determine the cause of his seizure. He has had no further seizures, remains in good overall condition, and is up and walking around the hospital. Some of the tests we had performed were inconclusive, particularly in light of the fact that the senator had severe narrowing of the left carotid artery and underwent surgery just 6 months ago. However, preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe. The usual course of treatment includes combinations of various forms of radiation and chemotherapy. Decisions regarding the best course of treatment for Sen. Kennedy will be determined after further testing and analysis. Sen. 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."
* Thoughts and sympathies to the Kennedy family and hopes for a full recovery *
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Brain tumors are the most common cause of newly acquired seizure disorder in older adults.
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The tasteless snarky part of me wants to ask if that will affect his driving...
Too soon?
Anyway, I'm just kidding. My thoughts are with him and his family. He truly is the last of an era of ultra-liberal Democrats, and there likely won't be any more of his kind anytime soon.
Get well, Ted! Your country needs you, now more than ever!
Mike
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I just hope he can get the medical treatment he so desperately needs.
If the remove it I bet he wakes up a Republican. On General Hospital (the source for everything we really need to know about medicine) the brain tumer always causes a personality change. And I'd be willing to bet the next time we see him we'll all hear a little voice saying "the role of Ted Kennedy will now be played by..."
H
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
...preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe.
"Damage to the left parietal lobe can result in what is called "Gerstmann's Syndrome." It includes right-left confusion, difficulty with writing (agraphia) and difficulty with mathematics (acalculia). It can also produce disorders of language (aphasia) and the inability to perceive objects normally (agnosia)."
Wonder how long this has been going on?
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Kwicko wrote:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 08:40
Anyway, I'm just kidding. My thoughts are with him and his family. He truly is the last of an era of ultra-liberal Democrats, and there likely won't be any more of his kind anytime soon.
Last of the utlra Liberal Democrats ? You've GOT to be kidding ! There's the Jr Senator from Mass, the haughty John F. Kerry. Then there's Barack Obama, who rates as THE most Liberal Senator out of the entire Senate. Oh yeah, and then there's Hillary Clinton.... and don't get me started on the HOUSE Libs!!!
last of an era.....too gorram funny!
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Originally posted by Hero:
I just hope he can get the medical treatment he so desperately needs.
If the remove it I bet he wakes up a Republican. On General Hospital (the source for everything we really need to know about medicine) the brain tumer always causes a personality change. And I'd be willing to bet the next time we see him we'll all hear a little voice saying "the role of Ted Kennedy will now be played by..."
H
LOL Hero. That's pretty good, even in light of the somber news. Another post I read mentioned that , w/ the various types of brain tumors, life expectancy can be any where from 1-5 yrs. I don't care who or how old you are, that's not news you want to hear. Hope they're catching it early and he gets the very best of care.
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"Gliomas
Gliomas can be astrocytomas, ependymomas or oligodendrogliomas. The different types have very different outlooks."
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It's really sad to hear. I haven't followed politics long enough or close enough to know a lot about Kennedy, but he can't be in a happy place right. I hope it's treatable.
And now I must be a horrible person and talk politics. Sorry, but Rap reminded me of some numbers that I found pretty interesting a while back...
Quote:A wide variety of liberal and conservative groups score and rate senators based on their voting records. The scores are 0 to 100: 0 is pure conservative, 100 is pure liberal.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Then there's Barack Obama, who rates as THE most Liberal Senator out of the entire Senate.
As rated by liberal groups, the average score is:
Kennedy: 87 (ranked 29th of 102 senators on the table)
Clinton: 82 (38th)
Obama: 80 (42nd)
McCain: 9 (98th)
As rated by conservative groups:
Kennedy: 93 (17th)
Clinton: 91 (24th)
Obama: 89 (32nd)
McCain: 27 (63rd)
The groups and full results are shown here:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Senate/con_senator_ratings-2007.
html
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Senate/lib_senator_ratings-2007.
html
The interesting thing is that the liberal groups have them *all* shifted toward conservative end, while the conservative groups see them all as more liberal. (Both sides are likely to see an enemy as more evil than they are?) McCain's voting record is extremely conservative according to the liberal's scoring rules.
On the other hand, Obama is less liberal than Clinton on both scales, and not extremely liberal on either. Even the conservative groups see 31 senators as more liberal than Obama - he's solidly in the middle of the Democratic pack.
Note also that Kennedy is not the most extreme liberal. That honor belongs to Christopher Dodd who scored 97 from the conservatives. The liberals had a 4 way tie: Ben Cardin, Russ Feingold, Bob Menendez, and Jack Reed all scored 96
OK. Back to real point of the thread. Sad news. :(
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Last of the utlra Liberal Democrats ? You've GOT to be kidding... Then there's Barack Obama, who rates as THE most Liberal Senator out of the entire Senate.
Golly, gee. Rappy regurgitated a BS rightie talking point without bothering to check the facts.
Will wonders never cease....
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