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Kennedy Has Successful Surgery

Posted by PATRICK EDABURN in At TMV.
Jun 2nd, 2008 | Comments

Brain surgery on Senator Edward Kennedy has been completed successfully according to news reports. Kennedy travelled to Duke University in North Carolina for a procedure to reduce the tumor and will next undergo radiation therapy in Massachusetts.

Interestingly Kennedy was awake during the entire procedure and doctors predict he will suffer no lasting effects.

I do not often agree with Senator Kennedy on the issues but by all accounts he is a very good person and I wish him the best in his recovery

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unclejoe40

i believe that they never put a patient totally under during brain surgery

the brain has no pain receptors, and due to the multitude of things that can occur, they need to see a patient's responses during the surgery

here is hoping that he has a speedy recovery

runasim

I hope all goes well on the road to recovry.

StockBoySF

I hope all goes well, too!

kritt11

He was put under partial anesthesia so that the doctors could monitor his brain function---i.e not remove any tissue that would result in neurological damage for the Senator. They follow it up with chemo and radiation therapy and hope for the best. Unfortunately, this type of cancer spreads early and quickly into other parts of the brain, and that spread is usually not visible on the patient's MRI. Still, the surgery and aftercare may buy him a year or two as opposed to several months.

May I add my best wishes for his recovery. Even his opponents concede that he is an important player in the Senate-- integral to getting key legislation passed---which is why so many Republicans (even the President!) have partnered with him on their bills.

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