SubscribeEdward Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor
From the Washington Post:
Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor
By Jonathan Weisman
May 20, 2008Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who was hospitalized in Boston Saturday after suffering a seizure, has a malignant brain tumor, 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.
“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,” they said…
Kennedy’s doctors said that “he has had no further seizures, remains in good overall condition, and is up and walking around the hospital.” They said they will determine Kennedy’s course of treatment after further testing and analysis.
We are as sorry to hear this news as we would be about any fellow human being.
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May 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Well that explains a lot…
May 20th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
When my father was diagnosed with a brain tumor, he was dead in six months.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
He should resign now.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
See the prayers of a righteous man (or woman) do avail much - I was praying for something that wouldn’t kill him (I am not like the bitter left who celebrate and cheer the near death or death of anyone not them) - just something that will keep him out of the office for 20 or so years. . . U No Hoo - he is a fiberal - he won’t resign or retire until they carry his cold dead body out, however if he becomes (even more) mentally incapacitated - I’d wager he would resign the day after the election!
Actually I consider this absolute righteous irony - he has used and abused his body, the wonderful benefits his family name have offered him, his religion, his constituency, the Senate and of course the American people - now he faces, what we all eventually face - our own mortality - with possibly diminished mental abilities. Truly righteous irony.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
wardmama4 …..”however if he becomes (even more) mentally capacitated……”
He’ll be able to take over Robert Byrd’s position. That pair couldn’t muster a full brain between the two of them.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Its not a tumor. It’s swimmer’s ear.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Swimmer’s ear……
Trying not to LOL!
May 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
All I can think of is Ahnold in “Kindergarten Cop”. “It is not a toomah”.
While I wish no evil on him, I hope he gets all he has coming to him. He deserves no less.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I’m somewhat disappointed in the comments here as you know Kos and HuffPo will be using the responses to this post to show conservatives act “just like we do.”
I hate the man’s policies, and the man’s thinking on most every area of politics is just wrong, wrong wrong.
He never was held to account for his role in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
But at a time like this, my deepest sympathies go out to him, his family and those who care about him.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
If its any consulation, I had a less then empathetic one but it got deleted. ;-)
May 20th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
The case for term limits: Ted Kennedy and KKK Byrd.
George Soros, are you getting this? You may quote me with or without attribution.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Of course you are right BillK, and I knew better than to be so crass.
So, I will reserve comment and let the devil dance with Mr. Kennedy!
May 20th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Sorry, but my prayers go to the family of Mary Jo Kopechne. And take some pleasure in the fact that eventually Edward (Teddy) Kennedy will have to answer to someone who is not impressed by his family name, his money or his position.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
This may come across as crass , but here it goes . This malignant tumor to freedom , ( Ted ) now has a tumor .
So be it . Like this doesn’t happen to people in fly-over states ? I wish no ill on anybody . It only makes news when it’s ” somebody ” . My Mom , Dad and some friends were somebody too ! I would hope that the Kennedy family gets the help that they need . Frontal lobotomy comes close . Spay and neuter is second .
May 21st, 2008 at 12:47 am
I beg the differ because Kos and Huffpo will NEVER “act as we do”. Those idiots think the rules are for everybody else but not them. I couldn’t give a Rat’s Anal Opening about the posters at Kos and Huffpo, but I do believe that Ted is going to get what’s coming to him! It’s in God’s hands, (got that LEFTIES?) and he will be around as long as GOD wants and not one second more!
May 21st, 2008 at 1:01 am
BillK ,most people here can .
# 1 spell .
# 2 construct a sentence .
# 3 use words other than f**ker .
# 4 use words to convey thoughts that we can all discuss .
KOs and Huffpos have no class . I know , you know .
May 21st, 2008 at 1:24 am
Ted Kennedy is not dead yet. He still has, most likely, between six months and two years left.
That is not nearly enough time to undo the damage he has done. All the time in the world wouldn’t allow him to bring Mary Jo Kopechne back to life.
It IS, however, enough time to think. To look over his life and realize what he has done–not only with his power, wealth, and position, but with the very life God gave him. To reflect, just a little, on what he’s going to say when he stands before God–and on whether Jesus will say, “Hey, Pa, I already got that.”
I am no friend of Ted Kennedy. I consider him a reprehensible socialist murderer. But Jesus died for even people like him.
So I hope he makes the most of the time he has left.
On a lighter, and crueler, note, I can’t be the only one who thought “His liver musta gave out” when I first heard the news…..
May 21st, 2008 at 1:37 am
Direct from Teddy;s mouth” “when I…May Jo and the ‘Cahhhhw’ were gone.”
Sending good wishes in the direction of this guy is like sending well wishes to Charlie Manson. Just because Charlie is in jail and Teddy is not is irrelevant.
May 21st, 2008 at 1:41 am
I’m not proud of the fact that I truly cannot muster any compassion for Kennedy but I’ll be able to sleep at night with that knowledge. I really was tempted to spew my true feelings for Kennedy but Retire05, you truly stated the core point of what I wanted to say without being nasty about it. He, and the entire Kennedy clan, showed no concern or compassion towards the Kopechne family. So I feel perfectly comfortable offering the same to you and your family Ted.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:58 am
“it’s swimmer’s ear.”
That is really twisted BelchSpeak………..and too damn funny!
May 21st, 2008 at 6:47 am
I appreciate your sentiment BillK, but Kos/Huffington/lunatic we aren’t–no way! I am so thankful for the reasoned,sane discourse on this site! Everyone in the media and it’s host,the body politic, is so shocked that Ted is mortal! My God, famous people die?! How can this be—will even Robert Byrd die?! The tedious gushing about Ted’s imminent departure is disgusting. I guess when you get to Congress, death becomes a distant reality, unlike us in real life who face it daily….Harry Reid–”I guess we are just one big(Democrat) family up here” Boo Hoo! I just can’t get past this one towering reality—Ted Kennedy is part of the problem.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:48 am
wirenut, I agree, but I also know the MSM will make sure anti-Kennedy comments on conservative blogs are front page news while they continue to refuse to mention anti-Republican comments posted at Kos and HuffPo.
May 21st, 2008 at 7:30 am
I wonder if he is continuing to curse the pharmaceutical industry while he desperately tries every experimental treatment they have available? “No, Senator Kennedy, you don’t need any new drugs from greedy corporate America, leeches will work just fine.”
He, and Sheets Byrd would already be dead if not for the “evil” big drug companies and their research, yet they both have fought successfully to nearly ruin that entire industry.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:05 am
you know, it chaps my hide that we are supposed to take the moral high ground when it comes to commenting on the good senator…..because the foamers and mental masturbators at kos and huff might use it?
One of the reasons the left has made such huge strides up till now is because of conservative reluctance to call it like it is….while they, the left, spew their vitriol with impunity!!! It gives them an edge, and it also creates the very false assumption that conservatives are weak and fearful of opinion.
While there is a lot to be said for not jumping on his throat while he is down…….I look at the man’s record, and remember the misery and torment his position caused another family…..and all of the obstructionist legislation he championed, and he either blocked or rendered ineffective legislation that was for the good of the country through his political manuvering.
I dont wish ill on anyone out of hand…..well, I do, but the snag is different. But to ask others to play nicey nice because another blog may use the comments as representitive of all conservatives just doenst resonate with me.
However…..EVERYONE knows that the good senator will succumb, and there are scarce few who will not secretly at least, look upon his forever stilled remains and say…” you deserved it”.
Public displays of grief will be manufactured to appease the goats on the liberal blogs out of fear that they will be targeted by them if the proper decorum isnt observed. I dont harbor such reservations, but I will refrain from my usual “colorful” adages concerning the good senator.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
As I stated before, I wish no evil on him. But I rest secure in the knowledge that justice and fairness will prevail. He will stand before the Ultimate Tribunal and answer for his time on earth. As Lipstick said, he will be taken when God decides, and not before, for death comes to us all and it has little to do with the manner in which we live our lives. Nonetheless, the longer he remains, the more for which he will have to atone. Inasmuch as his record here is a sorry reflection of his waste of the talent and opportunity provided him, the way he comports himself during his remaining time on earth will do much toward mitigating his final condition. One can only speculate as to his own assessment of a sordid past, regularly punctuated by regrettable personal behavior.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:17 am
And it’s not fair. That’s simply the way life is.
The important part is this:
We’re better than them. Let’s show it.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Just remember what was and is being said about Tony Snow and comment accordingly.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
All I’ll say is that God works in mysterious and wonderful ways.
Take that any way y’all want.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
A good point - not wishing bad upon Kennedy at this time - we must remember our anger should be directed to the people who elected this immoral man (again and again) even after he left Miss Kopechne to die. They are the ones who are at most fault for his tenure in the Senate.
And to tie it into the current political situation - this is what America will get if they see only the Name, only pay homage to the Above the common man personna, ignoring the ‘issues’ for the image - Obama The Movement is the next Ted Kennedy - and even worse - his voting is more liberal even before he has the nomination. . .Imagine if he ever gets real ‘power.’
May 21st, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Just remember what was and is being said about Tony Snow and comment accordingly.
One claiming that DU’ers just don’t do that kind of thing and blaming it on FreeRepublic….
Remember–we’re better than them.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Get ready for six months to a year of the media carrying on about the “Camelot” mythos. Personally, I never understood their hysterical devotion to the Kennedys anyway. Was it because they were rich? The Bushes are too, yet the Kos kids and their buddies gleefully want George Bush to grow a tumour and die. Was it good looks? Meh. They produced one or two, at best. It certainly wasn’t their ethics, or their characters. Irish Catholics may laud JFK as their hero, but a man less dedicated to Catholic principles you’d be hard pressed to find. So Teddy Kennedy rises to his postion on the memories of his three debatably superior brothers and Massachusetts keeps sending him back to Washington time and time again. (I roll my eyes everytime I walk through Logan Airport and hear him welcome me to Bahhstin). And I just don’t get it.
I wish him and his family well, all things considered. He’s had a far better life than he deserved.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
even though we are “better than them”…there comes a time when one feels the need to point out the legacy of someone that is held in such high esteem by those who wish western society to be dismembered by any means necessary. I rest assured that finally, this man will have to face the only entity who wont be cowed by his position, his name, or his status. He will be judged on his deeds alone. That in and of itself gives me solace.
May 21st, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Again, it’s peculiar how Congress gets so isolated and self important that when death rears it’s head they become a gushing river of emotion and adoration. Then the media laps it up in a feeding frenzy. Meanwhile, we all deal with death daily in quiet obscurity. I am reminded of not only our founding fathers, whose lives were very muich on the line establishing our amazing country, but of our fantastic military who as I write are facing death and wrestling with it. While our cushy comfortable fat cat Congress debates the validity of their sacrifice and whether or not to support them with the tools and morale they need. While our myopic and bloated Congress grandstands for political points,wasting time villifying Big Oil.
May 21st, 2008 at 11:52 pm
“We are as sorry to hear this news as we would be about any fellow human being.”
You know, I often agree and often disagree with what I see on blogs but it is common decency like that shown above that gives me comfort in knowing that there are people who can disagree in a civil manner. No well-adjusted human being gets pleasure out of the kind of suffering Sen. Kennedy and his family are about to endure. May their suffering be the least possible under the circumstances.
I knew there was a reason why I check here now and then. You guys have a class community of folks here. My compliments to your parents. They did a damn good job.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 am
>1sttofight
>May 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
>Well that explains a lot…
Like why a guy with Chappaquiddick in his past would name his dog “Splash.”
Nonetheless, this is as sad for him and his family as it is for anyone with the same prognosis. It’s another reminder that this cancer that claims so many lives is no respecter of persons or surnames.
(Whereas the MA electorate would send a chupacabra to Congress if its last name were “Kennedy”).
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