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Kennedy Glad To Be Home After Risky Brain Surgery

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The Associated Press

Published: June 10, 2008

BOSTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said it was "good to be home" after flying back to Massachusetts on Monday, one week after undergoing an aggressive and delicate surgery to treat a cancerous brain tumor.

Kennedy left the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., on Monday morning and arrived at his family's compound in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod just before noon.

When asked how he was feeling, he said, "Glad to be home, I'll tell ya."

Within hours, Kennedy went out sailing with his wife, Vicki. It was the same homecoming routine he followed last month when he was released from a Boston hospital after being diagnosed with a malignant glioma, a lethal type of brain tumor. A malignant glioma is one of the worst kinds of brain cancer, and malignant gliomas are diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year.

Kennedy, 76, underwent the 3 1/2 -hour surgery June 2 to remove as much of the tumor as possible, a procedure aimed at improving the success of treatment. His surgeon at Duke, Allan Friedman, said Monday that Kennedy "is making an excellent recovery."

The Associated Press

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