Sen. Kennedy, Midway Through 6 Weeks of Radiation & Chemotherapy for Brain Cancer

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EmpowHer is bringing you the latest news on Senator Edward Kennedy's progress midway through his six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy for brain cancer.

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In an e-mail to family and friends sent Wednesday, Vicki Kennedy said her husband has been exercising each morning before heading to Boston for treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital. By afternoon, he's back at his family's compound in Hyannis Port.

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Kennedy says her husband describes his cancer as "as bear," but she thinks of his reputation as a political fighter and is "betting on the lion."
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The e-mail was obtained by The Associated Press on Monday from a Kennedy friend.

"The only side effect is fatigue, and that word has never been in Teddy's vocabulary before," Vicki Kennedy wrote. "But he's learning to cope with it. As I have mentioned to many of you, he is tackling cancer with his trademark grit and determination, and he is doing everything he needs to do to regain his strength and health."
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