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Today Senator Edward Kennedy underwent surgery for brain cancer. The survival rate for this type of cancer is less than 5% after 5 years and most doctors say it's almost always lethal... but rather than focus on the negative let's focus on the positive.

I urge you to watch our interview with Arnie Friedman, a brain cancer survivor who lives in Potomac, MD. It's on our Health Tab. He had the same type of brain cancer as Kennedy. That was 4 1/2 years ago. He was only given three months to live. He has proven everyone wrong! He was angry to hear people talking about Ted Kennedy as if there was no way he could beat brain cancer, at least not this kind. Well Friedman is living proof that you can survive.

In his interview he tells us it's not easy. He tried to stay positive but there were times when he and his wife struggled with the prognosis. Friedman has an inspiring story and I think it's a story everyone should hear. Don't give up he told me or it is over. When he first got diagnosed, he told his family expect some miracles because there will be miracles. He believed it, his family believed it and if you're facing the fight of your life believe that you can beat it too.

Share your stories of hope and survival here for others to see too.

Watch Sherri's Story:

About Kennedy's Brain Surgery

Sen. Ted M. Kennedy's surgery to remove a deadly brain tumor was a success. Fox 5's Sherri Ly has more on the senator's surgery, the tumor and his post-surgery recovery.

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