In 2010, #RFKJr was experiencing #memory loss & #mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a #brain tumor. #Kennedy said he consulted several of the country’s top neurologists, many of whom had either treated or spoken to his uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, before his death the previous yr of brain cancer.
Several drs noticed a dark spot on the younger Kennedy’s brain scans & concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 #deposition reviewed by NYT.
#RFKJr was immediately scheduled for a procedure at Duke Medical Center by the same surgeon who had operated on his uncle….
While packing for the trip, he said, he received a call from a doctor at NY-Presbyterian Hospital who had a different opinion: #Kennedy, he believed, had a dead #parasite in his head.
The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my #brain & ate a portion of it & then died,” Kennedy said in the #deposition.
About the same time he learned of the parasite, #RFKJr said, he was also diagnosed w/ #MercuryPoisoning, most likely from ingesting too much fish containing the dangerous heavy metal, which can cause serious #neurological issues.
“I have #cognitive problems, clearly,” #Kennedy said in the 2012 #deposition. “I have short-term #memory loss, AND I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.”