Eleanor Mondale, Daughter of Former Vice President, Diagnosed With Cancer
MINNEAPOLIS Jun 21, 2005 — Eleanor Mondale, the daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale, has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the Star Tribune reported Tuesday.
Mondale spoke to the newspaper just hours before she began her first session of radiation and chemotherapy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Just a week ago, Mondale married local rock star Chan Poling.
"It's bad but not that bad," she said from her farmhouse in Prior Lake. "I've got a really good chance to beat it."
Mondale, 45, said her vision had bothered her in recent months but didn't believe there was anything seriously wrong until a camping trip May 16, when she suffered two seizures.
Doctors determined she had two tumors, both in her frontal lobe, and on May 31 they were found to be cancerous.
Mondale will undergo nearly seven weeks of oral chemotherapy and radiation, which could either zap the tumors completely or reduce them to a size that makes surgery safer.
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Had saved a darling magazine photo of you (with your entire animal family gathered round) so that I might one day ask about life with a minature horse.... but sadly find you have so much more serious issues to deal with.
I'm so terribly sorry to hear of your situation - but send you sincere good wishes for a FULL recovery. You will enter my prayers this very day. (4/6/06)
Since I am clearly writing many months later, can only hope you're already cancer free, feeling wonderful and the only hassles left to deal with are changing those white denim slipcovers!
Sending all the good vibes I can muster.... a stranger from Buffalo, NY named Lynn Clark.