patrick swayze diagnosed with terminal cancer

projectmayhem

hate to be the bearer of bad news but it's worth mentioning here that patrick swayze's been given weeks to live after therapy has failed to work as doctors expected.

"Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and might only have weeks to live, a rep for the actor told the New York Post's Page Six gossip column.

Swazye was diagnosed with the cancer more than a month ago, Page Six says. The average life expectancy for the disease is six to nine months, with only 4 percent of patients living more than five years.

Earlier Wednesday, the National Enquirer reported that Swayze had been diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs. The tabloid said he has five weeks left to live.


For the past month, Patrick, 55, has been traveling to Stanford University's prestigious cancer center in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, but his doctors are no longer optimistic that the treatments will be successful, the Enquirer says.

According to the Enquirer, Patrick and his wife, Lisa Niemi — who both have pilot's licenses — have been flying their private Beechcraft plane into Palo Alto's airport, minutes from the Stanford Cancer Center, where the actor reportedly has received outpatient treatment.


He received three doses of chemotherapy and the tumor shrank, but less than his doctors had hoped for — and Patrick was told he should prepare for the worst, the Enquirer reports.

"He was told he could have two more treatments, but his cancer was not responding. In short — they held out little hope for a cure," an insider reportedly said.

The "Ghost" actor has lost more than 20 pounds in the past few weeks and is restricted to a liquid diet because he has trouble keeping down solid food, the insider reportedly added.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335210,00.html

hopefully it all works out in the end for him

Mossy Monk

Sad news.

ninebeanrows

Apparently it isn't quite as grave as that yet.

But he has pancreatic cancer so he doesnt have long unless he gets extremely lucky.

Terrible news.

Damn shame. One of the finest actors of the 80s who went through a bit of a dry patch in the 90s before returning to form in Donnie Darko.

I really hope it works out for him as he's one of the few actors I've always wanted to meet.

dr.bollocko

Sir Patrick of Swayz? Cancer? I never heard about that. Mental. Poor guy.
Still though... kinda sets up a Ghost sequel pretty well.

Nevyn

Steve jobs isn't dead yet and he had it.

dr.bollocko

Yeah but there are very few viruses that infect macs.

Basq

Quite sad to be honest!

Pigman II

Ah well. At least he had the time of his life.

dr.bollocko

Oh god thats the best one yet.
Im in tears.
Nobody puts patrick in the coroner!

Karl Hungus

That is a shame.

Basq

dr. bollocko.. you've obviously never lost anyone to cancer. Cop on!

That type of attitude pisses me off!

CCCP^

Pigman II wrote: »

Ah well. At least he had the time of his life.

Haha!...no seriously, it's a shame. Roadhouse ruled. Jesus there's two 80s mega stars in bits - Michael J. Fox agus Patrick Swayze. Whats happening lioke?

Snake Plisken

This is sad sad news, he really was excellent in the recent FOW Point Break as Bodi, did his own Skydiving for the movie and was also excellent in Roadhouse Next of Kin and the excellent Donnie Darko. As Basq said show some respect for the man, my prayers are with him that he will win his fight of his life against the big C.

Sherifu

He's 55, bit older than i'd have thought. He could pull through. Don't write him off!

Ruu_Old

Hope he ends up pulling through it.

Xavi6

Pigman II wrote: »

Ah well. At least he had the time of his life.

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Oh god thats the best one yet.
Im in tears.
Nobody puts patrick in the coroner!

The tears are streaming! My God that's funny, probably a bit soon though tbh.

In all seriousness though I hope he can fight it off.

Kur4mA

Ah, I hope the guy pulls through. He did play some good parts and he dances DURRRTY.

DublinWriter

basquille wrote: »

dr. bollocko.. you've obviously never lost anyone to cancer. Cop on!

I have, and I laughed.

You'd go insane if you went around being po-faced all the time about such things. Humour is a great defense mechanism.

constitutionus

medias giving him five weeks and in fairness agressive cancer can be amazingly fast. just look what happend to ronnie drews wife.

weird this, like kurt russel he's one of those guys you always think will be knocking around doing films forever, maybe not huge big budget jobs , but always on the radar.

poor lad. its an awfull way to go.

L31mr0d

Pigman II wrote: »

Ah well. At least he had the time of his life.

you bastid you almost made me spew my coffee all over my monitor. That would of been fun trying to explain in the office what I was laughing at.

Oh, and i've also lost a family member to cancer, I think pretty much everyone has. But death happens, the sooner everyone accepts that they and everyone around them will die the happier the rest of your life will be.

reminds me of this guy I was watching last night:

The "last lecture"

kaimera

Shame.

Watching him in dirty dancing had me nursing a semi.

lizann

Swayze's Doctor Disputes Near-Death Reports
Patrick Swayze's doctor has confirmed the actor has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - but insists he's not as close to death as reports suggest. Tabloid and internet reports suggested the Ghost star was fighting for his life and had been given just five weeks to live, but his physician Dr. George Fisher suggests he's a lot more optimistic about the actor's recovery. In a statement issued to Wenn on Wednesday, Dr. Fisher says, "Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the time frame of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic." The Dirty Dancing hunk's publicist Annett Wolf adds, "Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family."

Sad news

GeorgeBailey

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Nobody puts patrick in the coroner!

Did you just make that up or did you hear it somewhere else. Pure brilliance*




*I also have lost a family member to cancer.

Eire 4Ever

i hope he gets well

norrie rugger

Eire 4Ever wrote: »

i hope he gets well

+1


and i must admit that i laughed at the puns earlier. Yes they are in bad taste but if people did not make light of issues then we would have a lot of very depressed people running around








*off topic*
I thought that the Irish flag was Green White and Orange (represents our friends in the North)

Galvasean

Poor Swayze, hope he recovers and comes back to blow us all away in Point Break 2!:cool:

dr.bollocko

I should probably just change my username to inbadtaste so people can just auto ignore me the next time a celebrity dies or suffers some misfortune. Cos I will be in that thread too, making terrible puns.

Mossy Monk

norrie rugger wrote: »

*off topic*
I thought that the Irish flag was Green White and Orange (represents our friends in the North)

You are correct. I have no idea where the Green White and Gold came from. Probably represent the Leprechauns.