Mar 5 2008UPDATE: Patrick Swayze might only have 5 weeks to live

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Patrick Swayze is rumored to have pancreatic cancer and only has five weeks to live. For the past month, the 55-year-old actor has been reportedly receiving treatment at Stanford University's top-notch cancer center in Palo Alto. The National Enquirer reports:

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 end.
"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," said an insider.

Okay, hopefully this is a wildly exaggerated report and Patrick Swayze has a long life ahead of him. Considering the National Enquirer is the source and no major outlet is running with it yet (Excluding me. What now, TMZ?), Patrick probably just has the flu. If, however, this is true, I hope the insider, who presumably works for the hospital, gets pancreatic cancer of the eye for leaking this info. Patrick Swayze is an icon who deserves his privacy, dammit. C'mon, Road House? No bullshit; that movie will teach you more than The Bible.

UPDATE: Patrick Swayze's publicist confirmed to TMZ that the actor has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. However, the publicist shot down the Enquirer's claim that Patrick only has five weeks to live: "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 timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.'" Best of luck to Patrick and here's hoping for a safe recovery.

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Say it is not so!

About time Fish! I told you!!

And this actually makes me sad.


You're WILD!

WHAT?


YOU'RE WILD!!!!

Yeah, that is nice FISH!! Dump this on us right after the hot chicks modeling bras.

Damn!

I know he hasn't done much lately, but he's still a roadhouse god in my heart!

I hope if false. If it's true, my prayers go out to him.

"Be nice, until it's time to not be nice"

I thought it was hillarious when Patrick went on SNL and danced like a Chippendale dancer with Chris Farley. They were both trying to dance sexy and compete for a Chippendale dancer position. Patrick felt that Chris should win the competition because he had better moves lol!

Damn! He looks GOOD for 55!!
I REALLY hope this isn't true.

we all have to check out at some time. at least now he's guarenteed tons of sympathy ass on his way out.

Swayze's Road House co-star (sort-of) Jeff Healey passed away 3 days ago from cancer.

There is no dissolution only reintegration. Let us not obsess with flesh. Nothing ever really dies. All is reprocessed and the end is the beginning as the old begats the new.
Weep not for tears are better served in hydrating the invigorated.

A drunkard's nose that rivals WC Fields.

All the best

Yeah. I ALWAYS entrust the National Enquirer for nothing but the fully researched, unadulterated, truth.

Just before I wipe my ass with it.

Seriously... kudos to Swayze... he looks as if he's only undergone an eyebrow lift. Unlike another of his comtemporaries - Mickey Rourke - who resembles a bloated, barbecued pig-on-a-spit.

What the fuck? I thought Jack Palance died yars ago...

Looks like FOXNews.com is reporting it too...then again, it IS FOXNews

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

What the fuck has the bible ever taught anyone? It simply confirms mass stupidity. Seriously all the bible ( a mostly fictional story) does is it helps draw the line between the unfathomably fucking stupid (those who actually believe the world was created in 7 days) and... the rest of us.


Poor Patrick Swazy. This is bad news all around, either he's dying or insanely disrespectful rumors are being spread about him. I hope its column B even though it's totally wrong, it's a lot better than the first option. If Patrick has cancer I hope he pulls through, he's been married only once and has been married since 1975, he is very un-Hollywood and always seemed super down to earth. Name one other celeb his age married for that long. He seems like a good egg. I feel so bad for his wife and family.

Nobody puts Patrick Swazy in a corner.

Get better soon, PS.

He rocked on SNL. And Dirty Dancing, cheesy as it may be, will always get my attention when it shows up on a Saturday afternoon. He was *hot* in that.

I hope this isn't true. Don't know when this pic was taken, but he looks great.

What do you mean "considering the NE as the source," you stupid fucker? They are RARELY off the mark when it comes to calling out somebody's medical problems. Every overworked orderly with access to medical files sends the shit to the enquirer.

Stop being your ignorant douche self.

Bohdi !
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

Now he can be a Ghost!!

Seriously, hopefully this isn't true, I just saw him on some sitcom, I think it was How I met Your mother or something where he was sitting at the bar. It was pretty funny.

I hope not.
Doesn't anyone remember Ghost? That's what did it for me. He was hot in Roadhouse, though. WOWOOWOW. Dirty Dancing was gay.

Let's not forget what a stud he was as Ace Johnson in "Skatetown, U.S.A."

Yeah...guess what? I'm not gonna mourn this guy. He is well known for sexually harassing just about every girl under the age of 25 while on the set. I say he got what was coming to him. Good riddance.

My father died of this. So did 'Michael Landon' of Bonanza and li'house.

There is no cure. They gave my Dad 6 months but he tried every cure and lingered 4 years. It was the worse years of our lives watching him die. I know some day I will have this too but won't try to fight it.

Thanks for not making a joke of Swayze's illness.

What the f is it with men and that fucking stupid RoadHouse movie? My ex wanted me to watch that piece of shit over and over.

Point Break? I'm down for that one. Kiedis, Keanu. Uh-huh.

I hope this isn't true.

#24,
Not me. What a lack of imagination you have. Does it give you pleasure to pretend you're someone else? I know very little about this man, but cancer is a bad deal for anyone... famous or not.

Pancreatic Cancer, if this story is true, is pretty much a death sentence. The cancer is in a prime location to pushed throughout the body. My Mother was diagnosed and gone ten months later.

Make that #23 , not me.
#24 is not me either, but I think that is more obviously not me.

wtf?

Ted, I think it's Mike. He's sore. ahahahaha!!!! get it! sore.


nevermind..

#15 - Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

#29 Haha!!!

Wait a sec....pancreatic cancer causes severe weight loss (25 lbs or more) and jaundice. I'm not saying that symptoms happen the same way to everyone, but (depending on when this pic was taken), he doesn't look anywhere near the last stages of pancreatic cancer.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking....I really like this guy and hope it isn't true.

No God, I said please kill Jessica Simpson and J-Lo, not Swayze's dumb ass!

OH PLEASE!!

All you A-holes giggled with evil glee when Anna Nicole died.

So none of you REALLY give a crap about ANYONE!

I doubt if that report is true. Read this http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3003094
Patrick Swayze has recovered from his recent illness and is set to make his West End debut in Guys and Dolls. The actor, who was announced to star as Nathan Detroit in the musical at the Piccadilly Theatre on 10 July but delayed due to “a chest infection resulting in missed rehearsals,” will now join the show on Thursday, 27 July.

Nothing funy about this. Pancreatic cancer is one of the worst (and yes there are bad and worse cancers). I hope he can go peacefully (ie with morphine and his family around him). My vote is for Point Break over Roadhouse, but just barely.

Bahh #16 beat me to it. That's what happens when you take a long lunch. Tough it out Patrick "pain don't hurt."

#31,
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe he's sore because his kids never visit him (the nannies or the billies).

Patrick's "Road House" cast mate Jeff Healey passed away from cancer on March 2, 2008. Weird. I hope the same is not true for Swayze too.

aaaaaaaahahahahaha TED!! niiiiiiice!

my dad only lived 7 weeks after his pancreatic cancer diagnonsis.

So sad......

my dad only lived 7 weeks after his pancreatic cancer diagnonsis.

So sad......

I really hope that they have their story wrong.
He seems like a good guy.

Red Dawn was cool!

I read that he had lost most of his hearing as a side effect of the cancer treatments, and that he was in pretty bad shape overall. Just the other day, the doctor said he needed a urine sample and a stool sample, and Patrick just looked blankly at his wife and said "What'd he say?" So his wife yelled back, "He needs your underwear!"'

There's a Ghost/Whoopi Goldberg joke to be made here somewhere.........

PS: #5--that was quite possibly the funniest damn thing I ever saw on television.

Unlike most everybody else that I consistently trash on this website, I actually like Patrick Swayze.

Sure he may look like a post-op transexual in male-drag, but, by god, he was 'Brody' in Point Break.

He's one of the good ones -- whatever that means. And if this story's true, I hope he makes it.

I loooooove Patrick Swayze! I saw his profile on a celebrity dating site called dateadeadcelebrity.c om and he looked very happy.

(Sorry, I had to. I didn't see anything from tallmingle, meetrich or whateverthehellelse.com).

My mom died of breast cancer, so I know what his family is going through right now. I will say a prayer for them.

By the way, what's black and has 12 tits? A garbage bag at a breast cancer clinic.

I hope it's a lie. I just love PS's work, and I've always crushed on him. This would be a tragic end.

Pancreatic cancer is the worst, and watching someone you love die of it kills you a little, too.

#15

Speaking about the Bible. Last year my daughter went to elementary school and her friends were mean to each other and very catty. My daughter was taught by example to have a good heart and tried her best to get along with these girls. My daughter is an Atheist and believes in evolution and I am Agnostic (Athiest without balls lol!) and also believe in evolution. So now my daughter goes to a different school (she's in the gifted program) and now she has to deal with a righteous born again Christian and a Southern Baptist from Kentucky. They read their Bibles at lunch and remind my daughter that all Atheists’ are going to hell from time to time. She just ignores them because if she talks about science and evolution; it completely goes over their head.

I wonder if he's just lying in bed saying "Love" "Fear" over and over? Intermingled with the occasional "I'm not afraid anymore! rraaargg!"

All the best to Patrick Swayze and may this article not be true. He has been an insperation to many future actors and has a lot of talent, which was on full display in Dirty Dancing as well as Point Break.

Wishing you all the best Mr. Swayze, may you breath the fresh air for many more years to come.

I'm sorry to say, the story has been confirmed by one of Swayze's reps, via the New York Post.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052008/news/nationalnews/patrick_swayze_going_to_die_100575.htm

I met Patryck in New Mexico back in the 80's after he finished filiming Red Dawn. Down to earth stand up kind of guy. In my prayers Pat.

I just watched Red Dawn again last week. If he dies I will do as Harry Dean Stanton, his father in the film screamed. "AVENGE ME BOYS! AVENGE ME!"

WOLVERINES! take that commie cancer.

not to be tick tacky, but just 'meeting someone once' doesn't really make you an authority on what sort of person someone really is.

just sayin.

Wow you suck.

i grew up with all the patrick swayze movies and i loved everyone of them. this is extremely sad news for me, i was shocked and sadden to learn this is true. may god bless him and be near as he fights for his life.

i grew up with all the patrick swayze movies and i loved everyone of them. this is extremely sad news for me, i was shocked and sadden to learn this is true. may god bless him and be near as he fights for his life.

#34-it is possible this was found early enough that he didn't develop jaundice. the disease is so lethal because (a) it is very aggressive by nature and (b) it usually doesn't cause symptoms (jaundice, wt. loss) until it is too late. that said, people who are eligible for surgery (which it sounds like he had) have a 5-year survival of around 20%, so he may be okay. here's hoping for the best.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ALL THE SYMPATHY VAG NOW? HEY, LADIES......I WAS AN EXTRA IN GREASE AND I HAVE AN INGROWN TOE NAIL. CAN I GET SOME LOVE?

One of my all-time favorite headlines in The Onion:

"Loved Ones Recall Local Man's Cowardly Battle With Cancer."

He still looks really good, best wishes for his recovery.

hopt is untrue. I saw this guy a months ago via webcam. I was contacted by him first on a celeb site called 'Searching Millionaire dot com'! I also got several of his pix.

Actually I think this one from The Onion is better:

Lackluster Marriage Enlivened
By Cancer Scare

SWANDER, OH--George and Maureen McKay's stagnant, passionless
36-year marriage was briefly enlivened recently by Maureen's late-May
cancer scare.

"When the doctor told us Maureen had terminal stomach cancer,
our priorities instantly changed," said George, 57, who had steadily
grown more distant from his wife over the decades. "Suddenly,
all that mattered was spending those final days together."

"Last week, we found out the doctor made a misdiagnosis," George
continued. "Now, thank God, everything's back to the way it was
before."

On May 25, Dr. Ernest Ingersoll, an oncologist at Dreyer General
Hospital in nearby Tiffin, told the couple that a malignant mass in
Maureen's stomach was Phase 4 stomach cancer. The grave diagnosis
temporarily reignited a passion between George and Maureen that the
weight of the years had dulled.

"When we got home from the hospital, we both couldn't stop
crying," said Maureen, 56, who was later correctly diagnosed with
gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, a rare but nonfatal fungal
disease. "George just held me for hours and hours. I hadn't felt
that loved and cared for in years."

According to those who know the couple, this closeness was
precisely what has been missing from the McKay marriage.

"Maureen and George weren't what you would call the most
romantic couple," next-door neighbor Curtis Curran said. "But when
they thought Maureen had cancer, there was an instant change. You
could even see it in the way they sat next to each other. Of
course, now that they found out Maureen will be fine with
treatment, they're back to opposite sides of the room again."

Faced with the grim prospect of cancer, the McKays began to pay
attention to "all the little things" that make a marriage special.

"We started to say 'I love you' again, for no reason," Maureen
said. "I guess George was afraid it might be the last time he'd get to
say it. Thank God, it wasn't. Not that he's said it since we
found out the diagnosis was wrong."

In the days following Maureen's initial diagnosis, George would
call her from work just to see how her day was going. He also
started leaving her little love notes in random spots throughout
the house.

"It sure was an emotional three weeks," George said. "We'd stay
up all night long, saying things we'd never said to each other and
talking about all the things we never got to do together. Now, we've
got a whole damn lifetime to do all that stuff with each other."

"Twenty or thirty more years," George added. "Just the two of
us."

As soon as Maureen's stomach problems were found to be nonfatal,
the couple returned to their normal mode of interaction: icy silence
punctuated by the occasional bickering over petty household matters.
An added source of tension was Maureen's medical treatments, which
prompted fights about everything from who forgot to deposit the check
from the insurance company to who was supposed to pick up the medicine
from the pharmacy before it closed at 7 p.m.

Still, the couple has their memories of the whirlwind three
weeks. One moment in particular sticks out in Maureen's mind. A few
days after the misdiagnosis, George presented her with a thick woolen
sweater to wear around the house if she felt cold. It had been years
since he had bought her a present out of the blue.

"I was so touched that I cried," said Maureen, holding up the
unattractive purple-and-green sweater. "Before, I would have made fun
of this ugly thing and shoved it in the closet, but instead, I wore it
every day. I mean, until I found out I was okay. I haven't worn it
since. It's really not my style."

Settling back into their pre-cancer-scare routine, the couple
has canceled the vacation they had planned, deciding it would be wiser
to put the money toward a new roof on their home.

"Boy, am I glad that's all over," George said. "Now we can get
back to being a normal married couple again."

#63 -- yeah, it does sound like they may have caught it early. I wish him the best and hope he pulls through. I was reading up on the disease after my post and, you're right, it is often symptomless until the very last stage.

#67 -- shut the fuck up. it's bad enough to have your spamming shit on the other posts, but on this one, it's just disgusting. I doubt highly that Patrick Swayze contacted a piece of trash like yourself on any site.

NOOO!!! PATRICK, I FUCKING LOVE YOU!!!!
PLEASE don't die on us!! :'(

Fair, a guy like Patrick Swayze has his life hanging in the balance and assclowns like Andy Dick live forever.

Fair, a guy like Patrick Swayze has his life hanging in the balance and assclowns like Andy Dick live forever.

Sorry to say but if he has pc then he probably only has about a year to live. My died from it. :(

Oh man. Usually I have something really smarmy to say but not this time.

Does anyone know how Farrah's ass cancer is? I wonder if she got it from he Bionic Man's pee pee in her arseholio

I don't quite understand the publicist's statement. So... Patrick only has a *touch* of cancer? Well, that's better than a whole helping of cancer.

COME ON PATRICK, PUT CANCER IN A CORNER!

You rude bastards really need to take a step back and remember that this is still a HUMAN BEING that you're making fun of. Pancreatic cancer sucks. It is one of the most painful forms of cancer around, and there's nothing that can ease that kind of pain. Not even high doses of morphine. It's a shame... he's a talented actor and dancer that's getting cut down. Let's just be real for a minute and think before you post hateful crap.

Stupid should hurt. Then you idiots out there making light of this would know what he's going through.

Fuck Cancer! Get well soon Pat!

aww, I'm so surprised at how many nice/good comments there are!

#32.... you are right that Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward have been married for many many years... but Paul Newman divorced his first wife for Joanne.
Just saying!

I love Patrick Swayze. #2--I love that!

Patrick, cancer is like Robbie the Creep.... just give it a few punches and say "you're not worth it... you're not worth it!" <3

While cancer is still like Robbie the Creep.... maybe Patrick shouldn't say that... since um, he meant Robbie was not worth the fight. SHIT! It's still a jerk!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer#Prognosis

This is disheartening.

A reliable source said Patrik posted a sexy profile at a celebs dating site named Richromances.com where many celebritis and beautiful people are looking for romances. I believe he does not look for normal friends~~

PARTICK OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOW YOU CANT HAVE "THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE'"

HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

GOD YOUR UGLY NOW DAMN UR FACE LOOKS LIKE A FART

who liked my joke who

While I still think Patrick is quoting his Donnie Darko lines as I type this, it is rather sickening seeing the dating spam crap in this thread. Alas :(

Death Proof. Best PS movie ever made.

you're such a hypocrite saying you hope something bad happens to them for leaking the information. you are leaking the information with this article. someone is going to read this and then write a similar one on their website. you are contributing to it just as much as them... just you found out a different way.

you're such a hypocrite saying you hope something bad happens to them for leaking the information. you are leaking the information with this article. someone is going to read this and then write a similar one on their website. you are contributing to it just as much as them... just you found out a different way.

Hopefully it is not true. I saw his profile on millionaire&celeb dating site "W e a l t h yR o m a n c e.c o m" Dec. I will bless for him.

Oh shit ya know this guy hasn't been a womaniser or a media whore, pancreatic cancer has the worst prognosis of all cancers. This is a fucking SHAME. Why couldna it been Parisite or Hohan?

I like him very much.I saw him on S e e k i n g R i c h. c o m yesterday.

Dear Patrick and family. I am so sad to here about your. Its hard fore your and your family. I have lost a child he has leukæmi and its was very hard fore him and the hole family. So I will think and hope and praid for you. Sorry my spelling.

Man, you guys really suck balls... perez Hilton had this post up first thing YESTERDAY morning. I mean seriously, a bunch of trained monkeys could do a better job than you numb skulls. You should really look into hiring a staff that DOESN'T have thier heads jammed up thier asses, and who are actually capable of giving us the LATEST celebrity gossip, not YESTERDAY'S old news. Perez is sooooooooooo much better than this crappy crappy site.

Man, you guys really suck balls... perez Hilton had this post up first thing YESTERDAY morning. I mean seriously, a bunch of trained monkeys could do a better job than you numb skulls. You should really look into hiring a staff that DOESN'T have thier heads jammed up thier asses, and who are actually capable of giving us the LATEST celebrity gossip, not YESTERDAY'S old news. Perez is sooooooooooo much better than this crappy crappy site.

I always felt Patrick Swazye was one of the few Hollywood actors that led a commendable life too. I hate to hear this and I hope he can pull through this. My heart goes out to his family.

Wow, he has a lot of time in between dr. appointments to be posting on all those websites...

"Just put your pickle on everybody's plate, college boy, and leave the hard stuff to me..."

What I want to know is, what the fuck is Tom Cruise doing to save Patrick Swayze from the body thetans that caused the cancer?

I LOVE Patrick Swayze - I hope it's true and that he is reacting well to the treatment!!

Best Wishes!! Get Better!
p.s Dirty Dancing is the best movie EVER!!

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100th!!!!

pancreatic cancer is hard to diagnose and usually isn't caught until it's too late. and due to it's proximity to the spinal cord, spleen, liver and GI tract if it's later on it has probably metastasized and he may not have long to live. but you never know. cancer's tricky like that.

The Enquirer got it right and the publicist did what all publicists are paid to do, namely, LIE.

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He kinda looks like Vincent Price in that photo. I wish him and his family well. Cancer is such an awful thing.

A friend of mine died from pancreatic cancer in late January - he went to the doctor in september, and they basically sent him home in November to die. if you google pancreatic cancer you can read why it's so bad and why few live once diagnosed, it attacks the spleen, the liver, the intestines, it's a bad scene. Patrick Swayze is dying if he has pancreatic cancer - a recovery will be like a miracle.

Oh,no! I love Patrick Swayze!I don't want him to suffer!Not him! I wish him well!He really seems the most nice sympathetic actor, u know,,even more sympathetic than Harrison Ford.

If Patrick is in the hospital as the news say, Please,Please,Please ask a Christian worker in the hospital to lead him in the sinners prayer. If he has the world here with the fame and riches of this world theyll be nothing in heaven or hell., But if he get's reborn and accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior he'll have eternity to rejoice.
Amen

I'm praying for Patrick, his wife and loved ones. May God have mercy and be gracious to all of you. I enjoyed his interview with Barbara Walters. It was uplifting and very courageous. I will continue to pray and may the Lord be at his side throughout the whole thing. God bless him and his family.

I PRAY THAT HE IS ALRIGHT BUT, I WANT HE TO KNOW THAT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HIM IN EVERYONE OF HIS MOVIES. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORIT ACTOR. I PRAY TO GOD THAT PEOPLE WILL LEARN FROM HIM. I KNOW HE IS IN ALOT OF PAIN , BUT SOON HE WANT BE IN NO MORE PAIN . HE WILL GO THE HEAVEN TO BE ONE OF THE ANGLES WITH GOD. FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE FOR PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE GOOD WORK HE HAS BEENING DOING ON THIS EARTH. ONE DAY U AND UR WIFE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN IN HEAVENS .

I PRAY THAT HE IS ALRIGHT BUT, I WANT HE TO KNOW THAT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HIM IN EVERYONE OF HIS MOVIES. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORIT ACTOR. I PRAY TO GOD THAT PEOPLE WILL LEARN FROM HIM. I KNOW HE IS IN ALOT OF PAIN , BUT SOON HE WANT BE IN NO MORE PAIN . HE WILL GO THE HEAVEN TO BE ONE OF THE ANGLES WITH GOD. FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE FOR PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE GOOD WORK HE HAS BEENING DOING ON THIS EARTH. ONE DAY U AND UR WIFE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN IN HEAVENS .

I think Patrick is the best dancer I've ever seen and dirty dancing is my favorite movie ever. How I wish I could dance with him! Don't give up Patrick, for none of know how many days we have. I just lost a brother named Danny, a great accordian player, through cancer. He didn't have a chance to fight it, for it snuck up on him. But I know you are a fighter. So keep on fighting. There were 18 kids in our family would you believe? Now there are 13 left and I was #13 on the family list. I think we are a special family but I guess most people think that. There are many celebrities in our world today but if I were given the chance to meet one, it would be you Patrick. I'll keep praying for you. May God be with you and all the terminally ill. For that must be the worst illness of all,being given a diagnosis like that. Cling to your wife for the rest of your life.

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