Patrick Swayze Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer

[phoebe7165]

Um, no offense, but the source of that article is from the National Enquirer. That, along with The Star & Weekly World has never been believable to me. Now if it were something from like People Magazine or US Weekly, then maybe.

I am sorry to hear what's going on with Patrick, though. My heart goes out to him & his family, especially to Lisa. I think he said they've been married 28 years when I saw him on Oprah a few months ago.

[Janice]

Of course his cancer his spreading. That's the course with pancreatic cancer. It's a certain killer, with a survival rate of less than 5%. I saw a picture of Patrick on the web last week, and he looked close to death to me. It's very sad.

[TripperFan]

Originally Posted by Janice

Of course his cancer his spreading. That's the course with pancreatic cancer. It's a certain killer, with a survival rate of less than 5%. I saw a picture of Patrick on the web last week, and he looked close to death to me. It's very sad.

Same here - I think it must have been the same pic I briefly saw yesterday morning of him (I think it was on my Yahoo homepage). That's why I do believe this story. Sure, it's the Inquirer, but I've seen them get stories very accurate - long before they hit the regular newswires. In this case, I'm 90% positive it's accurate. It's like with Paul Newman (and Tammy Faye Bakker). I saw a picture of Paul in People taken in late summer and you could tell death was imminent.
I just pray for him that when the time comes, it's as painless and easy a transformation as possible.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by TripperFan

Same here - I think it must have been the same pic I briefly saw yesterday morning of him (I think it was on my Yahoo homepage). That's why I do believe this story. Sure, it's the Inquirer, but I've seen them get stories very accurate - long before they hit the regular newswires. In this case, I'm 90% positive it's accurate. It's like with Paul Newman (and Tammy Faye Bakker). I saw a picture of Paul in People taken in late summer and you could tell death was imminent.
I just pray for him that when the time comes, it's as painless and easy a transformation as possible.

The Enquirer and The Star do run a lot of speculation, but they employ huge teams of Private Investigators, and they often get the story right. They've broken many a scandal.

[Gemini_89]

Originally Posted by TripperFan

Actually I was surprised that it was that long ago. For some reason I thought it was only a few years back. Glad I confirmed. Yes, I don't want to be a bummer pesimisstic at all, but anyone I've heard of getting it in the pancreas has never survived. Odd too, might be just me, but I haven't thought he's looked well for quite a while. I remember seeing a pic of him and his wife in People at some function last year and he was looking quite pale and drawn. Seemed to have "aged" a few years quickly too. Not that it necessarily has any connection, just odd.

Just shows - the guy probably has never smoked, been fit like crazy all his life and still he gets this. Nobody said life was fair, but it can really suck sometimes.

Patrick actually smoked 3 packs of cigarettes per day and was an alcoholic (allegedly).