Is Patrick Swayze dying?

**Laurent** · March 5th, 2008, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by Raspberry gashes

Weird thing though; I was looking at my Mums dvd shelves and the 10 Things I Hate About You dvd was next to Dirty Dancing. Bizarre! My Mum loved Heath and loves Patrick - I just thought that was really eerie.

That is kind of weird.

Something weird for me: I remember the first time I saw Dirty Dancing, I was 9 (too young, no doubt) and watched it with two elementary school friends. I have not seen those two friends in years and years and I saw one of them for the first time in I don't know how long today at lunch.

**Chalet** · March 5th, 2008, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by sprynkles

Wow Chalet! Any interesting tidbits for us???

TOO many sweetheart.

The one I can tell is when he was filming Wayne's World, we (actually my PC RIP friend) went to a biker bar on Hollywood Blvd, they did tequila shots, got wasted where I did not. Next morning I found them sleeping on his porch on the floor. I went in to take a shower, blow dryed my hair and grumpy drunkerson yelled at me that my hair was all over his bathroom floor. He spent hours cleaning before company. I apologized and said how I always tried so hard to clean up all the hair but sometimes it was hard to see it on the tile floor.

He was just busting my chops. He wasn't mad.

Sorry to jack the thread Patrick.

**msdeb** · March 6th, 2008, 12:14 AM

this week on MASH was Patrick Swayze's guest shot. he played a soldier with leukemia <sniff>

**olivia720** · March 6th, 2008, 01:00 AM

Hope you're doing OK Patrick! we love you!

**olivia720** · March 6th, 2008, 01:01 AM

Hope you're doing OK Patrick! we love you!

**abbyroadme** · March 6th, 2008, 02:01 AM

Oh no!! I hope he is ok.

**A*O** · March 6th, 2008, 02:23 AM

Reality Check. The prognosis for pancreatic cancer is always Very Bad. It's not surviveable, although with the correct treatment he'll get some time he wouldn't have had otherwise - if he's lucky. It's one of those cancers you can't beat and I'm afraid it's a question of 'when' not 'if'. I hope he gets to enjoy whatever time he has left with peace and happiness surrounded with the love of those closest to him.

**pacific breeze** · March 6th, 2008, 02:28 AM

^^I've had two friends die of it in less than a year. It is quick, but agonizingly painful.

**powerorchid** · March 6th, 2008, 02:46 AM

I hate cancer

it's so cruel.

**jlo25** · March 6th, 2008, 04:05 AM

My Grandma died of this type of cancer; it's the worst.

**yanna** · March 6th, 2008, 04:12 AM

My grandpa died from pancreatic cancer, didn't smoke. Also a neighbour, poor man had never smoked in his life. And my mother's pancreas failed and this contributed to her death. She'd never smoked in her life and never drank more than one glass of wine (which was enough to make her tipsy). Pancreatic cancer is one of the worst. Practically no survival rate. The only slightly good thing about it is that it's quick but it's so painful... My grandfather had it worst because he wasn't diagnosed until he had maybe a month to live. He was in constant pain and the doctors were telling him it was nerves

I hope Patrick does well and that he is surrounded with people who love him. I hate how he was "outed" like this. It's his life and nobody elses business but his. I'll always remember him as Ori in North and South, I had the biggest crush on him...

**Morticia** · March 6th, 2008, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by Palermo

I remember going to an internist who had the worst bedside manner ever. I had stomach pains, he said does it hurt in your back too? I said no. He said that's good, cause if it did you would probably have pancreatic cancer and that's fatal. I quit going to him immediately. He later told my husband the same damn thing. So now every time I have back pain I think of that.

I'm glad I didn't read this a few months back when I had gallstones and didn't know what was going on. But I was VERY sick and was starting to think the worst. God, what kind of doctor would tell you that!

**DoveFeatheredRaven** · March 6th, 2008, 05:53 AM

Oh Patrick. How I loved thee that Dirty Dancing summer of '88. *sigh*

**A*O** · March 6th, 2008, 05:54 AM

I don't think there's a particular link between pancreatic cancer and smoking. It's just very random and bad luck.

**yanna** · March 6th, 2008, 06:03 AM

^I don't think there is one either. I've heard that booze is blamed for pancreas problems in general but I don't know about cancer, really. It can be pretty random.

And yay, that's just what cancer victims need, to get blamed for it. I feel bad for everybody, including chain smokers.