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Patrick Swayze: Official Statement

Sassy Smith — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:05:00 GMT

Patrick Swayze's dreams of being a dad may not be realized, however, he's being optimistic about his cancer diagnosis. The Dirty Dancing actor's rep has issued the following statement:

"Actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. Patrick's physician Dr. George Fisher states, '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.' 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."

Oh I so hope he's not on his deathbed - I've always loved me some Johnny and Baby dance moves.

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Patrick Swayze's Dream Of Parenthood

HerBadMother — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:05:00 GMT

Patrick Swayze, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given five weeks to live, aspired to be a father but was just never able to see that dream fulfilled. Which just kind of underscores the point - which came up again and again in commentary around Heath Ledger's death - that deaths are tragic regardless of whether children are left behind.

I'll admit, though, that the fact that he and wife Lisa Neimi desperately wanted to have kids but were never able to tugs at my heartstrings in a manner similar to that provoked by Matilda Ledger's fatherless future.

In an interview with the UK's Daily Mail a couple of years ago, he commented at length on his desire to be a parent:

"I was born to be a dad and we have the perfect life for kids," he says, wistfully.

"I have started taking adults into the mountains on packhorse trips. I love that ability to survive off the land and it changes these peoples' lives when they re-connect with the earth. Adults enjoy it so much, so I can only imagine what it would be like for kids.

"We are still thinking of adopting, but you have to consider the child and not yourself. Living on a ranch teaches you a great deal about the cycle of life and, if you adopt a child, you have to be certain it is for the right reason."

Sounds like he would have been a really great dad. So, so tragic that he'll never get the opportunity to prove it.

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Patrick Swayze Has Five Weeks To Live

HerBadMother — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:10:00 GMT

Patrick Swayze is dying of terminal cancer of the pancreas and has been given five weeks to live. Which, oh my god. SO TERRIBLE.

Although he's been married for a gazillion years, he and wife Lisa Neimi never had children - she had, apparently, multiple miscarriages, and they consequently seem to have shied off of the kids thing - so he's kind of outside the purview of this site's gossip mandate (all parents, all the time), but still - he was a key pop figure on the cultural landscape of every Gen-X/Y man and woman I know, which is to say, my peer group of thirty-something parents, so. Who can't recite half the lines to Dirty Dancing? Nobody my age, that's who. So his impending death just feels, well, terrible and weird. Weren't he and his wife going to soft-shoe in the background of our pop-culture consciences forever?

National Enquirer is breaking the story, which they apparently have on good authority from Swayze and family:

In a shocking world exclusive, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has uncovered the devastating news that the beloved Hollywood actor and dancer was diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other organs.

Full details are in the print edition of the NATIONAL ENQUIRER that goes on sale tomorrow.

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.

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 away from the Stanford Cancer Center, where the actor 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 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.

Five weeks to live. They're giving him FIVE WEEKS.

So, so terrible.

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