Ghost and Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze says he is "scared" and "going through hell" referring to his treatment for his pancreatic cancer. In his first interview since being diagnosed last year, the 56-year-old actor says he is not on his deathbed and is not saying "goodbye to people" despite reports that he's failing. Yet he admits he may only have another two years to live.
"Am I dying? Am I giving up? Am I on my death bed? Am I saying goodbye to people? No way," Swayze told TV interviewer Barbara Walters, adding that he often asks himself, "Why me"?"
The actor added that people thought he was "out of his mind" to shoot the new detective series 'The Beast' while undergoing brutal cancer treatment - and working without painkillers.
"When you're shooting you can't do drugs because it takes the edge off your brain," said Swayze.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most virulent forms of cancer which has only a 5% five-year survival rate.
Swayze added that he wanted to survive long enough for a cure to be found, but said that beating the disease for five years was "pretty wishful thinking".
"I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light."
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God bless Patrick~~~
Posted by: Linda Young | January 8, 2009 2:46 AM