Swayze predicted he was “dead man” after pancreatic cancer diagnosis
By ANIWednesday, September 30, 2009
LONDON - Late actor Patrick Swayze was determined to fight pancreatic cancer after being diagnosed with the fatal disease.
The actor, who lost his battle to cancer on Sept 14, spoke of the mental battle he fought with the disease in his upcoming memoir Time of My Life, reports the Sun.
“I was not ready to go and I’d be damned if this disease was going to take me before I was good and ready,” wrote Patrick.
“So I said to my doctor, ‘Show me where the enemy is and I’ll fight him.’ It was the most challenging, eye-opening battle I’ve ever had,” he added.
The ‘Dirty Dancing’ star had predicted that he was a ‘dead man’ after cancer diagnosis.
While writing about his thoughts, Patrick wrote: “When my doctors at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles said the words ‘pancreatic cancer,’ a single thought popped into my head: I’m a dead man.
“Now, a lot of things go through your head when you get a death sentence handed to you, starting with: ‘Why me?’ It’s hard not to sink into bitterness.
“For me, that initial shock quickly turned into self-criticism and blame.” (ANI)
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April 26, 2010: 12:40 pm
Greatly appreciated Patrick Swayze’s acting style. I’m trying to survive pancreatic cancer myself. I was miss diagnosed twice, before I told the doctors that I was a athlete, and Physical Education Teacher/Coach and knew my body, and something bad was wrong with it. They than ran a E.U.S. test and confirmed I had Pancreatic cancer March 2005. I am trying to understand how I caught the disease. Was Patrick Swayze, in the Air Force or around Aircraft Radars. I was, and have a strong feeling it caused the pancreatic cancer. I believe the U.S. Government is hiding a killer, and won’t own up to killing alot of good airmen. The airmen dies quickly thus no group of folks to fight for their rights, and family benifits. They refused mine even after a Military doctor wrote a letter stating more likely than not I had a ill pancrease while on active duty, prior to retirement. I smell a ugly cover-up, and the average service man or woman suffers with just compensations for giving their all, even life itself. Joe Retired USAF SMSgt Sellect. |
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