Patrick Swayze has five weeks to live, The National Enquirer has learned.

[DS1]

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.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/patrick_swayze_cancer_weeks_live/celebrity/64581



grain of salt and all that

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Remember that friend of mine I told you about with pancreatic cancer?

Dx in August, passed in Feb. Three kids.

Pancreatic cancer is horrific. I think I'd take my chances with brittle diabetes and have my pancreas is removed.

[DS1]

2. yeah, it's a bitch

Got Bill Hicks, too.

[supernova]

4. Yes, Pancreatic cancer

is horrible. When I worked at the cancer center, the PA patients were always the fastest to go.

Part of the problem is they have a hard time getting a dx early enough for it to be any good. It was so typical to see that the person had been sick for 8 or 9 months, been through 4 or 5 docs and no dx.

If this is true, I'm really sorry for PS and his family. He has always seemed like such a great guy as well as a terrific dancer.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. It's a horrible disease.

My friend died peacefully, and at home, thank God, but still. 54 years old, three kids. Heartbreaking.

[supernova]

11. That's so sad

This particular one really is a killer and I wish they would find out more.

[DS1]

6. been sick how?

[Midlodemocrat]

7. Generally, GI symptoms.

But, by the time they've gotten to the point where they are symptomatic, it's too late. Hell, with pancreatic cancer, it's always too late.

[supernova]

9. Unexplained "Gastritis"

pops up a lot.

You are uncomfortable and don't know why. Go to the ER, they can't explain it. Nothing shows up on the x-rays or MR so they tell you to go home and gulp down Maloxx.

It's not until you feel so bad that you get referred to a GI surgeon and they endoscopies and biopsies that you start to get a clue.

Disclaimer: I'm not an MD. This is just a summary of the people who came to see my boss.

[BarenakedLady]

3. Gawd

If it's true, that sucks.

[RebelOne]

8. It seems to be true. Just Google his name and lots of reports are popping up.

[BarenakedLady]

14. sad

:(

[barb162]

10. Oh, horrible news. Sigh.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. damn.

x(

:cry:

say what you want, but I would have been Baby in a heartbeat :loveya:

[AlCzervik]

13. i hope thats not true.

:(

[mentalsolstice]

15. It got my closest friend

He died two weeks after the dx. That was 13 years ago, and I still sorely miss him.

[conscious evolution]

16. It,along with bev harris,killed DUer

Andy Stephenson.
I have a friend fighting it now.His was caught very early when he had an mri for something else and even so he is not doing well.

[Midlodemocrat]

18. Sorry for your friend. I lost a friend last month to it.

It's a terrible, terrible cancer. Completely non curable. Even with a Whipple procedure, the rates suck. :(

[Mad_Dem_X]

17. Holy crap!

What terrible news. OMG...