My thoughts and prayers go out to Patrick Swayze, who has been aggressively fighting stage 4 pancreatic cancer for the last year. He said on 20/20 in an interview with Barbara Walters, that he hasn’t let the battle take over his life. “One thing I’m not gonna do is chase staying alive,” Swayze told Barbara Walters in his first interview since the diagnosis last year. “You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won’t live.” Amen to that! I applaud him for his courageous fight.
According to ABC News, the 56-year-old-actor, beloved for his role in the film “Dirty Dancing,” said he and wife Lisa Niemi still find time to dance together. And a few months ago, on the spur of the moment, they decided to renew their vows. The interview took place at his California ranch. He did not have the luxury of surgery because when his cancer was first diagnosed, it had already spread too far. According to the interview, he took part in chemotherapy and a new experimental drug called vatalanib according to the interview. He said that he gives himself two years maximum to live, but with God’s grace, he may live longer.
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