Patrick Swayze Barbara Walters Interview VIDEO
Posted on January 8, 2009
Actor Patrick Swayze, 56, believes he may only have two years to live due to his battle with pancreatic cancer. Read more on Patrick Swayze and watch his interview video with Barbara Walters below.
Patrick Swayze is trying to remain strong, and even with his cancer treatment, he has only missed one-and-a-half days of work out of five months.
“You can bet that I’m going through hell,” Swayze said. “And I’ve only seen the beginning of it.”
In Patrick Swayze’s interview, he admits he may not beat the disease.
“I’d say five years is pretty wishful thinking. Two years seems likely if you’re going to believe statistics.
“I want to last until they find a cure, which means I’d better get a fire under it,” he said.
Swayze has proceeded with filming for police drama The Beast, fitting chemotherapy sessions in at weekends.
Swayze even refused pain-killers during his 12-hour shoots so as not to dampen his performance, he explained: “I’ve never been one to run from a challenge.”
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The actor was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in January 2008. Now the cancer has spread to his liver.
In Patrick Swayze: The Truth, he told Barbara Walters: “Yeah, I’m scared. Yeah, I’m angry. Yeah, I’m (asking), ‘Why me?’”
Watch Patrick Swayze’s interview with Barbara Walters below:
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3 comments
I thougth the interveiw was done very well.I did cry at certain times,I feel like Patrick and his wife were part of my family,when Barbra finished the interveiw.I wish there was a way for Patrick to watch a spiritual video that was produced not long ago.I wrote the song unknown author.I believe it would comfort them in there hour of need.If someone reading this could get it to them the web site is http://www.michaelrainwood.com All anyone can do is to give him true belief this life is not all there is that is what this video will do..Love Michael Rainwood
I wonder why Barbara Walters did not ask Patrick Swayze about CyberKnife. Here is a report from a source that certainly appears credible. From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School…
“More than 50,000 people, including Actor Patrick Swayze, have turned to it to treat hard to reach cancers. Cyberknife RadioSurgery uses real-time, image-guided robotics to accurately target tumors and lesions that may otherwise be untreatable.
“‘This is a real breakthrough,’ says says Dr. Anand Mahadevan, of the Keith C. Field Cyberknife Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the first center in New England to offer Cyberknife therapy. ‘In the past, we’ve been limited to how much radiation we can give to treat cancers because it scatters around the tumor and causes collateral damage to nearby structures. This therapy pinpoints the exact location, sparing surrounding tissue.’”
http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/YourHealth/HealthNotes/Surgery/CyberknifeSurgeryWithoutCutting.aspx
For more about CyberKnife, see
http://www.cksociety.org
http://www.accuray.com
(Seems to good to be true about the cyberknife) My brother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in november 08, he is havin grueling chemotherapy.
He is 46 years old can sombody HELP please we r all devasted