Patrick Swayze dying?!

It's true.

http://www.pagesix.com/

 

From that story, a quote which is extremely fucked up:

 

It's fucked up how so? B/c of the phrasing or just the sheer awful news of it all?

 

I know I've been joking around on this thread, but my prayers to his family... I know he has several kids...

Awful news...

 

The sheer awful news of it.

 

Yeah that's hideous. That really, really sucks.

 

Wow, that really sucks. Prayers to him and his family.

 

Man, that's tough. Not a way to go. Prayers of healing, comfort and peace to him and his family.

 

If true, and sounds like it is, I apologize for the Fozzie picture.

Very sad news about Swayze.

 

There's an update on that pagesix.com story from the doctor, who makes it sound like it's not as far along as feared. Although of the five or so people I've known who died of this, none of them lived more than a year after the diagnosis.

Actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment," his rep said in a statement. "Patrick's physician Dr. George Fisher states, 'Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.'

 

Meanwhile, Steve Jobs had pancreatic cancer a few years ago, survived, and kept it a secret until now:

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/index.htm?eref=ib_topstories

 

My fingers are crossed for Swayze and his family.