What Does Patrick Swayze Fear Most?
PATRICK Swayze has cancer. The Mirror shows its readers a picture of Swayze smoking a cigarette. “SO SAD SWAYZE,” says the headline.
In the list of things to fear, cancer is right up there. A poll of the Anorak typing poll revels the things we’ fear most:
5. Burning
4. Being trapped inside an unbreakable greenhouse with only the collected works of Paul Burrell for company
3. Being trapped inside an unbreakable greenhouse with Paul Burrell for company
2. Cancer
1. Losing all facial features in a collision with Anthea Turner’s flymo
But Anthea Turner’s lawn is not in its summer bloom. So Swayze it is. Says the Mirror: “Cig in mouth, the Dirty Dancing heart-throb is ravaged by cancer.”
Swayze is “DANCING WITH DEATH”. His partner is Big C.
The Mirror says he looks “gaunt”, “haggard” and “thin”. To prove it, the image of Swayze now is placed alongside a picture of Swayze in 1989.
Swayze is 55. How cancer has changed him. He looks somehow older.
“What a forlorn figure Patrick Swayze cuts,” says Dr Miriam Stoppard, professor of bodyology. “A third of pancreatic cancer cases are directly related to smoking. So why is he still lighting up?”
“Perhaps his smoking is an act of defiance?” says Doctor of Guessology. “Perhaps he just does not care?” says Dr Miriam, professor of Ifology.
Perhaps it is because when you already have pancreatic cancer you get your pleasures where you can, and smoking requires so little effort that even the terminally ill can do it?
Which brings us back to the list of things we fear most.
At No.6: “Dr Miriam Stoppard sucking suggestively on a pencil…”
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May 21st, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Kurt Russell has cancer?!
May 18th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
As someone has already noticed,Pam I believe was her name … That picture,the first one is not Patrick Swayze. It does look a whole lot like Kurt Russell..
Smoking !!! Why should he stop now ??? The damage has already been done,if you believe that is actually what caused the cancer. I have known and read about so many people who have never touched a cigarette and get cancer. I am not saying that are not bad for you by know means,but again it’s to late for him ,so let the man do whatever makes him happy… He is not harming anyone,not even himself anymore !!
May 18th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
My mother passed away from Pancreatic cancer in 1993. She smoked for many years and when she was diagnosed with this cancer, she stopped smoking. It wasn’t 8 months later that she passed away. If Patrick Swayze wants to smoke, let him be. I really don’t think it will help either way.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I Lost my mother to the same disease and she never smoked or drank It’s a horrable disease. I sat with my mom and watched her drift away in so much pain.
My heart goes out to him and his family.I know the hell they are going through
May 18th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
First of all the photo that is on the left is not Patrick Swayze, it is Kurt Russell, so whoever posted that should pay more attention. No, smoking is not good, but it is his life that he is hurting and if he feels there is no hope of being cancer free and it makes him happy, it is nobody’s business but his. Leave the poor man alone.
May 18th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I quit a 60 a day fag habit just over 2 years ago and believe me it really really hard. It took about a year to stop feeling like a smoker and wanting a smoke so I understand his reluctance at spending what is left of his life feeling deprived and craving a cig…its a lose, lose situation for him but maybe a lesson to others?
Far be it from anyone to tell a person how to die…
May 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Thats not what I am saying…..Of coarse if he quits now he won’t get better. All I am saying is that his smoking lead to his cancer, he even admitted to it himself in the Barbara Walter’s interview. Sure it is a shame for him and I really liked him as an actor but he new the consequences’ when he smoked like all smokers. And when health issues play a part then everyone is so shocked. It is a nasty habit and hopfully people will see by his example that smoking is wrong and they should set an example themselves for the young in this country not to smoke!!
May 17th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Smoking is most likly the reason he has the diease, even patrick admitted to it. It is hard to get anything through to smokers….They have one thinking and non-smokers get bashed because smokers say that non-smokers don’t know what their going though!!
Look…I feel sorry for patrick, but he had a nasty habit and it lead to this diease. If he could of turned the tables back I am pretty sure he would of never smoked!! Hey smokers…now don;t get mad at me now!!! Patrick was into keeping his body fit and I am pretty sure his diet was good so why did he smoke!! Got me….
March 18th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
yes,he smokes big deal,quitting will not help his cancer! my uncle passed away two weeks ago from the same cancer, he quit smoking,didn’t help him any!leave the man alone,it’s nobodys business but his !!!!!
January 5th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
first off that pic is distortd to make him look worse. non-smokers need to put a sock in it. you don’t know what it is like, I am a nursing asst. and watch people die of cancer on a regular basis, how dare any one judge him for what he does. It is his life. remeber the bible, DO NOT JUDGE, LEAST YE BE JUDGED! Pancratic cancer has nothing to do with smoking and only an ignorant person would say so. he has done nothing wrong Grow up and get a life.
April 12th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Based on the pictures- Kurt Russell vs Patrick Swayze and the fact that you’re criticizing his smoking behavior, I will never visit this website again. You people are pathetic!
March 19th, 2008 at 11:25 am
When have we as humans become so hard as stone. Where has compassion gone to.
Patrick Swayze is a human being first, when are we going to learn that Americans are suppose to be compassionate. We cannot just hand out food, money and think that is
all there is, we are suppose to hand out love and compassion to help any human being.
As a society we better look at our hearts before we say things that are hurtful. No one
should predict how long he has or commit on his behavior. This man needs our prayers and I intend to do just that and that alone. God bless you Patrick and keep
the faith.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
The THEN picture is Kurt Russell NOT Patrick Swayze - although the NOW picture does look bad!
March 18th, 2008 at 5:47 am
I think it is really sad that even at this horrible time in his life… no one is leaving him alone. I know I would want to die doing the things I love. Like being with my family and smoking what ever I felt like smoking. If you knew you were going to die, would you want a bunch of people bugging you? What a sad world we live in. People really need to start thinking of others. My heart goes out to his friends and family— just think if it was you?
March 18th, 2008 at 5:35 am
That is pretty pathetic not to notice your before picture isn’t even Patrick Swayze but Kurt Russell! That is sloppy and very unprofessional! Leave the poor man alone he has enough to deal with! I wish him well with the battle that awaits him!!
dr:05.44
March 18th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Patrick does not look well. Let him enjoy life and do the things he likes, like smoking. Makes no difference really does it. Little enjoyments like that would cause him stress when he tries to quit.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Hay Dumb - Dumbs!
Your before picture is NOT of Patrick Swayze…..It is of Kurt Russell!
GET IT RIGHT OR DON’T PRINT IT!.
Say a prayer for Swayze …Smoker or not, he doesn’t deserve such a terrible cancer.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
That first pic is not even of Patrick….COME ON GET THE FACTS RIGHT!!!
March 17th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Is Kurt Russells career on a downward spiral hes had to get plastic surgery to look like Patrick…Come on people lets check the facts before we go to print????
March 15th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Apparently Patrick Swayze fears not being able to smoke more than losing his life.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
This is not a death sentence! Quitting smoking would be a blessing. I lost a husband and my children lost their daddy to smoking related cancer at age 43. He was taking chemo and radiation and still smoked! That is the most assinine thing to do! But you can’t tell a man anything!
March 14th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Leave the poor guy alone. He knows he has cancer and smoking may be his way of relieving stress.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Kurt Russell - how he’s changed
March 14th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
The before picture is not Patrick Swayze-it is Kurt Russell!!!!!
March 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I have just (4 weeks ago) lost my beloved brother to pancreatic cancer at the age of 34. He was never a heavy smoker just incredibly unlucky to suffer this disease. I hope Mr Swayze stands a fighting chance against this horrible deal of fate. He & his family need strength & support not criticism. They have my sincerest best wishes.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Umm… hate to break this to you but…
That’s Kurt Russell in the “Then” photo.
Maybe it’s a joke. What’s the punchline?
March 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
The “then” picture is not even Swayze - it’s Kurt Russell! Try again!!
March 14th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Patrick Swaze or smoking? I think we should know
March 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
There is a problem with the “before” picture in this article. The before picture is Kurt Russell not a younger Patrick. Get it right!
March 14th, 2008 at 10:11 am
One of life’s simple pleasures
March 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am
big deal cigg in mouth…trust me there is no point in him quitting now…