My wife and I watched the show together last night and I've revised my opinion of Patrick Swayze upward. for a major Hollywood star to be sitting next to his wife of 33 years - and choked up about leaving her and her crying about being angry at him for getting it yet dreading losing him brought home the equal opportunity nature of cancer. We cried during the show as it seemed like they were expressing many of our feelings. After seeing the show and understanding that he's still fighting even though a "victory" would include still having the cancer but being there for his wife - I think back to my Dad's WWII Navy days mantra: "smoke 'em if you got 'em". Again, I had no idea that smoking could also cause pancreatic cancer. Guess being rebellious and deciding never to smoke,chew,or sniff tobacco because my parents did was a good choice although it didn't stop me from getting cancer. My lungs show clear in all the tests


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13