Beloved 55 year-old star Patrick Swayze is still working and is determined to beat pancreatic cancer. He’s working on his health through daily meditation, hours of massages, gentle Eastern exercise and a healthy diet. Unfortunately Swayze is still smoking the occasional cigarette, but he is reportedly not inhaling. That probably makes a small difference, but with all the other measures he’s using to get healthy it seems like he would work to give up cigarettes too:
Patrick Swayze… is crediting his improved health and weight gain to combining an ancient healing technique with his own diet and positive philosophy.
“Patrick’s health regime consists of hours of meditation and stretching, four massages a day including two-hour foot massages to stimulate the organs and induce blood flow, and Tai Chi martial arts exercises,” a close pal revealed to The Enquirer.
“He also takes herbal supplements, eats only organic food and sticks to a strict macrobiotic diet…”
The only sticking point in his health regimen is his tobacco addition, revealed his pal.
“Patrick is having a hard time trying to quit. He still smokes, but claims he doesn’t inhale.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, August 11, 2008]
Patrick is now working on the series “The Beast” for A&E, which is filming in Chicago. He said to photographers at the airport a little over a week ago “I’m a miracle, dude.”
The prognosis for pancreatic cancer victims is slim, with less than 5% of sufferers living 5 years or more after diagnosis. Last week Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, whose “last lecture” video received millions of views on YouTube, passed away after a nearly two year long battle with the illness. Maybe Swayze will beat the odds. He’s definitely following Pausch’s life lessons and is living life to the fullest.
Patrick Swayze is shown on the set of “The Beast” on 7/28/08. Credit: Fame.
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