Patrick Swayze Says '2 Years Seems Likely'

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(Jan. 8) - Patrick Swayze talked with Barbara Walters about his struggle with pancreatic cancer and discusses how much time he has to live in his first interview since revealing he had been diagnosed with the disease.
"Five years is pretty wishful thinking," the 'Dirty Dancing' star told Walters, who had been pressing the heavy question. "Two years seems likely if you're going to believe statistics." Discussion Begins @ 02:23 >>
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The defiant actor also told Walters that he's "never been one to run from a challenge," but also "going through hell." Highlights Below
Hoping for a Cure: "If anybody had that cure out there, like so many people swear they do, you'd be two things. You'd be very rich, and you'd be very famous. Otherwise, shut up."
How He Feels Now:"There's a lot of fear here. There's a lot of stuff going on. Yeah, I'm scared. Yeah, I'm angry. Yeah, I'm [asking] why me. Yeah, I'm all this stuff."
How He Realized Something Was Wrong in Late 2007:"I tried to have champagne, and it would be like pouring acid, you know, on an open wound."
What Happened Next:"My indigestion issues got gigantic and constant. And then I started thinking, I'm getting skinny. I dropped about 20 pounds in the blink of an eye. And then when you see it in the mirror, when all of a sudden, you pull your eyes down and the bottom of your eyes go yellow and jaundice sets in -- then you know something's wrong."
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Why He Got Help:"I started doing a little research and started realizing this is not pretty. This is not a good thing."
His Response to Being Diagnosed With Life-Threatening Pancreatic Cancer:"Watch me! You watch what I pull off." Read about Pancreatic Cancer on AOL Health.
His Determination: "I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer, but in the light."
Working on 'The Beast,' a New Series on A&E: "I think everybody thought I was out of my mind, you know, thinking I'm gonna pull off a TV show."
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