Patrick Swayze’s widow reveals actor’s first subtle symptoms of cancer

Patrick Swayze pancreatic cancer

”Then we had a grueling 24 hours to wait while we got the reports back. It was a really tough time. Your life just turns on a dime,” she recalled.

An endoscopic procedure confirmed Swayze had pancreatic cancer.

Since pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult to treat, Niemi Swayze recalls most doctors prepared patients for the end. But the couple refused to accept the death sentence.

”We fought it for as long as his body could. It was a tough journey, but it was worth it. When you love someone and they’re on this Earth with you, every moment is precious. Every bit of fight we did was worth it for that extra time.”