{"id":87991,"date":"2026-02-18T17:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=87991"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:26:47","slug":"remembering-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=87991","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Patrick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At first, <strong>Patrick Swayze<\/strong> dismissed the symptoms as minor\u2014slight yellowing of the eyes and digestive discomfort. But in 2007, those subtle signs led to a devastating diagnosis: pancreatic cancer, a disease known for vague early symptoms and poor survival rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife, <strong>Lisa Niemi Swayze<\/strong>, urged him to see a doctor after noticing the changes. Tests, including a CT scan, confirmed the illness. Though the prognosis was serious, the couple faced the battle together with determination and grace. Lisa later reflected that cancer \u201cmay have taken him, but it didn\u2019t beat him,\u201d emphasizing his courage throughout treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swayze continued working for a time, showing remarkable resilience. He passed away on September 14, 2009, about 20 months after diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since his death, Lisa has supported advocacy efforts, including work with the <strong>Pancreatic Cancer Action Network<\/strong>, helping raise awareness about early detection and research. His legacy remains one of strength, love, and perseverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=87966\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first, Patrick Swayze dismissed the symptoms as minor\u2014slight yellowing of the eyes and digestive discomfort. But in 2007, those subtle signs led to a devastating diagnosis:&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87992,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87991\/revisions\/87992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}