Thankfully, it appears my earlier report about Patrick Swayze may have been premature.  Now that a somewhat credible source has weighed in, things might not be as grim as they once seemed.

"Patrick has a very limited amount of disease [pancreatic cancer] and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far," Dr. George Fisher says in a statement. "All of the reports stating the time frame of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic."

The actor’s rep adds: "Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family."

That’s strange, it’s almost as if The National Enquirer had embellished, or even exaggerated their coverage of this in order to garner cheap publicity.  But that almost seems… irresponsible, or even… sleazy.  No, I don’t believe it.  I’m sure it was all an innocent mixup of some sort.  Perhaps their writers passed up journalism school in favor of, say, Barber College.

In any case, let’s hope he gets over this quick – there are still so many ridiculous pictures of him that it would be a real shame not to be able to make fun of him again soon.  For God’s sake, look at this one!