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'Chemotherapy is hell on wheels,' says Patrick Swayze as he opens up about his cancer battle
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:20 PM on 29th October 2008
Cancer-stricken movie star Patrick Swayze has described chemotherapy as 'hell on wheels'.
In his first interview since returning to acting following his January diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, the "Dirty Dancing" actor said: 'I'm still fine to work, I haven't changed - oh, I have changed, what am I saying?
'It's a battle zone I go through. Chemo, no matter how you cut it, is hell on wheels.
Patrick Swayze seen last month at a cancer benefit. The actor spoke out describing his chemotherapy treatment as hell
Despite his traumas, Swayze is currently working 12-hour days filming cop drama The Beast and is halfway through the series' 12-episode order.
Swayze, 56, has recently managed to put on more than a stone in weight by drinking muscle-building milkshakes.
And amid his determined fight back to health, he's missed only a day and a half of filming so far.
Swayze recalled his first feelings of sickness while filming last December.
Patrick Swayze seen during filming his new show The Beast during the summer in Chicago
He revealed he thought it was a minor but persistent case of indigestion.
"Then all of a sudden real symptoms start showing up," he said. "You see it in the mirror and you go: 'O.K., better go get checked out.' "
Doctors are optimistic about his recovery.
'His scans have been clean and clear. But they always couch things in caution,' said Zack Van Amburg, co-president of Sony's television studio.
They tell us things like: 'He should be fit to work, as far as we can tell today. They have never said he's cured.'
One US report claims the actor collapsed at his rented Chicago home after a long day on set.
A source told the National Enquirer: 'He had a fever and collapsed. Afterward, he was bedridden for the next day.'
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