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Swayze: 'I'm a Miracle'

Actor appears fit at LAX en route to filming new drama series

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 22, 2008 9:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Rugged actor Patrick Swayze, battling pancreatic cancer, gave a thumbs up sign to onlookers and declared himself  a "miracle" as he passed through Los Angeles' airport. It was a rare public appearance by the 55-year-old actor, who's currently shooting a TV drama series in Chicago in which he plays an FBI agent, reports US Magazine. "I'm a miracle, dude," he told a group of photographers. "I don't know why."

He appeared fit, and his doctors at Standford Medical Center have said he is responding well to treatment. He is also reportedly relying on a healthy diet to battle the cancer. "My treatments are working and I am winning the battle," he said last month. "I am juicing every day along with other treatments, and all I can say is that it's working really well."

Actor Patrick Swayze watches the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs play in May.
Actor Patrick Swayze watches the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs play in May.   (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi.
Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi.   (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Actor Patrick Swayze watches the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs play in May.
Actor Patrick Swayze watches the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs play in May.   (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)
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