This is INSPIRING.

"How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work." That's Patrick Swayze, talking to The New York Times about his decision to star in the A&E drama "The Beast" following his pancreatic cancer diagnosis in January. "I just love to work hard," he says of the 12-hour days he puts in to play an unorthodox FBI agent on the Chicago-based show. "I do find myself, at the end of the day, riding home sort of catching myself with a smile on my face. I'm proud of what I'm doing." The actor, 56, who became alarmingly gaunt as he battled the disease, has reportedly packed on 20 pounds with the help of "muscle-building shakes" and has missed only a day and a half of filming. "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," admits Swayze, whose main support system is his wife of 32 years, Lisa Niemi. "Chemo, no matter how you cut it, is hell on wheels." "The Beast" will debut in January, and there's already talk of a second season, which is just fine with the star. "There is probably that little bird that flies through your insides and says, 'I sure would like to make a mark in life,'" he tells the paper. "I've made a pretty decent mark so far -- nothing to scoff at. But it does make you think: Wait a minute. There's more I want to do. Lots more. Get on with it."

Pancreatic cancer is among the most virulent and dangerous types of cancers there is.

It's almost always fatal.

But this guy is a real fighter, and no one is a stronger choice to beat this thing than Swayze.

I hope he can do what Lance Armstrong did, manage to prevail in spite of overwhelming odds.

He deserves to.

He's amazing.

my mom died in 6 weeks from having pancreatic cancer
my dad 6 weeks of lung cancer
both are very fast