RIP Swatrick Payze
posted on September 16th, 2009 by Dustin at 11:56 am (EST) with 10 Comments
I was too busy crying yesterday to write a story; my favorite actor Patrick Swayze died.
In January 2008, Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Since then, his health declined steadily until he passed away on September 14th.
Nobody knows what a pancreas does, but apparently you die if you get cancer on it.
Swayze was popular with the ladies for his roles in Ghost and Dirty Dancing, but I enjoyed him most in Hollow Man and Tremors — nevermind, that was Kevin Bacon.
Now Swayze can film the sequel to Ghost, and they won’t even need special effects!
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Comment from amanda
Time September 16, 2009 at 12:43 pm
to the other commenter..i know your are joking but cancer isnt a thing to joke about…the stuff in the article is funny but i dunno the other was just not good
Comment from Pancreas
Time September 16, 2009 at 12:55 pm
“Nobody knows what a pancreas does” ????
The pancreas produces chemicals that are crucial to proper digestion and blood sugar regulation. It is an abdominal gland, and is situated in the abdominal cavity, behind the stomach, close to the duodenum with its head pointed toward the small intestine. Both the exocrine and endocrine systems utilize this organ. Our body’s endocrine system regulates hormones and other substances through its direct access to the bloodstream, cells, and organs. The exocrine system works via ducts to digest food in the intestinal tract.
Important hormones secreted by the pancreas include insulin and glucagons, which maintain the appropriate levels of sugar throughout our body. The parts of the pancreas responsible for the production of hormones are called the Islets of Langerhans, which are small clusters of cells separated from the exocrine functions. When unprocessed sugar needs to be converted into the kind of energy our cells use, it travels to the liver. There, glucagon breaks down the glycogen variety of sugar and releases its components into the blood. Insulin then appears at the site of cells to help them easily absorb the sugar. This is the process that maintains a non-diabetic’s blood sugar at healthy levels.
In its second function, the pancreas creates digestive juices as a member of the exocrine system. These fluids must break down nutrients that the stomach’s acids weren’t effective at metabolizing. Since the pancreas is so close to the small intestine, there are many ducts streaming from its head to carry the enzymes to the duodenum, which is the beginning of the intestine. The juices start out alkaline in the pancreas, but when they meet substances bathed in stomach acid in the duodenum, they become acidic. These enzymes include lipase, which digests fat, trypsin, or protein, and one that works on carbohydrates, amylase. The resulting nutrients are distributed further down the small intestine.
Comment from Dustin
Time September 16, 2009 at 1:18 pm
SidecarAnatomyClass!
I knew what a pancreas is, but I didn’t feel like explaining it and then trying to writing a pancreatic joke.
Comment from Hoof Hearted?
Time September 16, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Yay for Pancreas..he knows how to use Google.
Comment from footlong
Time September 16, 2009 at 4:04 pm
im pretty sure cancer IS something to joke about.
Comment from renenet
Time September 16, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I have cancer survivors in my family, and they damn sure joke about it. Humor keeps you sane and keeps you alive. Don’t be so sensitive. None of are going to make it out of here alive.
Comment from Beric
Time September 16, 2009 at 8:55 pm
playing on a friend’s answering machine: “Hi, this is Gil. Sorry but I can’t answer cuz I got the cancer.”
Comment from Lucy
Time September 23, 2009 at 3:49 pm
He’s so badass.
He will be missed.
Comment from footlong
Time September 16, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Sawyze and his tight ass pants are up in heavens Roadhouse! I heard his mullet beat the cancer tho.