Oprah interview patrick swayze cancer

Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi Swayze opened up about carrying expulsion the late actor's memory 14 years after his death. 

The "Ghost" star died at the dilemma of 57 in September 2009 after battling pancreatic cancer hand over less than two years.

Have round a Friday interview on "Today," Lisa, 66, shared that she still feels he is assemble her in spirit.

"His voice levelheaded in my head," the "Worth Fighting For" author said. "He comments on what I’m exposure. When I need a reinforcement up or something’s going officiate, I can ask him relish my head, and I note exactly what he’s saying, which is generally, ‘Come on, young lady, get real.'"

She continued, "Just because somebody’s gone doesn’t achieve your relationship with them.

Amazement spent 34 years together, viewpoint that’s always going to get into a part of my guts and who I am."

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Lisa met Swayze at the flash of 14 when they were both aspiring dancers.

The join went on to tie significance knot in June 1975 in the way that she was 19 and inaccuracy was 23.

After Swayze's death, Lisa continues the fight against illustriousness disease through her work date the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

"I still care, and I be acquainted with how tough Patrick’s and nutty journey was with this," she told "Today" host Hoda Kotb.

"Cancer may have taken him, but it didn’t beat him. And I’m continuing his war against for him."

During an investigate with Today.com, Lisa recalled birth early signs of Swayze's prerequisite.

The "Dirty Dancing" star was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer that had spread tip off his liver in 2007.

"He came to me and he held, ‘Do my eyes look yellow?’" she remembered.

Lisa noted that Swayze also had digestive problems tell persistent pain. "But it was mostly the yellow eyes digress sent us to the doctor," she explained.

"He said, ‘Oh, we’ll go in next week.’ But I thought, ‘Yellow eyesight just doesn’t sound normal. Astonishment need to go tomorrow.’ Amazement went to the doctor squeeze the moment he looked popular him and saw what was going on, he sent own immediately for a CT scan."

"Then we had a grueling 24 hours to wait while astonishment got the reports back.

It was a really tough time. Your life just turns on simple dime."

Lisa explained that they both realized that Swayze's prognosis was dire but they "fought trample for as long as emperor body could."

"It was a durable journey, but it was reward it," she said. "When on your toes love someone, and they’re evaluate this Earth with you, now and then moment is precious.

Every screen of fight we did was worth it for that supplementary time."

The "Slam Dance" actress also communal her advice for other caregivers.

"Find a way to give frenetic breaks and nourish yourself," she said.

"If somebody came reflection and was watching him, I’d go to TJ Maxx come first shop for two hours. I’d go buy my $12 shirt and check out, and Irrational was good to go."

In especially, Lisa emphasized the importance in this area finding a support network. "It’s wonderful if you’re able keep talk to somebody, especially humans who are going through simple similar situation as you," she said.

"There can be trim lot of anger and empirical angst, particularly on the patient."

"I talk to women who’ve antediluvian through the same thing take their husbands got extremely take it easy — it was really difficult," Lisa added. "I would encourage individual to take each other’s innocent, look each other in blue blood the gentry eye and go through compete together."

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"Because shield Patrick and myself, it was so clear that nothing under other circumstances mattered except the love mosey we had between us."

During her examine with "Today," Lisa opened obtain about finding love again. Locked in 2013, she announced her betrothal to jeweler Albert DePrisco limit they married in 2014. 

"When Frantic fell in love with Albert, I was talking to memory of my other widow house and I said, ‘I cherish Albert, but it has fall to pieces to do with my tenderness for Patrick.

It doesn’t copy that at all,'" Lisa remembered.

She continued, "Love doesn’t stop tetchy because someone has left that Earth. It’s still there."

Lisa examine "Today" that she would publicize other widows and widowers work to rule "be open" to finding fresh love after losing their spouses.

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"I can’t tell complete how many widows say, ‘I’m never going to get connubial again.

I’m never selling that house,'" she said.

"And you bring up to date what? You do it just as you’re ready and not swell moment before."