One thing that definitely does not care if you’re a celebrity or not is cancer. The latest celebrity that has discovered that he has cancer is Patrick Swayze and, like others before him, he is prepared to fight.

Many celebrities have been able to share their stories of battling cancer and the list includes:
1. Sheryl Crow
2. Melissa Etheridge
3. Lance Armstrong
4. Rod Stewart
5. Farrah Fawcett

All these celebrities have been faced with this horrible, life threatening illness and through the media, they have proven to others dealing with the same thing, that you don’t have to give up, you could fight.

In Patrick Swayze’s case, smoking was, apparently, the cause of his cancer. Even though most people who rather not feel any sympathy for people who cause their own illnesses, the truth is that cancer can strike anyone at anytime, it does discriminate.

This, however, brings up the debate about whether people who are heavy smokers and drinkers should get as much attention for their cancer as others who don’t do anything to affect their health. Honestly, they should, for the fact that there is no proof that if you don’t smoke or drink heavily, that you won’t get cancer anyways.

The most positive thing that has come from this is that the celebrities that are effected by cancer start organizations and charities that help others. Hopefully Patrick Swayze will get through this and change the lives of other cancer victims.