Jeopardy host, Alex Trebek, recently opened up in an interview with CTV's Lisa LaFlamme, revealing that he had a "dismal" health setback and that he's "not afraid of dying".
Jeopardy host, Alex Trebek, recently opened up in an interview with CTV's Lisa LaFlamme, revealing that he had a "dismal" health setback and that he's "not afraid of dying".
Despite delivering such awful news, he seemed optimistic about fighting the disease.
"I'm going to keep working and with the love and support of my family and friends."
In August, the state of Alex's health seemed to be improving. But unfortunately, he suffered a major setback.
“I was doing so well. And my numbers went down to the equivalent of a normal human being who does not have pancreatic cancer. So we were all very optimistic,” he said.
“They said, ‘Good, we’re gonna stop chemo, we’ll start you on immunotherapy.’ I lost about 12 pounds in a week."
"So, the doctors have decided that I have to undergo chemo again and that’s what I’m doing.”
"I didn't realize how fallible each of us is in his or her own way."
"I don’t even bother to explain it anymore, I just experience it," he went on. "I know it’s a part of who I am and I just keep going.”
"It doesn't last for very long, but it takes over your whole being for a period of time."
"Other things do, the effect it will have on my loved ones…it makes me sad. But the thought of myself moving on, hey folks, it comes with the territory.”
“I'm hanging in,” he said. “So we're back on the chemo and we'll see if the numbers go down. And if they do... they can't keep doing it forever of course."
He revealed that chemotherapy is taking quite a toll on his body. His eyesight “gets messed up a little,” he said, adding that the “day after that, I start getting pains in my joints.”
“There are weaknesses I feel in my body but I can always suck it up when it comes to tape the show."
“I’ve lived a good life, a full life, and I’m nearing the end of that life … if it happens, why should I be afraid that?”
We're keeping Alex in our thoughts in prayers!