Alex Trebek said he will undergo another round of chemotherapy to fight his pancreatic cancer after previously believing he was “near remission”
, he was “doing so well” and his “numbers went down to the equivalent of a normal human being who does not have pancreatic cancer.” This prompted Trebek’s doctors to take him off chemo and put him on immunotherapy, but the host’s prognosis soon changed.
“I lost about 12 pounds in a week,” Trebek said. “And my numbers went sky high, much higher than they were when I was first diagnosed. So, the doctors have decided that I have to undergo chemo again and that’s what I’m doing.”Trebek also opened up about the emotional lows that have come with his diagnosis. “There are moments for no reason at all, that I feel this surge of sadness, depression.
He continued: “When it happened early on I was down on myself, I said, ‘Hey, you shouldn’t be reacting this way.’ I didn’t realize how fallible each of us is in his or her own way. I just experience it. I know it’s part of who I am, and I’m going to just keep going.”Jeopardy! while he fights cancer. “As long as I can walk out and greet the audience and the contestants and run the game, I’m happy.”, which wrapped in July. Season 36 ofWant more Rolling Stone?
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