'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek is heading back for another round of chemotherapy after losing a large amount of weight and having his numbers rise sharply, he told ABC on Tuesday. The beloved game show host has been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
"When it happened early on I was down on myself," he said."I didn't realize how fallible each of us is in his or her own way ... I talk to the audience sometimes and I get teary-eyed for no reason. I don't even bother to explain it anymore, I just experience it. I know it's a part of who I am and I just keep going."Two months later, he and his doctors announced that he appeared to be winning his battle against the disease.
But none of this means the beloved game show host is certain to beat the disease. For now, Trebek credits the warmth and support of fans with his inroads against the cancer. Because it is so often symptomless until it reaches an advanced stage, pancreatic cancer has a high fatality rate. According to the American Cancer Society, about 57,000 Americans will be diagnosed with the disease in 2019, and the illness is expected to claim nearly 46,000 lives.
"One line that I have used with our staff in recent weeks and months is that when I do pass on, one thing they will not say at my funeral is, 'Oh, he was taken from us too soon.'" Trebek said."Hey guys. I'm 79 years old. I've had one hell of a good life. And I've enjoyed it -- the thought of passing on doesn't frighten me, it doesn't. Other things do, the effect it will have on my loved ones ... it makes me sad.
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