Good news for Jeopardy Lovers: Alex Trebek Gives Update on Pancreatic Cancer "I'm doing well"

[hlthe2b]

The longtime “Jeopardy!” host said his treatment was paying off, and he looked forward to returning to the studio.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-trebek-jeopardy-cancer-update-doing-well_n_5f108479c5b6cec246bfe47c

“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek gave an update on his ongoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, telling fans, “I’m doing well.”

“I’ve been continuing my treatment and it is paying off, though it does fatigue me a great deal,” Trebek said in the video posted Thursday on the official “Jeopardy!” Twitter page. “My numbers are good; I’m feeling great.”

The host said he was looking forward to recording new studio episodes of “Jeopardy!” and that for the month of July, the show would open its vaults to air fan-favorite episodes, including Trebek’s first on-air appearance in 1984. “Moustache and all,” the host added, referring to the famous facial hair he sported for nearly two decades.

Trebek ― who holds a Guinness World Record for “most gameshow episodes hosted by the same presenter” ― revealed in March 2019 that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, stressing that he planned “to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.”

This March, Trebek marked a year since his diagnosis and noted the one-year survival rate of 18% for people with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

[underpants]

1. Good news.

I was a game show junkie when I was a kid. He hosted High Rollers.

[niyad]

2. Thank you. That is very good news.

[Dem2theMax]

3. It's so wonderful to read this.

Thank you for posting some good news.
Sending lots of positive thoughts to Alex Trebek.
Beat that damned disease!

[MuseRider]

4. This pleases me so much, not simply because it is him,

I do not routinely watch the show though I love it when I see it, but because in 1973 when I was 19 my dad turned yellow one day and was dead 14 days later from pancreatic cancer. Since then I have lost friends and co-workers but they have all had some time to deal with what was ahead for them. My dad was diagnosed after day 4 in the hospital then just dead. That was 47 years ago. It has been slow but some people get a lot of time and that is simply amazing and wonderful to me.

[hlthe2b]

5. Yes. And many here remember the tragedy of former DUer Andy Stephenson

[MuseRider]

7. That was one of the

saddest online deaths I can remember. All that they did to him to stop him from help. He was a really sweet, smart and hard working guy and did not deserve that. Even back then there was not a lot of time they could give most people depending on the cancer location itself. I do not know if he could have been helped but he sure did not deserve what happened.

[Greybnk48]

6. When Jeff Glor said he had an update on Alex Trebec tonight,

my daughter and I were terrified to wait until after the commercial break. She had to look it up or we were both going to lose it!

The news was excellent!!!

[Music Man]

8. I was so glad to hear from him.

He, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has to be protected at all costs.