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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:27 AM Sep 2019

Alex Trebek back in chemotherapy

“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek said Monday in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he had resumed chemotherapy for stage 4 pancreatic cancer about a month after reporting he was “on the mend.”

Despite the earlier progress, Trebek told the program he was undergoing another round of therapy, saying his doctors made the decision after he lost a significant amount of weight.

"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 said, saying he had lost 12 pounds in a week.

The host said he had also dealt with depression since his initial diagnosis, adding "When it happened early on I was down on myself. 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.”

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/461701-alex-trebek-back-in-chemotherapy

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Alex Trebek back in chemotherapy (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 OP

I admire his strength and determination. This is a horrible disease. I wish him to beat the odds.. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

+++ I still get a lump in my throat seeing the words Pancreatic Cancer IADEMO2004 Sep 2019 #2

Me too, I lost my dad to this horrendous disease. dewsgirl Sep 2019 #5

Wife here. Short of four years pain. A few windows of relief we traveled to see her family. IADEMO2004 Sep 2019 #6

Thank goodness for that. It is just one of the most awful dewsgirl Sep 2019 #10

I lost my longtime boss to pancreatic cancer kimbutgar Sep 2019 #8

No it doesn't, just one of the scariest diseases out there. dewsgirl Sep 2019 #9

Good luck, Alex Ohiogal Sep 2019 #3

He looks so good on the show .... CatMor Sep 2019 #4

A terrible disease. mn9driver Sep 2019 #7

He must be a courageous individual. lpbk2713 Sep 2019 #11

hlthe2b

(108,340 posts)

1. I admire his strength and determination. This is a horrible disease. I wish him to beat the odds..

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:30 AM

Sep 2019

Truly.

IADEMO2004

(6,091 posts)

2. +++ I still get a lump in my throat seeing the words Pancreatic Cancer

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:45 AM

Sep 2019

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)

5. Me too, I lost my dad to this horrendous disease.

Reply to IADEMO2004 (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 10:16 AM

Sep 2019

When I read about RBG having it removed, I was stunned. I didn't even know that was possible.
Most people I have known that were diagnosed didn't even make it to 6 months. My dad lived a year with this awful disease.
I didn't even know Alex Trebek had it until I read it on Twitter a couple months ago, my heart stopped. I hope he is able to conquer it to a degree where he is able to live a comfortable life for as long as possible.

IADEMO2004

(6,091 posts)

6. Wife here. Short of four years pain. A few windows of relief we traveled to see her family.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 10:49 AM

Sep 2019

Obamacare removed a huge burden of hers that she was going to bankrupt us. Selfless as ever. sniff

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)

10. Thank goodness for that. It is just one of the most awful

Reply to IADEMO2004 (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 11:46 AM

Sep 2019

diseases out there. I'm sorry, I hate to hear of others that watched a loved one suffer through this awful disease. My dad passed 8 years ago, I still think of him each and every day.

kimbutgar

(24,480 posts)

8. I lost my longtime boss to pancreatic cancer

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 11:27 AM

Sep 2019

For 3 months I saw him go downhill and lose weight. Finally he got to point he couldn’t come in anymore. Terrible cancer. Chemo doesn’t really work that well on that type of cancer.

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)

9. No it doesn't, just one of the scariest diseases out there.

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 11:43 AM

Sep 2019

Ohiogal

(36,218 posts)

3. Good luck, Alex

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:46 AM

Sep 2019

Having undergone chemotherapy myself, I don't know how he keeps going. It does indeed cause depression in many people.

Wishing him all the best of health and strength.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

4. He looks so good on the show ....

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:59 AM

Sep 2019

but it is filmed in advance and it seems this set back is very recent. I hope he gets through this round of chemo. I can't imagine Jeopardy with out him. I am a big fan.

mn9driver

(4,671 posts)

7. A terrible disease.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 10:58 AM

Sep 2019

My mother was diagnosed with a diffuse variety of it back in 2006. No surgical option. The chemo they had back then didn’t even slow it down. She was gone less than 4 months after diagnosis.

Hopefully Alex will beat this. But I’m sure he knows the odds are against him.

lpbk2713

(43,203 posts)

11. He must be a courageous individual.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 05:43 PM

Sep 2019

Having to deal with all that baggage must be tiresome. Stage four cancer, chemotherapy and depression. Yet he still carries on with his public life. I wish him continued strength and endurance.

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