America’s favorite game show host Alex Trebek has offered a hopeful health update, nearly one year after announcing his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
In March of last year, the “Jeopardy!” host took to social media to share with fans that though his prognosis was “not very encouraging,” he vowed to beat the odds that were surely stacked against him.
“Now, normally the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m gonna fight this, and I’m gonna keep working,” announced the hopeful host before asking for prayers. “With the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.”
Thus far, Trebek has remained true to his word, though he admitted there were times in the past year when he questioned if the fight was really worth it.
“There were moments of great pain, days when certain bodily functions no longer functioned and sudden, massive attacks of great depression that made me wonder if it really was worth fighting on,” he shared. “But I brushed that aside quickly because that would have been a massive betrayal, a betrayal of my wife and soulmate, Jean, who has given her all to help me survive. It would have been a betrayal of other cancer patients who have looked to me as an inspiration.”