{"id":5934,"date":"2019-05-15T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=246984"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:12","slug":"alex-trebek-admits-undergoing-chemo-for-stage-4-pancreatic-cancer-has-left-him-feeling-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/alex-trebek-admits-undergoing-chemo-for-stage-4-pancreatic-cancer-has-left-him-feeling-depressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Trebek Admits Undergoing Chemo For Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer Has Left Him Feeling Depressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Alex Trebek isn\u2019t going down without a fight, but that doesn\u2019t mean his cancer battle is by any means easy.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">The iconic <em>Jeopardy<\/em> host revealed that he is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March of 2019. He\u2019s undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatments to fight the disease.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">He spoke about his experience on <em>Good Morning America<\/em> with Robin Roberts, who is a breast cancer survivor.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cI have a good day, and then the next day for no reason that I can fathom it turns south on me,\u201d Alex said.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">He explained that weakness and depression are common for him following treatments. \u201cSurges that come on suddenly of deep, deep sadness, and it brings tears to my eye \u2014 I\u2019ve discovered in this whole episode, ladies and gentlemen, that I\u2019m a bit of a wuss.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Alex wants to be open with his experience so that others know they aren\u2019t alone.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cChemo affects people in different ways, and people have to understand that. And there\u2019s nothing wrong with saying, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m really depressed today, and I have no idea why,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246985\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-trebek-chemo-depressed\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" class=\"size-large wp-image-246985 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1140493921-1200x627.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1140493921.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1140493921-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1140493921-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1140493921-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1140493921-1000x523.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: YouTube\/Good Morning America<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><em>Jeopardy<\/em> has finished filming for the season, giving Alex plenty of time to dedicate to his health before returning for the fall.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cI just have to get strong. As you know, the chemo takes it out of you,\u201d Alex explained. \u201cI feel so weak all the time, and that\u2019s not a good place to be.\u2026 Hopefully, everything is going to turn out well, and I\u2019ll be back on the air with original programming come this September.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Watch the video to see Robin\u2019s interview with Alex Trebek.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><span class=\"empty\">Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-trebek-chemo-depressed\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Trebek isn\u2019t going down without a fight, but that doesn\u2019t mean his cancer battle is by any means easy.The iconic Jeopardy host revealed that he is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March of 2019. He\u2019s undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatments to fight the disease.He spoke about his experience on Good Morning America with Robin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44510,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934\/revisions\/44510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}