Alex Trebek has candidly opened up about his battle with cancer in his first interview since the diagnosis, revealing there are days when he feels a 'deep, deep sadness'.
But the beloved Jeopardy! host, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March, also believes that he will be strong enough to film the show's 36th season.
'My oncologist tells me I'm doing well, even though I don't always feel it,' he told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on Wednesday.
'I've had kidney stones, I've had ruptured disks, so I'm used to dealing with pain, But what I'm not used to dealing with is the surges that come on suddenly of deep, deep sadness, and it brings tears to my eyes.'
'I've discovered in this whole episode, ladies and gentleman, that I'm a bit of a wuss,' he continued with his famous good-natured humor. 'But I'm fighting through it.'
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Alex Trebek has candidly opened up about his battle with cancer in his first interview since the diagnosis, revealing there are days when he feels a 'deep, deep sadness'
Trebek revealed that his weight and blood count are steady and that his cancer indicators are down.
'I've got another chemo next week and then we'll do a review to find out where things stand,' he added.
The beloved host joked that he got 'lucky' because his diagnosis came at the end of the Jeopardy! season.
'We wrapped up the season and now I have the summer months to recuperate and get strong again,' he continued. 'I just have to get strong because, as you know, the chemo takes it out of you. I mean, I feel so weak all the time and that's not a good place to be.'
'Chemo affects people in different ways and people have to understand that,' he added. 'There's nothing wrong with saying, "Hey, I'm really depressed today and I have no idea why, why am I crying today?'
'My oncologist tells me I'm doing well, even though I don't always feel it,' Trebek told Good Morning America 's Robin Roberts on Wednesday
Roberts, herself a fellow cancer survivor, noted that the host was 'quintessential Alex Trebek' when he walked into the studio that morning and cracked jokes with everyone.
'I just take it as it comes,' Trebek said as he discussed his chemotherapy. 'I go in, I sit down, I joke with the nurses and I'm there for an hour-and-a-half while they inject all this stuff into me and then I go home and have a good day.'
'Then the next day, for no reason that I can fathom, it turns south on me - but that's okay. You have to deal with it. What am I gonna do? It's something I'm afflicted with, we are dealing with it chemically and spiritually and those are positives.'
'Hopefully everything is going to turn out well and I'll be back on the air with original programming this September.'
The beloved Jeopardy! host, pictured with his wife Jean in 2014, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March
Trebek announced his devastating diagnosis in a YouTube video to Jeopardy! fans in March, joking that he had to beat the cancer because he was contracted to host the show for the next three years.
'I'm going to fight this, and I'm going to keep working,' he bravely declared. 'Keep the faith, and we'll win, we'll get it done.'
Trebek has the support of his family; L-R son Matthew, ex-wife Elaine, wife Jean and daughter Emily
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