{"id":2504,"date":"2020-03-05T14:25:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1819863\/"},"modified":"2020-03-05T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:25:28","slug":"watch-alex-trebek-survived-one-year-of-pancreatic-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/03\/05\/watch-alex-trebek-survived-one-year-of-pancreatic-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Alex Trebek Survived One Year of Pancreatic Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A one-year update from Alex Trebek (via Jeopardy!\/YouTube)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It’s been a year since <\/span>Jeopardy!<\/span><\/i> host Alex Trebek announced<\/a> his stage-four pancreatic cancer diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, having beat the unfavorable odds (a first-year survival rate of 18 percent), the ever-optimistic TV personality is celebrating with fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a short video published to YouTube this week, the 79-year-old admitted the last 12 months haven’t always been easy.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There were some good days, but a lot of not-so-good days,” he said. “I joked with friends that the cancer won’t kill me, the chemo treatments will.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In September, Trebek revealed that<\/a>, despite making good progress, he had to undergo another round of chemotherapy due to “curves and unexpected events” in treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There were moments of great pain; days when certain bodily functions no longer functions,” he said. “And sudden, massive attacks of great depression that made me wonder if it really was worth fighting on.”<\/span><\/p>\n