Baer. Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jeopardy-alex-trebek-pancreatic-cancer-1.5045984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 "But he adds "I'm going to fight this" and "going to keep working."' ""Truth told — I have to, because under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy for three more years," he said jokingly in the video. " Keep laughing Alex and you may just keep living, Best of luck to him, I'd love to see just how much he has learned and retained over the 45 years he has been doing that show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, gurn said: Keep laughing Alex and you may just keep living, I like the guy but he's toast. Stage 4 pancreatic cancer leaves you with months to live. By then it's already spread to other parts of your body like the lungs and liver. I just hope that he can somehow go out relatively painless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ReggieBush Posted March 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: I like the guy but he's toast. Stage 4 pancreatic cancer leaves you with months to live. By then it's already spread to other parts of your body like the lungs and liver. I just hope that he can somehow go out relatively painless. A little faith and prayer never hurt anyone. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Just now, ReggieBush said: A little faith and prayer never hurt anyone. I'll pray for the man, but he's likely not going to live out the year. That is one nasty cancer to get. You often don't even realize that you have it until it's already spread. At this point, they're going to prolong his life as much as they can and manage his pain. That said, I have huge respect for him going out doing the one thing he loves rather than withdrawing from everything and just waiting to go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: I like the guy but he's toast. Stage 4 pancreatic cancer leaves you with months to live. By then it's already spread to other parts of your body like the lungs and liver. I just hope that he can somehow go out relatively painless. Stage 4 already implies distant metastasis. Unfortunately, survival rates are abysmal. Maybe 3-4% survive 5 years. You are correct, most will only have a few months to a year or so. My favourite game show and host (actually only game show I watch) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 a Great Canadian! sorry to hear this, feck cancer! wish him and his family the best. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SabreFan1 Posted March 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2019 Just now, sonoman said: Stage 4 already implies distant metastasis. Unfortunately, survival rates are abysmal. Maybe 3-4% survive 5 years. You are correct, most will only have a few months to a year or so. My favourite game show and host (actually only game show I watch) I know. I was lucky when I had kidney cancer a couple years ago. It was still encapsulated and only 4 cm so all they had to do is remove my kidney. They told me had it not been found when it was, it would have broken through the encapsulation soon and progressed through my renal vein and spread to the rest of my body and taken me out in 6-12 months. The funny thing was that it was only even found because of a chain of mistakes made by a handful of doctors and a nurse practitioner that led to a huge clot in my leg. While in the hospital for that, on a whim, they decided to check out a past clot higher up and saw the tumor in the MRI. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: I'll pray for the man, but he's likely not going to live out the year. That is one nasty cancer to get. You often don't even realize that you have it until it's already spread. At this point, they're going to prolong his life as much as they can and manage his pain. That said, I have huge respect for him going out doing the one thing he loves rather than withdrawing from everything and just waiting to go. That’s the deadly thing about a lot of forms of cancer. It weakens you so little each day, you don’t really notice anything until the cumulative effects take the disease to a point of no return. Hope for the best for Alex Trebek...grew up watching Jeopardy as a kid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DADDYROCK Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 This man is a scholar and a gentleman and a GOOD CANADIAN,to show how people should behave and treat each other,(that's you Trump). Sorry to hear of this devastating news,it doesn't look good folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRick Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Damn! If things do take a turn for the worse, let's hope he has a chance to name his own successor before he passes but Jeopardy will not be the same without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: I know. I was lucky when I had kidney cancer a couple years ago. It was still encapsulated and only 4 cm so all they had to do is remove my kidney. They told me had it not been found when it was, it would have broken through the encapsulation soon and progressed through my renal vein and spread to the rest of my body and taken me out in 6-12 months. The funny thing was that it was only even found because of a chain of mistakes made by a handful of doctors and a nurse practitioner that led to a huge clot in my leg. While in the hospital for that, on a whim, they decided to check out a past clot higher up and saw the tumor in the MRI. Very interesting. Cancer changes blood chemistry and can make it hypercoagulable. Working in healthcare for 35 years(imaging) have seen a lot of renal tumours. It’s not really know to cause clot per se, but does commonly spread thorough large renal vein as “tumour clot” up to the heart. For whatever reason, pancreatic cancer commonly causes Clots in both legs and large vein in abdomen(IVC) and I have seen it associated with this. Very glad you were caught early and hopefully doing well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, sonoman said: Very interesting. Cancer changes blood chemistry and can make it hypercoagulable. Working in healthcare for 35 years(imaging) have seen a lot of renal tumours. It’s not really know to cause clot per se, but does commonly spread thorough large renal vein as “tumour clot” up to the heart. For whatever reason, pancreatic cancer commonly causes Clots in both legs and large vein in abdomen(IVC) and I have seen it associated with this. Very glad you were caught early and hopefully doing well. I've been hypercoagulable since my 20's. I'll PM you the story if you're interested. I don't like putting too much of my personal stuff publicly on the internet. Since you were in healthcare for that long, it'll probably bore you though. lol Edited March 7, 2019 by SabreFan1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, SabreFan1 said: I've been hypercoagulable since my 20's. I'll PM you the story if you're interested. I don't like putting too much of my personal stuff publicly on the internet. Since you were in healthcare for that long, it'll probably bore you though. lol It’s all good, just glad things worked out for you. So many incidental findings are not nearly as sinister as your recent scare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, sonoman said: It’s all good, just glad things worked out for you. So many incidental findings are not nearly as sinister as your recent scare. Thanks. Not really scary. I was mostly annoyed and waited a couple months after I got out of the hospital for my leg to go back for my first cancer visit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post naslund.is.king Posted March 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2019 Jeopardy and Wheel Of Fortune have been a part of many family's homes for decades. Will never be the same without Alex Trebek 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, naslund.is.king said: Jeopardy and Wheel Of Fortune have been a part of many family's homes for decades. Will never be the same without Alex Trebek It will definitely be very weird without him. He's iconic to the point that I can't even imagine who would replace him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslund.is.king Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Just now, SabreFan1 said: It will definitely be very weird without him. He's iconic to the point that I can't even imagine who would replace him. Just like Bob Barker impossible to replace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Just now, naslund.is.king said: Just like Bob Barker impossible to replace Exactly. They made a good choice with Drew Carey, but I'm sure he'd be the first to admit that he pales in comparison. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I'll take death for $1000 Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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