Alex Trebek on his cancer treatment: "I fight on it"

In his first live interview since the revelation of his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer earlier this year, legendary presenter Alex Trebek went on Wednesday morning to "GMA" to inform fans of his battle for health.

"Everywhere in America, people have shared their good thoughts, their advice, their prayers," he said. "And I feel it makes a difference."

The icon, which has been hosting "Jeopardy" for 35 years, told Robin Roberts: "It's great to be an inspiration to people."

In the meantime, others have inspired him, including people who have survived cancer for many years and have made contact with him.

"I have had so many contacts from people who have survived cancer," he said. "I'm now a 30-day survivor … I'm going to catch up with those other people."

Trebek was also honest about the lows on Wednesday morning, explaining that although "my oncologist tells me I'm fine," because of his chemotherapy treatment, he often has "rushes of deep and deep sadness, and that makes me cry . "

This frank revelation forced Roberts to thank the host for his honesty and congratulate him for upholding his clumsy nature.

"I'm fighting on it," he says. "My platelets are stable, my blood count is stable, my weight is stable."

He added that the number of his cancer indicators was starting to drop and that he would resume chemotherapy next week, followed by a review of his status.

Trebek, 78, revealed the cancer diagnosis in early March in a video in which he said: "Like 50,000 other people in the United States each year this week, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States. stage 4. The prognosis is normal not very encouraging, but I will fight, and I will continue to work. "

"And with the help of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers, I plan to beat statistics on the low survival rate for this disease."

Trebek added a token of gratitude to those who reached out on Wednesday.

"I think I learned that I am an extremely lucky person, because despite the fact that this diagnosis is not good, I managed to receive so much love from so many people," he said. declared. most of the time, do not experience that kind of love spill during your life.

Some days are better than others, said Trebek, especially with chemo, which leaves him feeling "so weak all the time".

"You have to worry about that, what am I going to do?" he said. "It's something that grieves me, we're dealing with it chemically and spiritually, and it's positive, and we hope everything will be fine and the original programming will resume in September."