Alex Trebek resuming chemotherapy after his numbers go back up

Alex Trebek, beloved host of “Jeopardy!,” announced Tuesday morning that he had resumed chemotherapy for his stage 4 pancreatic cancer, weeks after telling fans that he finished treatment.

“I was doing so well,”Trebek told “Good Morning America” on Tuesday.“And my numbers went down to the equivalent of a normal human being who does not have pancreatic cancer.”

“So we were all very optimistic. And they said, ‘Good, we’re gonna stop chemo; we’ll start you on immunotherapy,’” he recalled.

The optimism was short-lived. “I lost about 12 pounds in a week, and my numbers went sky high, much higher than they were when I was diagnosed,”he said.“So the doctors have decided that I have to undergo chemo again, and that’s what I’m doing.”

America’s most famous game show host has provided anxious fans with frequent updates about his condition. Trebek first revealed his diagnosis in March, promising viewers that “I’m going to fight this.”

By May, his cancer was “near remission,” and he was responding well to chemotherapy, he told People magazine.

Finally, in August, America seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when the “Jeopardy!” host announced in a video that his chemotherapy treatments had ended and he would appear for another season of his iconic show.

But now, Trebek said his journey to recovery had become more challenging.

“In terms of getting my strength back, that hasn’t happened, unfortunately,” Trebek said. “My hair started to grow back, but now I have to undergo chemo again.”