Al Roker Is 'Feeling Great' After Undergoing Emergency Carpal Tunnel Surgery

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A little surgery can’t keepAl Rokeraway from theTodayshowdesk!

The weatherman and anchorsaid Tuesday that he’s “feeling great” after undergoing “emergency carpal tunnel surgery” on Monday to fix a thumb issue that came up during rehearsalsfor his Broadway debut inWaitress.

“It had just gotten progressively worse to the point where Thursday, I lost use of my thumb during rehearsals,”Roker said onToday.

He set up the surgery the next day, and then went under the knife on Monday, with a general anesthetic.

“I didn’t want to see anything, know anything,”the dad of twosaid. “Just wanted to wake up dazed and confused — just a regular day for me!”

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Co-hostHoda Kotbwas impressed — but not surprised — that Roker was back at work a day later.

“Only Roker has surgery yesterday and comes in today and is going to be on Broadway Friday,” she said, laughing.

“Well you know, things are slow,” Roker joked.

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“That’s not stopping,” Roker said of his debut. “Theyareputting an ace bandage around my mouth [though] because they’ve heard my singing.”

source: people.com