Alex Trebek Says There May 'Come a Point' Where He Has to Leave' Jeopardy!:' My Skills 'Have Started to Diminish'

Alex Trebekisback in chemotherapyfor his stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and continues to be open with fans about the treatment and the possibility he will succumb to the disease.

“One thing they’re not going to say at my funeral, as a part of a eulogy, is ‘He was taken from us too soon,’ ” theJeopardy!host joked.

While undergoing the latest round of chemo, Trebek hascontinued to hostthe beloved game show, despite the physical difficulties.

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“There are weaknesses I feel in my body but I can always suck it up when it comes to tape the show,” he said.

However, the host suggested his time on the program may be nearing its end.

“I will keep doing it as long as my skills do not diminish, and they have started to diminish,” Trebek said, explaining that sores in his mouth from the treatment have made it difficult for him to enunciate.

“I’m sure there are observant members of the television audience that notice also, but they’re forgiving,” he said. “But there will come a point when [fans and producers] will no longer be able to say, ‘It’s okay.’ ”

Trebek first revealed the news of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis ina video message on March 6.In August he told fans in a video message that he hadfinished his chemo treatmentand was doing better.

But soon after, Trebek hit a setback. “I was doing so well 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,” he recalled toGMA. “They said, ‘Good, we’re gonna stop chemo, we’ll start you on immunotherapy’ and I lost about 12 pounds in a week and my numbers went sky-high, much higher than they were when I was first diagnosed.”

source: people.com