Alex Trebek recently sat down with Jane Pauley on CBS Sunday Morning and opened up about the crippling pain he's experienced while taping Jeopardy.

"It got really bad. I was on the floor, writhing in pain. I went from a 3 to an 11. It happened about 3 or 4 times while we were taping, so that was a little rough on me."

But Alex kept his demeanor while the camera was rolling. "I taped the show and then I made it to the dressing room on one occasion, just barely, before I writhed in pain and cried in pain. I had 15 minutes before the next show, so I got myself together."

Behind the scenes at Jeopardy, everyone is there to support Alex, but he refuses to give in to the cancer.

Chemotherapy is working for the 78-year old Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago. In a cover story with People Magazine, he revealed he is now in near-remission. 

“It’s kind of mind-boggling,” Trebek shared. “The doctors said they hadn’t seen this kind of positive results in their memory…some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than 50 percent.”

According to Trebek, 50,000 other Americans are diagnosed with this cancer a week and the survival rate is at a dismal 9 percent.

“With your prayers, I hope to beat the low survival statistic rates of this disease,” Trebek shared in a video announcing his cancer. “So help me. Keep the faith and we will win. We’ll get it done.” 

Trebek has been transparent in his cancer journey. Talking with Robin Roberts, a breast cancer survivor, on Good Morning America a month into his treatment, he expressed his gratitude for fans and their support. “People all over America have been sharing their good thoughts, their advice, their prayers. And I feel it is making a difference in my well-being,” he said. 

“I’ve had so many contacts from people who have survived cancer for 10 years, 12 years, 14 years,” he continued. “I am now a 30-day survivor…I’m going to catch up to those other people.”