Conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh gave an update on his health as he battles stage 4 lung cancer.
“Every day remains a gift,” Limbaugh said on Tuesday. “You know, I wake up every morning, and I thank God that I did.”
“And there will probably be, down the road, similar-type days where I will need take a day for rest or for whatever medical challenges present themselves. But the fact that I’m able to get back here and be with you is a genuine blessing, and I appreciate it, and I appreciate your understanding throughout all of this,” he added. “As we say, everything’s day-to-day — and especially in the circumstances I find myself in.”
Limbaugh announced his diagnosis last February, but he has continued hosting his show on days when he’s not receiving treatment or recuperating.
“But it is what it is. And you know me, I’m the mayor of Realville,” Limbaugh said when he announced the diagnosis. “My intention is to come here every day I can. And to do this program as normally [as usual].”
He added on Tuesday that on days he is not hosting the show, he wishes he were there and “will do what I can to get back as quickly as is possible.”
In October, he told listeners that his cancer has progressed and gone in “the wrong direction.”
“It’s tough to realize that the days where I do not think I’m under a death sentence are over,” he said. “We all know that we’re going to die at some point. But when you have a terminal disease diagnosis that has a time frame to it, then that puts a different psychological and even physical awareness to it.”
