Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is not doing well in his uphill fight against lung cancer.
In a heartbreaking announcement, Limbaugh Show producer and executive James Golden — best known through his radio pseudonym Bo Snerdley — said Rush had undergone another round of aggressive cancer treatment last week.
However, as a silver lining, Snerdley said that the longtime conservative activist would try to be back on-air at some point this week… when he was physically able.
In the meantime, Todd Herman would fill in for Limbaugh on Monday.
“Anyone who has gone through this knows…” Snerdley said on social media. “God Bless you for staying with us and the continued prayers for Rush.”
So – here's the latest. @RealRLimbaugh had treatment last week and is now expected to be with us this week. Today – @toddeherman will fill in. Anyone who has gone through this knows… God Bless you for staying with us and the continued prayers for Rush.
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) January 4, 2021
Limbaugh has told listeners in October that he would continue to do his show when he was able, but that his fight had become “unwinnable.”
In December, he said that “every day remains a gift.”
“You know, I wake up every morning, and I thank God that I did,” he told listeners. “There will probably be, down the road, similar-type days where I will need to 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.”
“As we say, everything’s day-to-day, and especially in the circumstances I find myself in,” Limbaugh said.
“And even on those days where I’m not able to get here, realize that I wish I could be. And that when those days occur, that I will do what I can to get back as quickly as is possible.”
In his last broadcast — just two days before Christmas — Limbaugh shared with fans that his initial diagnosis said he “wasn’t expected to be alive today.”
“I wasn’t expected to make it to October and then to November and then to December — and yet here I am. Today I’ve got some problems, but I’m feeling pretty good today,” he said.
“God’s with me today. God knows how important this program is to me today, and I’m feeling natural in terms of energy, normal in terms of energy, and I’m feeling entirely capable of doing it today.”
Hopefully, God is with him again tomorrow.
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