Pat Sajak discusses his emergency surgery. He believed he was going to die from the pain.

A month after undergoing emergency surgery for a blocked bowel, โ€œWheel of Fortuneโ€ host Pat Sajak spills the beans.

In his first interview since the operation, Sajak told โ€œGood Morning Americaโ€ that he felt he would die moments before the surgery.

In November, the game show host began to endure โ€œexcruciatingโ€ agony while out for a morning stroll with his daughter. He was doubled over in pain hours later, about to enter surgery.

โ€œI was lying on the bed in the fetal position,โ€ he explained. โ€œThey try to treat your pain with numerous medications. And none of it โ€“ none of it โ€“ worked.โ€

Later, he said, his physicians gave him a medicine that took away his pain.

โ€œAll of a sudden, I wasnโ€™t thinking about the discomfort,โ€ he explained. โ€œI just got these amazing pastels and faced flowing out of it.โ€

โ€œI could hear my wife and daughter talking in the background. They sounded a mile away but were right next to me,โ€ he explained. โ€œThey were conversing with one another. And I recall thinking, not morbidly, this must be death. This must be how death feels.โ€™โ€

He was concerned for his wife and children then and was saddened that they would โ€œhave to cope with the fallout,โ€ he said.

Of course, Sajak survived the procedure, and his worries about death were unfounded.

โ€œIt turns out that I was merely high,โ€ he laughed.

โ€œGood Morning America,โ€ said Sajakโ€™s procedure was โ€œtotally successful.โ€

He said doctors detected no underlying cause of the intestinal blockage. Therefore he doesnโ€™t need to change his lifestyle.

โ€œIโ€™ve been feeling extremely terrific for several weeks,โ€ Sajak explained. โ€œIโ€™ve been back in the studio, doing shows. Even after spinning the wheel, nothing popped. So I believe that is OK.โ€

Sajakโ€™s longstanding co-host, Vanna White, stepped in to fill his shoes while he was healing. In the conversation, Sajak joked that heโ€™s concerned sheโ€™ll take over as the primary host.

โ€œI discovered she enjoys hosting, and Iโ€™m a little nervous,โ€ he admitted.

Despite his quips, Sajak appears comfortable in his role on โ€œWheel of Fortune.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m still on my guard,โ€ he remarked.


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