Unexpected Obstacle Leads to Re-Scheduled Cancer Procedure for Geoff Fox

Geoff Fox, the meteorologist who announced this month that he is battling pancreatic cancer, had to postpone his Whipple procedure, scheduled for yesterday, Sept. 8, because doctors discovered a blockage in one of his arteries.

Fox took to his blog, My Permanent Record, to discuss the news. The complex Whipple procedure — which he says involves cutting away portions of his stomach, intestines, bile duct, gallbladder and pancreas and then reattaching them — is now set for Sept. 27.

He is back home in Palm Springs, California, with his family awaiting the Whipple surgery. But first he had to undergo an angiogram that became an angioplasty, and a stent was installed near his heart.

Fox spent nearly 30 years relating the weather to Connecticut residents, first at WTNH and then at FoxCT, becoming a beloved figure in the process. And on his Facebook page, much of that love is shining through, with hundreds of comments from well-wishers which he says he reads. All of them.

"Hope that you come through with flying colours," wrote Russell Rawson on Fox's Facebook page. "Living now in Florida, but missing CT and your old forecasts. Again, my best to you and family. You have a fantastic support system."

In an email to Patch, Fox wrote that he appreciated the coverage and is in awe of how many people have reached out to him with encouraging messages.

"I have said this before. I'm glad I didn't know how much people cared until I was let go by Channel 8. I would have been insufferable," he wrote. "It is humbling to know how many lives I've touched."

Photo credit: Geoff Fox via My Permanent Record