{"id":2529092,"date":"2026-01-03T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dilbert-creator-passionate-trump-advocate-scott-adams-shares-grim-health-update\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:11:50","slug":"dilbert-creator-passionate-trump-advocate-scott-adams-shares-grim-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dilbert-creator-passionate-trump-advocate-scott-adams-shares-grim-health-update\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dilbert&#8217; Creator, Passionate Trump Advocate Scott Adams Shares Grim Health Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdilbert-creator-passionate-trump-advocate-scott-adams-shares-grim-health-update%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Scott Adams,creator of Dilbert,said his radiologist delivered a dire prognosis for the prostate cancer he revealed in May,telling him the odds of recovery are essentially zero. He&#8217;s experienced complications including constipation, lower-body paralysis and episodes of severe coughing that can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >trigger breathing difficulties lasting 8-12 hours<\/a>; he also reported some heart failure but said he isn&#8217;t in pain now. Adams warned January could be &#8220;a month of transition&#8221; and said he likely won&#8217;t regain feeling in his legs, though he plans to keep producing his show and comics. In November he asked former President trump to intervene with his insurer, Kaiser Permanente, to obtain Pluvicto treatment; he later said Kaiser began providing care. Adams was hospitalized in December, streamed parts of his treatment (even from an ambulance) while receiving radiation for a spinal tumor, and has been broadcasting from home since Dec. 21.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dilbert&rdquo; creator Scott Adams d on Thursday that his radiologist gave him a dire prognosis during an episode of &ldquo;Coffee with Scott Adams.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adams, who first announced his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rage-against-the-machines-tim-commerford-reveals-prostate-cancer-diagnosis\/\" title=\"Rage Against The Machine\u2019s Tim Commerford Reveals ... Diagnosis\">prostate cancer diagnosis<\/a> during a May episode of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RealCoffeewithScottAdams\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show<\/a>, has recently dealt with complications like constipation and lower-body paralysis, which led to a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottAdamsSays\/status\/1999503252602388863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hospitalization<\/a> in December. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k2IZz_Sxsbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suggested<\/a> on Thursday that January may be his final month of life.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I talked to my radiologist yesterday&hellip; and it&rsquo;s all bad news. So the odds of me recovering are essentially zero. I&rsquo;ll give you any updates if that changes, but it won&rsquo;t,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;So there&rsquo;s no chance I&rsquo;ll get my feeling back in my legs. And I&rsquo;ve got some ongoing heart failure, which is making it difficult to breathe sometimes during the day. But at the moment I can breathe, and I&rsquo;m not in any pain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, you should prepare yourself that January will be probably a month of transition one way or the other,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Now, I haven&rsquo;t made any decisions, but it was all bad news. No good news at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottAdamsSays?\">@ScottAdamsSays<\/a> s devastating health update&#128542;&#128591;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I talked to my radiologist yesterday and it&rsquo;s all bad news. So the odds of me recovering are essentially zero.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You should prepare yourself that January will probably be a month of transition one way or the other.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DGtl4jPtjc\">pic.twitter.com\/DGtl4jPtjc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Cohen &#127482;&#127480; (@JasonJournoDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonJournoDC\/status\/2006760221620986330?\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Adams said he would continue conducting his show and writing comics for the time being. He expressed a positive attitude about his lifestyle, aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-students-injured-in-va-high-school-shooting-suspect-in-custody\/\" title=\"2 students injured in Va. high school shooting, suspect in custody\">breathing issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only thing that&rsquo;s really bugging me at the moment is the inability to breathe if I get one of these coughing attacks,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And that could last hours. It could last 8 to 12 hours. So, it&rsquo;s 8 to 12 hours of hell, but it&rsquo;s not always hell. But things are changing fast.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adams had to end two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WYTl4p91Dbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GD2zJHHcGxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shows<\/a> early due to coughing fits.<\/p>\n<p>Adams&nbsp;asked President Donald Trump in a Nov. 2 X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottAdamsSays\/status\/1984915690634252352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> to intervene with Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, his health insurance provider, after he said it failed to schedule him for Pluvicto, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/establishment-media-acknowledge-biden-botched-omicron-testing-kit-supply\/\" title=\"Establishment Media Acknowledge Biden Botched Omicron Testing Kit Supply\">potentially life-saving treatment<\/a> for his cancer. He asserted on his show the next day that his request likely saved his life.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JasonJournoDC\/status\/1992276129042870631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JasonJournoDC\/status\/1992276129042870631\">said<\/a> that Kaiser was &ldquo;definitely stepping up&rdquo; and providing him &ldquo;a high-quality product&rdquo; during a Nov. 22 episode.<\/p>\n<p>However, Adams ended up in the hospital on Dec. 11. 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