New Health Scare For Beloved Former CT Meteorologist

CONNECTICUT — Former Connecticut meteorologist Geoff Fox, who survived pancreatic cancer, is recovering from a recent procedure to regain his voice.

Fox, a beloved figure among Connecticut weather forecasters, learned earlier this year that what he thought was laryngitis was a paralyzed left vocal cord "caused by a cancerous mass just above my clavicle," he wrote on Facebook.

Fortunately, the situation is treatable, but requires several sessions of radiation, and a medialization laryngoplasty prolaryn injection, which moved his left vocal cord to the right.

The operation late last month was deemed a success for the seven-time Emmy winning meteorologist.

"At the moment I'm still sounding very hoarse but with a tone much more like my original," Fox wrote. "This should improve over days and weeks."

Fox spent decades at WTNH-TV in New Haven, and is now serving up his forecasts from the studio in his California home for News Channel Nebraska and Scripps News.

During his pancreatic cancer treatment, Fox chronicled his procedures, and continues to do so for this latest health scare.

He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2016, and the vast majority of those afflicted with it are no longer with us.

"If you’re very lucky and it’s caught early and you have a major operation (and a bunch of smaller procedures) and chemo and radiation and more chemo and that operation is fully successful, you get to live," Fox wrote on his bio for News Channel Nebraska. "Only 9%. That’s 10:1 odds against. I’m a very, very lucky guy. My tests continue to show no signs of cancer."

One thing he wants to make clear, he hopes that his updates can help those also undergoing health matters.

"The point is, though I wince at being called a warrior or hero, it would be nice if my experience might guide yours," Fox wrote. "It's not as bad as it looks. And again, thanks for your thoughts and prayers. I'm a lucky guy to have all of you. Though Facebook makes it difficult, I try to read every comment and see every like."

He has a lot of reading to do, because he has received hundreds of comments.

"Best wishes for a speedy recovery!" wrote Denise Scarnati. "Sending thoughts and prayers from CT!"

"It was God’s hand protecting you," wrote Marian Czerniawski Uss. "Many blessings from Connecticut."