Glenn Beck: 'I'm not dying'

Glenn Beck had a message for haters on Wednesday: He isn't going anywhere anytime soon, according to a nydailynews.com story.

The conservative commentator was back on the radio after a two-day hiatus due to health problems, and kicked off his show by letting "about half of the country" know that "much to their chagrin, I am not dying."

Beck, who told fans last week that he was having serious medical issues with his hands, feet, and vocal chords, took Monday and Tuesday off to undergo a battery of tests in Utah.

"I started my day yesterday at 7 o'clock in the morning getting needles stuck in me and having electric current run through," he told listeners on Wednesday. "It was nonstop."

The Fox host, who released a detailed video for fans last week explaining his mysterious symptoms, assured everyone on Wednesday he does not have cancer, lupus, or MS.

He says doctors discovered that roughly half of his vocal chords have gone into a form of paralysis, which they believe is caused by a virus.

Though the exact diagnosis of Beck's health problems remains unclear, he was happy to joke about the severity of the tests doctors put him through.

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