Lifestyle Health Al Roker Is 'Feeling Great' After Undergoing Emergency Carpal Tunnel Surgery Today weatherman Al Roker is "feeling great" after undergoing emergency carpal tunnel surgery ahead of his broadway debut By Julie Mazziotta Julie Mazziotta Twitter Julie Mazziotta is the Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis to Simone Biles and Tom Brady. She was previously an Associate Editor for the Health vertical for six years, and prior to joining PEOPLE worked at Health Magazine. When not covering professional athletes, Julie spends her time as a (very) amateur athlete, training for marathons, long bike trips and hikes. People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 3, 2018 12:29 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Al Roker/Instagram A little surgery can’t keep Al Roker away from the Today show desk! The weatherman and anchor said Tuesday that he’s “feeling great” after undergoing “emergency carpal tunnel surgery” on Monday to fix a thumb issue that came up during rehearsals for his Broadway debut in Waitress. “It had just gotten progressively worse to the point where Thursday, I lost use of my thumb during rehearsals,” Roker said on Today. He set up the surgery the next day, and then went under the knife on Monday, with a general anesthetic. “I didn’t want to see anything, know anything,” the dad of two said. “Just wanted to wake up dazed and confused — just a regular day for me!” Al Roker/Instagram Co-host Hoda Kotb was impressed — but not surprised — that Roker was back at work a day later. “Only Roker has surgery yesterday and comes in today and is going to be on Broadway Friday,” she said, laughing. “Well you know, things are slow,” Roker joked. RELATED VIDEO: Today’s Al Roker Joins Cast of Waitress on Broadway Really though, Roker is moving full speed ahead with his first Broadway show coming up on Friday. He’ll play Ol’ Joe, the gruff diner owner, in Waitress, and sings the song, “Take It From an Old Man.” Luckily, he’ll be able to remove his ace bandage by then. “That’s not stopping,” Roker said of his debut. “They are putting an ace bandage around my mouth [though] because they’ve heard my singing.”