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\n\tJohn J. York<\/a>, who has performed Mac Scorpio on General Hospital<\/a> <\/em>for greater than 30 years, took to social media at present to clarify why he has been on hiatus from the daytime drama. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSo last December, of \u201922, I was diagnosed with\u00a0myelodysplastic\u00a0syndrome, or MDS, and multiple smoldering myeloma, two blood and bone marrow disorders,\u201d he stated in a virtually two-minute video posted on X\/Twitter (watch it under). \u201cOver the past many months, I\u2019ve had three bone marrow biopses, many chemo treatments \u2014 I have another one coming in a couple of weeks \u2014 and I\u2019m closing in on a blood stem-cell transplant.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tYork, who tweete<\/a>d<\/a> final week<\/a> that we \u201cwill be taking a brief hiatus from the show in a few weeks,\u201d additionally spoke on to viewers about their presumably turning into a bone marrow donor for him or \u201cthousands of others.\u201d He directed people to bethematch.org\/matchformac<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tYork went on so as to add: \u201cI just want to say thanks for all the support over the years. This isn\u2019t goodbye, this is just so long. I\u2019ll have to take a break for at least three, maybe four months. But I\u2019ll be back. Someone once said that, \u2018I\u2019ll be back.’\u201d He used an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice for that final line.<\/p>\n \n\tYork has performed Malcolm \u201cMac\u201d Scorpio \u2014 the Australian estranged brother of Robert Scorpio, husband of\u00a0Felicia Scorpio-Jones\u00a0and the stepfather of\u00a0Georgie and Maxie\u00a0Jones \u2014 on General Hospital <\/em>for greater than 930 episodes since 1991. He additionally performed the character in about 5 dozens episodes of the spinoff cleaning soap Port Charles <\/em>from 1997-2001, a 2001 episode of All My Children <\/em>and on General Hospital: Night Shift <\/em>in 2007. <\/p>\n \n\tHis different credit embrace the lead on Werewolf, <\/em>which was a part of Fox\u2019s unique lineup in 1987-88. He additionally has accomplished visitor spots on such sequence as My Wife and Kids, Even Stevens, Clueless, 21 Jump Street, Family Ties <\/em>and Hotel.<\/em><\/p>\n