Pat Sajak is getting back to the wheel after a life-threatening health scare.

The 73-year-old “Wheel of Fortune” host was rushed into emergency surgery last month for a blocked intestine and left the show in the capable hands of co-host Vanna White, 62.

Sajak told “Good Morning America” that he’s back in the studio recording episodes of the more than 40-year-old game show — but his path to recovery was a harrowing one. Back in November, he was at home with his wife, Lesly, and daughter Maggie when he suddenly experienced “horrific pain” in his stomach.

“I didn’t know what it [was] — but within two and a half hours, I was in surgery,” Sajak told “GMA” in the interview. “It was that quick and intense.”

With his intestine blocked, his blood pressure shot down. If doctors hadn’t operated right away, he could have died, he said.

“In the background, I could hear my wife and daughter talking. It sounded like they were a mile off, but they were right next to me,” he said. “They were talking to each other. And I remember thinking, not in a morbid way, ‘I think this must be death. This must be what death is like.’

“Hearing their voices, I thought, ‘Boy, their lives are gonna change now.’ And I felt badly for them. I didn’t feel badly about dying. I felt badly that they were gonna have to deal with the aftermath.”

But, in hindsight, that probably had more to do with the painkillers he was given.

“As it turned out, I was just high,” he joked.

The surgery was successful, and Sajak said he’s back to his old self. New episodes he’s taped will begin appearing soon, he said.

“I’m as good or bad as new, and that’s great,” he said. “I still have my wits about me. They didn’t remove that, so I’ll be selling vowels for a long time.”

His leave was the first time he’s ever missed an episode. But he felt comfortable leaving the show with White, who he said did an excellent job in his place.

White told The Post that she was nervous to take on the head hosting gig. When she first found out, she told The Post her first thought was, “You’re kidding, right?,” adding that she “only had one rehearsal before we shot my first show,” which began taping the day after Sajak fell ill.

Sajak said he has no plans to retire, despite the health scare.

“I’ve gotta do this until — you know — I’m doddering,” he said. “I think I still do it at a high level. But you know, I can’t do it another 40 years, I know that, because I’d be 110, and that would be a record.”