The announcement had caused amazement among the fans of the Ovalie. In April 2023, Matthieu Lartot revealed the relapse of his knee cancer, linked to a synovial sarcoma diagnosed at the age of 17. The sports commentator for France Télévisions, back at work for the Rugby World Cup on September 10, 2023, had to take a break from his career to suffer an amputation of his right leg, an operation with serious consequences associated with chemotherapy treatment. “I have been in a rehabilitation center in Châtillon (Hauts-de-Seine), since June 23, 2023. I joined it as soon as I left the clinic. This center specializes in the type of intervention that I underwent and I’m surrounded by people who are in the same situation as me. I’m one of them now.”explained this married father of two children to the Pointin an interview published on Tuesday August 8, 2023, where the necessary media coverage of the cancer of public figures was discussed, in order to lift the taboo on this disease which is still widespread in France.
Matthieu Lartot relearns to walk “like a child”
The opportunity for Matthieu Lartot to detail his daily life marked by rehabilitation and learning a new life with a leg prosthesis. “We observe our respective progress and that gives me a lot of strength and energy! We are getting back into physical health (physio, sheathing, cardio), because the equipment requires it. Then we are taught to walk again, like children, with this extension of a body that is not ours and that must be appropriated to regain mobility and autonomy”told the journalist specializing in rugby in the columns of the Point. In this ordeal, the employee of France Télévisions was lucky that these two courses of chemotherapy were effective in reducing the tumor in his knee. However, this did not save him from a long period of five years, during which it will be necessary to monitor closely any risk of new recurrence. But the interested party remains optimistic and resilient. “Through my return to the air, I also hope to show that if cancer plunges into a parallel world – punctuated by medical examinations, anxiety and heavy treatments – it is also possible that things will go well. , show that you can reconnect with your life before and that you can move forward…”