Ryan Reynolds shares video of colonoscopy with unexpected diagnosis

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the co-chairman of his Wrexham football club, have decided to raise awareness about colon and rectal cancer. For this, the two men joined forces with the organization Lead From Behind. The latter encourages men over 45 to do a colonoscopy in order to detect possible tumours.

The interpreter of Deadpool and his great friend, both 45 years old, decided to do a colonoscopy and then share a video on the YouTube channel of Ryan Reynolds. In effect, the actor had promised a year earlier to film himself at the time of his first colonoscopy. Tuesday, September 13, he therefore spoke and explained how a “single step” can save lives by carrying out early detection. “Normally, I would never have had a medical procedure filmed and shared, but it’s not every day that you get to raise awareness about something that’s most definitely going to save lives. That’s motivation enough for me to tell you that they put a camera in my ass” he said humorously.

Ryan Reynolds is shocked to discover he had a tumor

If Blake Lively’s husband decided to do screening awareness video colon cancer, he probably wasn’t expecting this result. Indeed, he woke up after the intervention to learn bad news: the doctor found him a hidden polyp, on the right side of his colon. If this tumor was benign, it could have degenerated into cancer. “It could have saved your life, I’m not joking, I’m not being too dramatic […] That’s exactly why you’re doing this. You had no symptoms” warned the doctor. A great scare for the dad of Inez, James and Betty who realized the importance of this intervention at his age.

For his part, Rob McElhenney also had a surprising result with the discovery of three polyps. Again, the doctor explained that these “weren’t very important“before specifying:”but it is certainly a good thing that we found them early and removed“. Faced with this frightening discovery, the co-president of the football club rejoiced with humor to have “won“competition against Ryan Reynolds with two more polyps.

Finally, the actor who is taking a break from his career and his friend decided to pass one last warning message in their video. “Colon cancer can be prevented. If you are 45 or older, ask your doctor for a colonoscopy. And help Rob and Ryan beat cancer” they finally concluded. A warning message that could help save lives thanks to the notoriety of Ryan Reynolds.