Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are teaming up to raise awareness about colon cancer, even if it means publicly broadcasting colonoscopies.
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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney Team Up With Heads From Behind
In an effort to raise awareness, Reynolds and McElhenney decided to partner with Lead From Behind to help spread the message that colon cancer is a “preventable cancer.”
The two joked from time to time and decided to make a bet — that McElhenney would never be able to learn Welsh. Reynolds was so convinced that McElhenney couldn’t hold his bets that the “Deadpool” actor said he would “publicly broadcast his colonoscopy” if McElhenney could learn Welsh.
McElhenney proves Reynolds wrong because he’s learning Welsh, meaning it’s time for Reynolds to film his colonoscopy.
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The two shared a video explaining the whole thing. “I’ve been on camera a lot. But this is the first time someone’s pushed on me,” Reynolds said. “The procedure and preparation were painless but the discomfort of filming and sharing the process was the hardest part. Rob and I did it because we wanted this potentially life-saving procedure to be less mysterious and stigmatized.”
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Reynolds and McElhenney Broadcast Colonoscopies to Raise Awareness
“Ryan and I are both 45 this year and it’s just a rite of passage,” added McElhenney, “and a great one because it can literally save your life. It’s obviously a procedure that makes people uncomfortable but it definitely beats cancer. We want to have fun with this because like all weird things that happen in life, why not make it fun instead of scary?”
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While broadcasting colonoscopies themselves is part of a losing bet, Reynolds realizes that it can also be a good way to raise awareness of how important it is to get screened regularly.
“I normally wouldn’t have any medical procedures put on camera and then shared,” Reynolds said in the video. “It’s not every day you get to raise awareness of something that will surely save a life. That’s motivation enough for me to let you walk into a camera shoved on me.”
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McElhenney also posted his colonoscopy, despite winning the bet, in an attempt to kick colon cancer’s butt and continues to show how important it is to get screened regularly.
A doctor removed a “potentially life-saving” fine polyp on the right side of Reynolds’ colon and removed three small polyps from McElhenney’s colon.
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The Colon Cancer Coalition estimates that by 2030, colorectal cancer may become the leading cause of cancer-related death in adults under 50 years of age.
The ACS recommends that people at average risk* of colorectal cancer begin regular screening at age 45. This can be done either with a sensitive test that looks for signs of cancer in a person’s stool (stool-based test), or with an exam that looks at the colon and rectum (visual examination).
*For screening, people are considered average risk if they do not have:
- Personal history of colorectal cancer or certain types of polyps
- Family history of colorectal cancer
- Personal history of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease)
- Confirmed or suspected hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes, such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or Lynch syndrome (hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer or HNPCC)
- Personal history of receiving radiation to the stomach (abdominal) or pelvic area to treat previous cancer
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
