Ryan Reynolds + Rob McElhenney Bring Colon-Cancer-Awareness To Forefront!
Having a colonoscopy is extremely important for men who are in their mid 40’s. But if you have colon cancer in your family then having a colonoscopy at age 40 is recommended. I will be the first to say I had a colonoscopy at age 39 since my father passed away from colon cancer. It was the smartest thing I did because they found polyps and they removed them. I go every two years as my doctor prescribed and when I turned 49 they found a polyp again, so going at least every two the four years is a smart way to avoid colon cancer. Watch Ryan Reynolds Colon-Cancer-Awareness video…
In a new video Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are letting cameras get up close and personal, for a good cause…
CelebnMusic247.com and CelebnHealth247.com report that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are bringing colon-cancer-awareness to the forefront for men and women.
In a new video from colon-cancer-awareness organization Lead from Behind in association with the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, the two actors and soccer-club owners share their experience getting preventative colonoscopies.
At the start of the video, Reynolds, 45, and McElhenney, 45, reveal they made a bet that if McElhenney learned to speak Welsh, the Deadpool actor would let cameras follow along for the procedure.
McElhenney revealed in Welsh, via captions:
He was so sure he said he’d publicly broadcast his colonoscopy if I could do it.
Reynolds then shared that as he and the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor and writer turned 45 this year, that meant it was time to get a colonoscopy.
Both men had polyps and had them removed. And don’t worry the procedure is only an hour, but you are knocked out and won’t feel a thing. This is a must for all men in their forties.
Reynolds said:
It’s a simple step that could literally, and I mean literally, save your life.
The video then showed Reynolds arriving for his procedure and the doctor explaining that the “stunningly effective” test takes all of about 30 minutes.
Following his colonoscopy, the doctor told Reynolds that they’d found an “extremely subtle polyp” on the right side of his colon.
The doctor told the actor:
This was potentially life-saving for you — I’m not kidding, I’m not being overly dramatic. This is exactly why you do this. You had no symptoms.
The footage then went on to show images of the actual scan of the polyp. After the doctor explained how he removed it, he added:
You are interrupting the natural history of a disease of something of a process that could have ended up developing into cancer and causing all sorts of problems.
Despite the bet, the video also included footage from McElhenney’s turn — and he was sure to not pass up on the opportunity to compete with his friend.
The Mythic Quest star joked:
I figure I can’t go wrong in terms of comparing myself to Ryan. They either find nothing and that means my colon was cleaner than his, or they find a polyp and it’s either bigger than his, which is awesome, or it’s smaller than his, which means I had less of an opportunity to have cancer — either way, I win.
Following the procedure, the doctor said he had “only good news” before telling the actor that he had three polyps that “were not a big deal, but certainly a good thing that we found them early and removed them.”
McElhenney glanced over at the camera in delight as he had “won.”
