Ryan Reynolds had a colonoscopy for a bet and had emergency surgery

What started out as a game ended up saving Ryan Reynolds’ life, following a bet the famous actor made with his business partner and friend Rob McElhenney about a year ago. The challenge was that Rob had to learn Welsh, if he succeeded, Ryan would have a colonoscopy as punishment.

McElhenney managed to learn the language, so Reynolds had no choice but to pay the bet. However, the protagonist of dead pool He never imagined that losing a simple challenge would become a great victory for both of them, because what happened made him understand that taking health seriously is not a game.

The 45-year-old actor promised to record the entire process he would go through from the moment he was admitted to the hospital as a way to raise awareness of the increase in colorectal cancer cases.

I would never have had any medical procedure done on camera for it to be broadcast. But not every day you can give visibility to something that can save lives. That’s enough motivation to let them stick a camera up my ass. Part of being this age is getting a colonoscopy. It’s a simple step that could, and I mean literally, save your life.

In the video, which is already circulating on social networks, you can see how practically the entire colonoscopy process was. However, to Ryan’s surprise, Dr. Jonathan LaPookque informed him that a problem was detected during the study.

This was potentially a lifesaver for you. I’m not kidding, I’m not being dramatic. This is exactly why it is done. You had no symptoms.

According to the doctor, through this routine check-up it was possible to detect that the Canadian actor had an “extremely subtle” polyp on the right side of the colon, which if not detected in time could turn into cancer and cause all kinds of problems.

Not only were we able to diagnose the polyp, but we can remove it. No one would know that he had this, but he reached the age of detection, which is 45 years old, he had a routine test and there you have it. That’s why people need to get this test, it saves lives.

Ryan Reynolds claims that the procedure was painless. Also, that the reason why he and his friend decided to do it is because they want to raise awareness about how this simple test that, unfortunately, is so stigmatized, can save lives.

In the case of Rob McElhenney, they also found three polyps, but they managed to remove them without much trouble because it was not a serious situation.