"After chemotherapy, surgeons will have to cut me out." : Matthieu Lartot announces a challenging new phase in the fight against cancer

On April 18, Matthieu Lartot announced on his Instagram account that his knee cancer had relapsed: “Today I had to drop the antenna to get back in the ring and fight cancer for the second time!” Rugby expert France Televisions she had already dealt with this disease in her adolescence: “26 years later, history is sadly a miss. The probability of this happening was 1-5%, and it did. It’s going to shake very hard, but I’m ready and well surrounded.“Next day, ParisianThe 43-year-old journalist described his struggle and the protocol that awaited him as follows:It is a sarcoma, a rare and aggressive tumor that affects soft tissues. He returned to the series after many years. (…) In the beginning, there will be chemotherapy. And then in a second, pretty heavy surgery on the sick limb.“

This Sunday, April 23, during an interview olympic noonMatthieu Lartot reported on a difficult stage he had to face in his fight against cancer: “After chemotherapy, surgeons will have to amputate my right leg: it’s a matter of survival. Behind this, you’ll have to relearn how to walk, and it’s quite a challenge.“This critical intervention should occur in the coming weeks:”I’m starting chemotherapy this Monday (April 24). After that, I will have three weeks to rebuild my immunity that the first drugs destroyed. Then there will be the surgical procedure (amputation) and finally the equipment and rehabilitation. To get used to my new activity and to the opening match of the World Cup, France’s XV. The only goal I set for myself is to stand up, what.“

“To be honest, I take this as a release“, continues Matthieu Lartot, he is psychologically ready to lose his long-standing leg.”Besides, I’ve been doing this in my head for years. The lifespan of the prosthesis I had worn for 25 years was limited and my leg was too damaged to buy a new one. So I knew the amputation would happen sooner or later. But there is a gap that I cannot control between preparing for this psychologically and waking up with the loss of a limb after the operation… But the important thing is the struggle for life; It’s not a question of holding my leg.“

Despite all the hard work, Matthieu Lartot looks at things from a window and sees positive things in his new life after his surgery: “If I don’t wear my shorts in front of people, no one will notice the difference. And most importantly, I will be less disabled than I am today. There are biomechanical knees that can let me ride bikes, skis, and things I could never do with my kids. -proposing to my wife again, who knows…“

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