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On the 14th, Hitoshi Matsumoto of the comedy duo Downtown updated the X account for the streaming service “DOWNTOWN+” to announce that he will undergo surgery. Matsumoto had previously revealed, during an emergency livestream in July, that he has colorectal cancer, and had also disclosed that he uses a stoma (colostomy). On the thread, opinions were divided over whether this new surgery signals a worsening condition or is part of a smooth recovery, and partway through, some posts pointed out a misreading of the headline. Many commenters also chimed in with their own experiences getting health checkups and colonoscopy screenings.
On the 14th, Hitoshi Matsumoto of the comedy duo Downtown updated the X account for the internet streaming service “DOWNTOWN+ (Downtown Plus)” to announce that he will undergo surgery.
In July, Matsumoto revealed during an emergency livestream on the same service that he has colorectal cancer, saying, “I had a huge surgery, it was rough. I thought I was going to die.” He also disclosed that he uses a stoma (colostomy).
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Are people still going on about the vaccine? Did their clocks stop 5 years ago?
Not going to the hospital until he had bloody stools… he was just too slow on everything.
Even with regular health screenings, sometimes it just doesn't get caught.
A handbag. (a random word-association joke riffing off the earlier "dog" typo)
Stomach and colon cancer can be caught early if you get proper screenings.
Everyone's told it's "temporary" when they get one. But only a tiny fraction of people ever actually get it removed, and even then it takes forever before you can have normal bowel movements again. Having surgery again this soon probably means he doesn't have much time left.
Oh really, I didn't know that. So it's probably not a reversal surgery then.
Ugh, this is exactly why 5ch is full of people just making stuff up. Look at the detailed report:
"Matsumoto reported on his current condition that day, saying, 'I'm recovering smoothly…' He went on to add, 'I can get the surgery to push the protruding intestine back in sooner than expected, so I'm going to go ahead and do it.'"
It's right there in black and white.
Seriously, this. It's not really an era where you die from cancer anymore — but that only holds true for people who take checkups and treatment seriously. Skip the checkups, catch it late, or fall for some sketchy alternative medicine, and you can die easily.
✕ It's not an era where you die from cancer
◯ It's an era where you barely die from anything OTHER than cancer
Whatever malicious reporter chopped that headline down should have their press badge revoked.
Oh, so it's not about the cancer spreading — it's that kind of surgery. Sounds like things are actually going fine.
And all around their mid-60s too.
Maybe it's the stress of not being able to go out and enjoy himself freely anymore.
He might not get to see next year's cherry blossoms.
I think he'll live until next year. Two years at most.
I don't think he'll even see this year's cherry blossoms.
By the time that comes back positive, the reality is you're usually not at stage 1 or 2 anymore — it's already fairly advanced.
Once you're past 40, once every 5 years is enough, so I strongly recommend getting a colonoscopy. No other test is as reliable.
How much does that cost?
If you go to a gastroenterologist and say "my stomach's been off lately…" and ask for the exam, it's covered by insurance — I think it was around 8,000 yen.
The actual procedure, with the camera going in through the anus, takes about 20 minutes. You feel a foreign-body sensation but zero pain. Way easier than a stomach endoscopy.
But you have to start drinking the laxative that morning, so you can't do anything else that day — clear your whole schedule.
I want to be fully sedated with no memory of the procedure at all. Any well-known pain-free clinics in Tokyo?
Is "zero pain" even a real thing?
Isn't it probably the stress from the lawsuit and everything? He might've been eating himself up over things not going the way he expected.
A lot of Japanese people get colorectal cancer. Probably because everyone sits all day.
Can't wrap your head around it?
The 14th is this September, right? I thought that was today — am I wrong?
I recall hearing he found the chemo or radiation so brutal he ended up quitting it.
Yeah, he'd gotten incredibly thin.
Is he really that bad off?
Background and Key Points of This Story
This surgery appears to be aimed at reversing the stoma (colostomy) that was temporarily created during treatment for the colorectal cancer Matsumoto disclosed on his emergency livestream back in July, now that his intestines have recovered faster than expected. On the thread, speculation initially arose that this might be related to the cancer recurring or spreading, but after a detailed report was quoted, it was corrected to reflect that he is “recovering smoothly” and that the surgery is to “push the protruding intestine back in.” Colorectal cancer is said to be hard to catch early using only the standard fecal occult blood test offered in routine checkups, and in many cases the cancer has already progressed by the time that test comes back positive. Getting a colonoscopy every few years after turning 40 is considered an effective countermeasure, and the thread also saw a detailed, practical exchange about the cost of the exam and whether it hurts.
*This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News Flash+) thread “Downtown’s Hitoshi Matsumoto Announces Surgery [Ailuropoda melanoleuca★].”
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