On the evening of February 5th, the sports media at home and abroad, especially in Southeast Asia, rushed to report that Chinese Taipei badminton player Zhou Tiancheng confided to the media about his own colorectal cancer was detected at the beginning of last year and silently underwent surgical removal, although in the later games, Zhou Tiancheng's results plummeted, but they did not confide in the outside world, until last week just after the Thai Badminton Masters, Zhou Tiancheng defeated Luo Jianyou in the men's singles final and finally won the championship, which was the first time to disclose this matter to the sports media.
Many websites, including domestic self-media, almost all copy the same article (although the titles are different), in order not to affect the original logo, so the editor makes the quoted content into pictures.
Most people in life talk about cancer discoloration, after all, if it is not detected early, few people can defeat it, and many people are even more secretive about the disease.
Xiaobian also consulted some knowledge about early colorectal cancer from fans and friends in related medicine to learn more.
According to the content described in the news for further speculation and analysis, the early colorectal cancer mentioned by Zhou Yingdi is likely to be a precancerous lesion or a polyp with potential problems, which is very early, as long as it is detected early, the body can recover quickly after the beginning. The surgery performed is most likely to be a clamp excision. The reason why the polyp was cut very deep is probably that the polyp is wide at the bottom of the neck, so the area is slightly larger and deeper.
As a fan, the editor was shocked at first, and even couldn't believe that any cancer, with the treatment, can still participate in the game immediately. In addition to being exaggerated by some media, we should also think calmly and analyze.
Objectively speaking, this is not a big operation, but from a psychological level, for the patient, the psychological shock and fear should be great, because everyone is a "perfect" character, and there is no room for the slightest flaw, let alone related to the disease, even if it is a minor illness.
The wide spread of Zhou Tiancheng's anti-cancer deeds has also triggered some discussions among many fans about some players in the national feathers.
We talked about the word "love": from the competition, we can see every point of the athlete's performance, from demeanor, to body movements, to words, everything is recorded in the spotlight. Therefore, it is clear whether the athlete will give up with all his strength or passively. We can see that at the Malaysia Open, players like Zheng Siwei fought until the last point even if they had a high fever, and we also saw that Chen Yufei played a closed consecutive game, and he could also reach the semi-finals and the finals, and some games just didn't want to lose. Maybe this is the "love" of badminton!
I'm afraid there are many people who just regard it as a job, and for a very few people with backgrounds, it is easy to come and go freely.
Every year, Chou Tien Seng can be said to be like a model worker, and we take a closer look at the 2023 season, where Chou Tien Seng competed in the Malaysia Open, India Open, Indonesia Masters, and then the Asian Team Championship in February. In the following All England Open, he suffered a round of defeat, and lost to Watanabe in the final of the Swiss Open, and then Zhou Tiancheng basically wandered in one or two rounds, and the Asian Games also unfortunately stopped in the top 8, until the German Haylou Open broke the championship drought.
From this time last year to now, both Chou Tien Cheng and Lin Junyi have competed in 28 tournaments, ranking first among all men's singles players. And Zhou Tiancheng often plays three rounds, and each time the deciding game is adjusted due to physical adjustment, the score fluctuates, and he is ridiculed as an actor, but it is still fought out by willpower.
How precious is it for a 34-year-old badminton player, and how many people can continue to play until the age of 34? Finally, I understand how it feels like for Chou Tien Seng to throw four rackets at the fans after winning the Thailand Masters.
Screenshot from the documentary
For a free agent player like Zhou Tiancheng, it is like a self-employed person, while Guoyu is more like a large state-owned enterprise, and if the self-employed person is not self-disciplined and has nothing to do, he is likely to have no food.
Let's talk about how such a self-disciplined athlete could have suffered from early bowel cancer? From some interviews and documentaries with Zhou Tiancheng, we can see that Zhou Tiancheng's daily eating habits are very different from ours.
Screenshot from the documentary
No salt or sauce, eat the ingredients separately, and only eat when eating, in order to have stronger strength and a lighter body, it is estimated that it is rarely possible. Of course, we're not saying that this habit can cause bowel cancer, so don't get me wrong.
Generally, the high incidence of bowel cancer is concentrated in people over 50 years old, so remember to go for a physical examination every year after the age of 50. Some medical experts have pointed out that if young people suffer from bowel cancer, there may be three possible causes:
1. The most common family history, if more than 2 people in the family had related diseases when they were young, then the prevalence of the immediate family when they were young will be greatly increased;
2. Due to body genes, some patients are not easy to clean the intestine because of their own genetic defects, and the chance of subsequent bowel cancer will increase.
3. Diet. Some athletes consume a lot of protein, which can be dangerous if they eat too much red meat or cured foods such as bacon, ham, sausages, etc.
Pork, mutton, and beef are all red meat, and the fiber of this kind of meat is coarse and hard. The corresponding white meat is fish, shrimp, chicken, duck, shellfish, plant-based meat, etc., which have fine fibers.
Eating too much red meat will increase the risk of bowel cancer and prostate cancer. Red meat is a category 2A carcinogen, and alcohol, tobacco, certain food additives, and so on.
At the end of the article, I wish all athletes a healthy and successful end to their careers. And athletes like Zhou Tiancheng, Wu Jinwei, etc., who are still indomitable and unyielding in the face of various injuries and illnesses on the field, deserve our respect and admiration.