Roman Reigns had to relinquish his Universal Title and take time off from October 22nd 2018 as he was suffering from leukemia. He came back on this week’s RAW and announced that his leukemia is now in remission. Some fans are under the impression that Reigns’ leukemia diagnosis is a work.
Leukemia Care which is a blood cancer charity in the United Kingdom responded to the allegations that Reigns’ leukemia is a work. They addressed all this on social media in a series of tweets which served to educate.
Morning! In response to some of the tweets we’re seeing online about @WWE and @WWERomanReigns we wanted to have a little chat about leukaemia/leukemia, relapse and perceptions of cancer.
Firstly, incredible news about Roman Reigns. Relapse is a scary reality for all leukaemia patients. Either fear of your cancer returning or having to face treatment for relapse. It’s great to hear some positive news from a leukaemia patient.
The tweets we are seeing mainly centre around the idea of what a cancer patient should look like.
“How can he have hair?”
“How can he have not lost weight?”
“Why doesn’t he look like a cancer patient?”We’re going to weigh in here with some leukaemia information. We feel like we know a little bit and the Vince gif is appropriate
Back to basics. Leukaemia is a cancer. It affects people of all ages. There are four main types of cancer: ALL, AML, CLL and CML. However, there are other types and subtypes. LEUKAEMIA IS COMPLICATED!
The different types are key. Acute leukaemias are aggressive and need aggressive treatment to save a patient. Chronic leukaemias are incurable but treatable.
DON’T FORGET – We do not KNOW what type of leukaemia he has. Therefore, NONE of us are in a position to question his treatment, how he should look etc.
Leukaemia can make you lose weight. Leukaemia can also make you gain weight. There is no one way that leukaemia SHOULD look.
A key example of this is huge @WWE fan and patient advocate @KrisTheScript who has lived with a chronic leukaemia for the past decade. Does he look like a leukaemia patient to you?
A final few thoughts on the psychological impact of leukaemia. Living with or beyond a leukaemia diagnosis is scary. The fear of relapse is always there. Think before you tweet.
So if anyone was still wondering why Reigns looked as good as he did after his leukemia treatment or why he didn’t lose any hair, then hopefully Leukemia Care was able to address those questions.
Make sure to follow us on Twitter @BodySlamNet and on Instagram @BodySlamDotNet
Also, check us out on Facebook and give us a like and share by clicking HERE
