This Wednesday, September 20, Matthieu Lartot was passing through Telematin to talk about what awaits him in the coming months since he had his right leg amputated.
The year 2023 was complicated for Matthew Lartot. Last April, he left the France Télévisions antennas to concentrate on his health. Indeed, having had knee cancer twenty-six years ago, the former athlete consulted after feeling abnormal pain. The verdict is in and Matthieu Lartot is once again affected by the disease. Unfortunately, this time, to continue living, he had to have his right leg amputated. A decision he quickly accepted. Since then, the one who comments on the 2023 Rugby World Cup matches has found a smile again and is learning to live with a prosthesis, the astronomical price of which he denounces.
Matthieu Lartot will take a year and a half to get used to his equipment
This Wednesday, September 20, Matthieu Lartot was passing through Telematin while he will commentate on the France/Namibia match this Thursday. With Marie Portolano, he spoke about the happiness he feels at being back on television, but also about the coming months. Indeed, although he now has a prosthesis and has returned to work, the situation is not completely resolved. “Now it’s okay, I walk with a cane“, he reassures. But he explained that his body will take time to recover: “For the fitting, it takes a year, a year and a half, to really master the prosthesis.the time that the stump, the piece of leg that remains, evolves for a year, a year and a half. This is what we need to be able to manage.“
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“16 days after the operation, I was fitted and I was walking“
Matthieu Lartot is not very worried. He is convinced that his body will be able to completely adapt, especially since his progress in recent months has been dazzling. “Once the wires were removed, 16 days after the operation, I was fitted and walking between parallel bars. We learn to walk like a child again“, confides the one who is impressed by his convalescence. And if he recovered so quickly, it is because he had a very specific goal in mind, to be on television during the world rugby competition. Successful bet !
