Five days after he requested the public to pray for him amid a cancer threat on March 24, Wowowin’s YouTube channel host Willie Revillame announced on Monday, March 28, that he is free of cancer.
“Thank you Lord! Thank you! Maraming-maraming salamat ho sa lahat ng mga nagdasal [para] sa akin,” he said.
Revillame, 61, shared the good news during the live episode of his online variety show. He narrated a phone conversation [he had] with his doctor hours earlier on Monday morning, March 28.
“Sabi niya, ‘O, Willie, kumusta ka? Sobra kang magdasal. Good news, negative ka sa cancer!’”
Revillame acknowledged he had been apprehensive about the test results, saying he had lost sleep the night prior.
“Sabi ko nga, I’m ready. If worse comes to worst, o-operahan ako, puputulin ‘yung bituka ko, ready naman ako,” he said.
Revillame first revealed the cancer scare on March 24, Thursday, also during a live episode of Wowowin.
On Thursday last week, he explained why he was unable to dance and sing as he usually did on the show, “Meron akong stapler… Nagkaroon ako ng colonoscopy, endoscopy, sa heart, lahat.
“Merong nakita polyps sa ‘kin, isa sa colon at isa sa stomach. Medyo malaki po, one centimeter ‘yung sa stomach at ito po ay — sana ‘wag naman — pero prone ata po ito sa cancer.”
Revillame admitted he had been apprehensive about the test results, saying he had lost sleep the night prior.
“Sabi ko nga, I’m ready. If worse comes to worst, o-operahan ako, puputulin ‘yung bituka ko, ready naman ako,” he said.
If they were found to be cancerous, Revillame said he would have to undergo an operation that would render him absent from the show for at least two weeks.
After five days of waiting, Revillame finally received the confirmation that his polyps are benign.
Revillame urged his viewers to undergo regular check-ups to prevent any serious illness. He also expressed gratitude to those who reached out to him and prayed for him amid the cancer scare.
