Mel Schilling issued an urgent health warning on Tuesday evening after revealing her personal battle with bowel cancer.
The Married At First Sight star took to Instagram to urge her followers to listen to their bodies, in a post shared to her Instagram.
‘Listen to your body, if something feels wrong ask for help,’ she began, before adding, ‘Don’t gaslight yourself, you know your body better than anyone else.’
She then implored her fans to take take a ‘poo test’ if they notice something irregular in the bathroom.
‘If your bowel habits have changed ask your GP for a *Poo Test* (aka a FIT Test) it’s a quick, simple, painless test that will indicate any signs of bowel cancer,’ she continued.
Married At First Sight’s Mel Schilling issued an urgent health warning on Tuesday evening after revealing her personal battle with bowel cancer. Pictured
The Married At First Sight star took to Instagram to urge her followers to listen to their bodies, in a post shared to her Instagram. ‘Listen to your body, if something feels wrong ask for help,’ she began, before adding, ‘Don’t gaslight yourself, you know your body better than anyone else’
Mel closed her health warning by advocating people do their best to lead a healthy lifestyle.
‘Prevention is better than a cure, so live the healthiest lifestyle you can,’ she wrote.
Mel’s openness about her condition serves as a wake-up call to many, urging them to take their health seriously and to not hesitate in seeking medical advice.
In true Mel fashion, she didn’t miss the chance to shout out the ‘real’ star of the show, her stylish Karen Millen dress, bringing a touch of her signature charm and grace to the serious discussion.
Mel, who appears on the British and Australian versions of the show, revealed she had colon cancer in an Instagram post on December 19.
She posted a photo of herself hugging her husband Gareth Brisbane, 51, and their daughter Madison, eight, alongside the caption: ‘”You have cancer.” Three little words that everyone dreads but no one ever expects to hear.
‘Last Thursday my consultant told me those three words.’
She then implored her fans to take take a ‘poo test’ if they notice something irregular in the bathroom. ‘If your bowel habits have changed ask your GP for a *Poo Test* (aka a FIT Test) it’s a quick, simple, painless test that will indicate any signs of bowel cancer,’ she continued
Mel, who appears on the British and Australian versions of the show, revealed she had colon cancer in an Instagram post on December 19
Mel said she was diagnosed just one month after she began to feel pain in her stomach while filming MAFS Australia’s upcoming eleventh season.
‘About a month ago, when I was filming in Australia, I developed severe stomach cramps on set. I put it down to all the travel I’d been doing and the upset it caused to my system,’ she explained.
‘I saw my GP in Sydney and he put it down to constipation, gave me some laxatives and sent me on my way.’
Despite her doctor’s initial assessment, Schilling said she knew her condition was more serious and booked herself a scan when she travelled to the UK.
‘On Thursday I was told I had colon cancer and in an instant my whole life changed,’ she wrote.
In addition to the UK version, Mel will soon return to screens alongside fellow experts John Aiken and Alessandra Rampolla for the eleventh season of the Aussie version of the hit dating show.
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