MAFS Star Mel Schilling Reveals Heartbreaking Health Diagnosis Just Days Before Christmas: ‘Three Little Words Everyone Fears’
Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling has been diagnosed with colon cancer.
The psychologist and dating coach, 51, who appears on the British and Australian versions of MAFS, shared the heartbreaking news in an Instagram post early Wednesday morning.
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 fears, but no one ever expects to hear.
‘Last Thursday my consultant told me those three words.’
Schilling then opened up about how she was diagnosed just a month after she started experiencing pain in her abdomen while filming the upcoming eleventh season of MAFS Australia.
Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling revealed on Wednesday that she had been diagnosed with colon cancer. She is pictured with her husband Gareth Brisbane and daughter Madison
‘About a month ago, while I was filming in Australia, I started having severe stomach cramps on set. “I put it down to all the traveling I did and the disruption it caused in my system,” she explained.
‘I saw my GP in Sydney and he put it down to constipation, gave me some laxatives and sent me away.’
Despite her doctor’s initial assessment, Schilling said she knew her condition was more serious and booked herself a scan when she traveled to Britain.
Schilling was diagnosed just a month after she started feeling pain in her abdomen while filming the upcoming eleventh season of MAFS Australia
“On Thursday I was diagnosed with colon cancer and in an instant my entire life changed,” she wrote.
Schilling confirmed that she will go to the hospital tomorrow to remove a 5 cm tumor in her colon that, if the tumor had gone unnoticed much longer, would have killed her.
She spends Christmas Day in the hospital receiving treatment.
Despite her heartbreaking situation, Mel says she feels “incredibly blessed” that her cancer is “relatively easy to eradicate.”
Despite her heartbreaking situation, Mel says she feels ‘incredibly blessed’ that her cancer is ‘relatively easy to eradicate’
She finished her post with a warning, urging her followers to seek medical attention if something doesn’t feel right
“I am expected to make a full recovery, although it is a difficult road,” she wrote, adding, “I also feel so fortunate to have an incredible support network around me, both personally and professionally, my own family and my TV family It’s been great the last few days.’
She even joked that she even gave her tumor a name: Terry.
“It will be so hard to spend Christmas Day in the hospital instead of being surrounded by family, but getting rid of Terry (what I’ve been calling my tumor) will be the best gift of all,” she wrote.
She finished her post with a warning, urging her followers to seek medical attention if something doesn’t feel right.
‘I wanted to end by saying, if something doesn’t feel right, please don’t ignore it and if you don’t think the answers you have are right, keep going until you do, it just might save your life .’