Super woman! Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling goes to the gym for the first time after surgery for colon cancer
Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling has returned to the gym just weeks after surgery and treatment for colon cancer.
The relationship expert, 50, documented her first workout via Instagram Stories on Saturday, sharing a smiley selfie in a gym locker room.
“Okay… so I'm ready for my first (very gentle) post-surgery workout,” a makeup-free Mel wrote while holding a water bottle.
Mel, who recently returned to filming MAFS just weeks after undergoing surgery, also shared a video of herself performing exercises including lunges, squats and biceps curls.
“Post-op gym session #1,” she captioned the video, adding, “PS: My surgeon cleared me to return to the gym… gently.”
Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling returned to the gym on Saturday, just weeks after undergoing surgery and treatment for colon cancer. The relationship expert, 50, documented her first workout via Instagram Stories and shared this smiley selfie in a gym locker room
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 fears, but no one ever expects to hear.
'Last Thursday my consultant told me those three words.'
Mel, who recently returned to filming MAFS just weeks after undergoing surgery, also shared a video of herself performing exercises including lunges, squats and biceps curls.
“Post-op gym session #1,” she captioned the video, adding, “PS: My surgeon cleared me to return to the gym… cautiously.”
IMel, who appears on the British and Australian versions of the show, revealed she had colon cancer in an Instagram post on December 19. (Pictured with fellow MAFS Australia experts Alessandra Rampolla and John Aiken)
Mel said she was diagnosed just a month after she started feeling pain in her stomach while filming the upcoming eleventh season of MAFS Australia.
'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.
“On Thursday I was diagnosed with colon cancer and in an instant my entire life changed,” she wrote.
In addition to the British version, Mel will soon return to screens alongside fellow experts John Aiken and Alessandra Rampolla for the eleventh season of the Australian version of the popular dating show.