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MAFS star Mel Schilling reveals heartbreaking health diagnosis just days before Christmas: ‘Three little words that everyone dreads’

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 dreads but no one ever expects to hear.


‘Last Thursday my consultant told me those three words.’


Schilling then shared how she was diagnosed just one month after she began to feel pain in her stomach while filming MAFS Australia’s upcoming eleventh season.

Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling revealed on Wednesday she had been diagnosed with colon cancer. She is pictured with her husband Gareth Brisbane and daughter Madison

Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling revealed on Wednesday she had been diagnosed with colon cancer. She is pictured with her husband Gareth Brisbane and daughter Madison

‘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.

Schilling was diagnosed just one month after she began to feel pain in her stomach while filming MAFS Australia's upcoming eleventh season

Schilling was diagnosed just one month after she began to feel pain in her stomach while filming MAFS Australia’s upcoming eleventh season 


‘On Thursday I was told I had colon cancer and in an instant my whole life changed,’ she wrote.

Schilling confirmed she will check into hospital tomorrow to remove a 5cm tumour in her colon which, had it gone undetected for much longer, would have killed her.

She is spending Christmas Day in hospital while receiving treatment. 



Despite her heartbreaking situation, Schilling said she feels ‘incredibly blessed’ her cancer is ‘relatively easy to eradicate’.

Despite her heartbreaking situation, Schilling (left, with fellow MAFS UK experts Paul Brunson and Charlene Douglas) feels 'incredibly blessed' her cancer is 'relatively easy to eradicate'

Despite her heartbreaking situation, Schilling (left, with fellow MAFS UK experts Paul Brunson and Charlene Douglas) feels ‘incredibly blessed’ her cancer is ‘relatively easy to eradicate’

Schilling (right, with MAFS Australia experts Alessandra Rampolla and John Aiken) concluded her post by encouraging her followers to seek medical advice whenever something feels off

Schilling (right, with MAFS Australia experts Alessandra Rampolla and John Aiken) concluded her post by encouraging her followers to seek medical advice whenever something feels off 


‘I’m expected to make a full recovery though it’s a rough road ahead,’ she wrote, adding: ‘I also feel so lucky to have an incredible support network around me, both personally and professionally, my own family and my TV family have been amazing this past few days.’

She joked she had even given her tumour a name: Terry. 


‘It will be so tough to spend Xmas Day in hospital instead of being surrounded by family but getting rid of Terry (what I’ve named my tumour) will be the best present of all,’ she wrote.


Schilling concluded her post by encouraging her social media followers to seek medical advice whenever something feels off. 

‘I just wanted to finish by saying that if something doesn’t feel right, please, please don’t ignore it and if you don’t think the answers you have got are right, keep going until you do, it might just save your life.’ 

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