{"id":3410,"date":"2023-12-22T09:52:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T09:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/married-at-first-sight-star-mel-schilling-diagnosed-with-colon-cancer-at-51\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T09:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T09:52:42","slug":"married-at-first-sight-star-mel-schilling-diagnosed-with-colon-cancer-at-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/married-at-first-sight-star-mel-schilling-diagnosed-with-colon-cancer-at-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling diagnosed with colon cancer at 51"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">MAFS expert Mel Schilling has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer Photo \/ Instagram @mel_schilling1<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><i>Married at first sight<\/i> Expert Mel Schilling has updated fans on his recently announced battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 51-year-old psychologist and dating coach revealed on Instagram that doctors discovered and diagnosed the tumor last Thursday, and shared that he has now removed it with keyhole surgery. &#8220;It couldn&#8217;t have gotten any better,&#8221; he confessed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He posted a photo of himself in hospital under NHS care, with a tube in his nose and a thumbs up, adding: My biggest fear was that it was completely localized to my colon.  \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe will spend the next few days discussing our future treatment plans, but suffice it to say, Terry is toast!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__ad-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ad ad-container has-text ad-rectangle tw-mx-auto\" data-test-ui=\"ad\"><span class=\"ad__heading\" data-test-ui=\"ad__heading\" data-ad-env=\"both\">advertisement<\/span><a class=\"ad__link\" data-test-ui=\"ad__link\" href=\"https:\/\/advertising.nzme.co.nz\/\" data-ad-env=\"both\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advertise with NZME.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">Terry was the name she gave her tumor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The TV star also used his post to thank healthcare workers, saying: &#8220;Everyone in the UK should be incredibly proud of our NHS people.&#8221; It added: &#8220;The NHS is a unique and valuable institution and we need to ensure that it can serve our children and their children&#8217;s children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Schilling ended her post with an update: &#8220;Now it&#8217;s time to focus on getting my a** out of here in time for Christmas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The TV star first announced the news of her diagnosis last week, posting a photo on Instagram of herself and husband Gareth, 51, cradling daughter Madison, eight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__ad-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ad ad-container has-text ad-rectangle tw-mx-auto\" data-test-ui=\"ad\"><span class=\"ad__heading\" data-test-ui=\"ad__heading\" data-ad-env=\"both\">advertisement<\/span><a class=\"ad__link\" data-test-ui=\"ad__link\" href=\"https:\/\/advertising.nzme.co.nz\/\" data-ad-env=\"both\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advertise with NZME.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">She captioned the post, &#8220;&#8216;You have cancer.'&#8221; Her three little words that everyone fears but no one expects to hear. Last Thursday, my consultant shared her three words with me.  \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The mother-of-one told fans just a month ago while filming her upcoming movie. <i>MAFSAustralia<\/i> In season 11, she started experiencing pain in her stomach and when she went to see a doctor, she was told it was &#8220;constipation&#8221; and &#8220;they gave me laxatives and sent me on my way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But she thought it was more than that and when she returned to the UK she booked a scan, where she revealed she had discovered a 5cm tumor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIn an instant, my entire life changed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Although the situation is heartbreaking, she is expected to make a full recovery and is expected to spend Christmas Day in hospital as she continues to recover from recent surgery and has had a &#8220;relatively easy&#8221; cancer recovery. He admitted that he feels &#8220;fortunate&#8221;. She eradicates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Symptoms of colon cancer include changes in bowel habits, rectal bleeding, pain or lumps in the anus or rectum, unexpected weight loss, fatigue, and anemia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Treatment of the disease may include surgical removal or radiation therapy or chemotherapy, depending on the size and location of the cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAFS expert Mel Schilling has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer Photo \/ Instagram @mel_schilling1 Married at first sight Expert Mel Schilling has updated fans on his recently announced battle with colon cancer. The 51-year-old psychologist and dating coach revealed on Instagram that doctors discovered and diagnosed the tumor last Thursday, and shared &#8230; <a title=\"Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling diagnosed with colon cancer at 51\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/married-at-first-sight-star-mel-schilling-diagnosed-with-colon-cancer-at-51\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling diagnosed with colon cancer at 51\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[3,4,1637,2289,2290,2291,2292,727],"class_list":["post-3410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anal-cancer","tag-cancer","tag-colon","tag-diagnosed","tag-married","tag-mel","tag-schilling","tag-sight","tag-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}