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Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling reveals excruciating symptoms she ignored before her shock cancer diagnosis


Married At First Sight's Mel Schilling has opened up about some of the excruciating symptoms she ignored prior to her bowel cancer diagnosis in December 2023.

'The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that if I'd listened to my body, if I'd paid attention to the signs, I could have avoided so much pain and suffering,' she wrote on social media. Mel urged Australians to look out for the following symptoms - Blood in stools and change in bowel habit, weight loss you can't explain, extreme tiredness for no reason and lump or swelling in your abdomen. Having relocated to the UK, Mel confirmed she now calls London home, with her husband Gareth Brisbane, and daughter Maddie settling into school and thriving.

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