Married at First Sight Australia’s expert Mel Schilling has shared an update on her colon cancer, revealing it has spread to her brain. <\/p>\n
The 54-year-old psychologist on the hit reality TV show said she was diagnosed with colon cancer in December 2023, when a tumour “the size of a lemon was discovered during a scan”. <\/p>\n
She said the tumour was successfully removed, but in February 2024 small nodules were discovered on her lungs. <\/p>\n
“The cancer had metastasised and my world changed again in an instant.<\/p>\n
Schilling said “over the past two years, while filming MAFS, I underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy and was later told I was eligible for a ground-breaking clinical trial specific to my gene type, due to start in March 2026”. <\/p>\n
In an post on social media this morning, she confirmed that, after many tests, she had been told the cancer had spread to the left side of her brain. <\/p>\n
“Despite subsequent radiotherapy sessions, my oncology team have now told me there is nothing further they can do,” she wrote. <\/p>\n
Schilling said “hearing those words changes everything”. <\/p>\n
“So that\u2019s where I am now. My light is starting to fade \u2014 and quickly. <\/p>\n
“But I am still here, still fighting, and surrounded by the most incredible love. Simple tasks have become incredibly difficult and I am relying on my beautiful family to look after me. I honestly don\u2019t know how long I have left, but I do know I will fight to my last breath and will be surrounded by the love and support of my people.” <\/p>\n
She thanked family, friends and fans of the show for their “wonderful messages of support”. <\/p>\n
The two other experts on the show, psychologist John Aiken and sexologist Alessandra Rampolla shared their love for their colleague. <\/p>\n
“Dearest Mel. This news is simply devastating. All of me is standing with you. Whenever you need me – please know I\u2019m there. All of my thoughts and prayers are with you and your amazing family. I\u2019m hugging you now and I\u2019m not letting go,” Aitkin wrote. <\/p>\n
“My Mel, beautiful chica. My heart breaks reading this, but I am endlessly grateful for every moment we\u2019ve shared. You are SO deeply loved, my friend!! Holding you and your beautiful family close to my heart. Always,” Rampolla said. <\/p>\n
Former cast members from the show were also quick to share supportive messages, including crowd-favourite Lucinda Light from season 11. <\/p>\n
“You are so loved. So admired. Your courage, your grace, your extraordinary heart \u2014 they shine so brightly and they touch all of us,” the 43-year-old wrote. <\/p>\n
Schilling has been an expert on MAFS Australia since 2016, and in 2021 joined the revamped UK series alongside Paul C Brunson and Charlene Douglas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Australia’s expert Mel Schilling has shared an update on her colon cancer, revealing it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[85,156,134,111,139,69,417],"class_list":["post-326970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}