Gogglebox Australia star reveals health battle: "My body is growing cancer"

Gogglebox Australia star Isabelle Silbery has revealed her fight with cancer and is encouraging fans to get health checks. 

In an Instagram post on Wednesday night, the 33-year-old said she had three polyps removed from her bowel the day before.

“I'm not posting this for sympathy as I'm totally fine,” she wrote on the post. “But more a little public safety announcement to anyone who has been putting off that 'check up'... the time is now.”

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Everything is AOK👌 I'm not posting this for sympathy as I'm totally fine but more a little public safety announcement to anyone who has been putting off that 'check up'.....the time is now. 8 months ago I was really sick in NY on a girls trip & put it down to gastro but in my gut (pardon pun) I knew something was up & chose not to ignore the symptoms. Turns out, I needed to have two high-grade cancer polyps cut out of my bowel a few months ago...the doc said that if left any longer, it wouldn't have been good. I won’t lie, I was googling how to have sex with a colostomy bag😔🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m becoming quite the ‘bum-cam’ pro, as those in the know call it, having three more polyps cut out yesterday with good results! It’s all been unexpected, I’m still annoyed that my body is growing the C word but relieved I’m on top of things now. And after the prep + starvation, the sandwiches were bloody delicious 🥪 💁🏻‍♀️🎥🍑 . #getchecked #health #selfcare #unsexy #shitpost #wellbeing #cancersucks

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The TV star also revealed that she had two “high-grade” polyps removed months prior. 

“8 months ago I was really sick in NY on a girls trip & put it down to gastro but in my gut (pardon pun) I knew something was up & chose not to ignore the symptoms,” Silbery wrote.

She is now recovering at home.

“It’s all been unexpected,” Silbery said. “I’m still annoyed that my body is growing the C word but relieved I’m on top of things now.”

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Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. 1 in 13 Australians will develop the disease in their lifetime, and the cancer risk increases significantly from the age of 50. For people of this age, Bowel Cancer Australia recommends taking a screening every two years.