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

A post shared by Isabelle Silbery (@isabellesilbery) on Jan 15, 2019 at 7:36pm PST

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.”

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.