 Chrissy Teigen revealed she booked in a colonoscopy after being warned by her doctors to start having early checks for colon cancer. The 37-year-old model admitted she decided to undergo the medical procedure which involves examining the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a camera, after her doctor warned her that the colon cancer diagnosis age was lowering. Speaking in an Instagram Stories video amid preparations for the procedure, she said: 'Soon there's going to be a very large jump in people my age and even a little younger getting colon cancer because we don't get checked. 'And we don't get checked because we're not told to. You think that your parents are the ones that get checked.' The wife of All of Me singer John Legend since 2013 continued explaining: 'I have my first colonoscopy because I was told by my doctor that people are getting it younger and younger and they should go in earlier and earlier to get checked now.' Chrissy went on to add that she had been told to take a 'wild amount' of cleansing pulls in preparation but joked that she had taken a 'big risk' by wearing white pants on the day. Chrissy shared her news with her Instagram (Picture: Instagram) She showed the camera the pills she had to take ahead of her procedure (Picture: Instagram) She added: 'My number one question is, you see me every day. I wear a black Hanro bra and black leggings every day. 'And for some reason, on the day that I have to take this wild amount of colon cleanse pills, I chose to wear white pants and a white bra. 'Just being a big risk-taker today. One thing that you always hear about is the crazy drink that you have to drink the night before. The model admitted she was struggling not to eat beforehand (Picture: Instagram) Chrissy is married to John (Picture: Getty Images) 'It's like very intense and [there's] cramping. And obviously, you have to get ready to have a cam){kind=link}
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Chrissy Teigen revealed she booked in a colonoscopy after being warned by her doctors to start having early checks for colon cancer.
The 37-year-old model admitted she decided to undergo the medical procedure which involves examining the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a camera, after her doctor warned her that the colon cancer diagnosis age was lowering.
Speaking in an Instagram Stories video amid preparations for the procedure, she said: ‘Soon there’s going to be a very large jump in people my age and even a little younger getting colon cancer because we don’t get checked.