Inspiring burn survivor Turia Pitt reveals health scare: ‘I had this little bump for years’
Inspirational burn survivor Turia Pitt has revealed a recent health scare as she urged fans to “stop putting things off.”
The 36-year-old, who suffered burns when she was caught in a bushfire during an ultramarathon in Western Australia in 2011, revealed she recently had a growth on her tongue.
In a video posted to Instagram, she said, “I used to have a really weird growth on my tongue that I recently had removed.”
“The hardest part of any task is… getting started. Like starting the process of getting my tongue looked at,” Turia wrote.
“I’ve had a bump on it for years… and I’ve put off getting it looked at for too long.”
Turia Pitt has revealed a recent health scare as she urged fans to “stop putting things off.” pictured
It comes after Turia recently shared the horrific moment when she discovered photos of the injuries that left her with burns to 64 percent of her body.
The courageous mother-of-two said she found the photos on a USB a few years ago, in a folder just two days after she first had her horrible accident.
“I knew of course it would be confrontational for me,” the motivational speaker said on her podcast Turia Pitt is Hard Work in December.
“Now do you think I stepped back, took a few deep breaths, and thought about it a little bit? Or do you think I just double-clicked?’
The 36-year-old, who suffered burns when she was caught in a bushfire during an ultramarathon in Western Australia in 2011, revealed she recently had a growth on her tongue
The Celebrity Apprentice star went on to describe the photos during her podcast, telling listeners she looked “puffy” and “half the way I used to look, but half the way I look now.”
Turia called what she found in the photos “confrontational” and went on to say that after she became very upset, she contacted her psychologist.
“She’s amazing, she came over, we sat down and we looked at the pictures together,” she continued on the podcast.
“It was really good that she was with me and supported me, and we talked about each of the photos and why I found it so shocking.”
It comes after Turia recently shared the horrific moment when she discovered photos of the injuries that left her with burns to 64 percent of her body. She suffered burns when she was caught in a bushfire during an ultramarathon in Western Australia in 2011.