Fit and healthy Aussie TikTok boss Govind Sandhu reveals the three red flags that exposed stage-four cancer ‘running wild’ through his body even as he ran gruelling half-marathons – and how you can protect yourself [Video]

A fit and healthy social media professional has revealed the three red flags that triggered the GP visit that eventually revealed he was suffering stage four cancer.

Govind Sandhu, 38, who is the head of Global Music Partnerships at TikTok Australia, was diagnosed with stage four Non Hodgkins Lymphoma after noticing his knee was swollen after the Sydney Half Marathon.

Mr Sandhu, who has worked at TikTok for three years, said in an Instagram post on Monday he finished the half-marathon while cancer was ‘running wild’ through his system. 

‘Up until I finished the Sydney Half Marathon I did not have any official symptoms,’ Mr Sandhu said. 

‘I ran the half-marathon along with being away a weekend prior in a remote part of Australia running trails with stage four Non Hodgkins Lymphoma running wild through my system’. 

Mr Sandhu said the half-marathon and the running trails felt a ‘bit harder’ than normal …