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Trisha Goddard gave an emotional update on her metastatic breast cancer as she celebrated turning 68 in a new social media post.
The television host looked ecstatic, writing: ‘If dem ask me how me feel turning 68 today & living with metastatic breast cancer.’
The Celebrity Big Brother star, who had secondary breast cancer – also known as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer – is also suffering from Raynaud’s syndrome, a condition that causes reduced blood flow to the fingers and toes.
The condition can be a side effect of some cancer treatments, particularly chemotherapy, and can change the colour of the skin, causing burning or numbness.
But ushering into celebrations with her own birthday and Christmas festivities in sight, Trisha appeared her best self, beaming and dancing in the video, saying: ‘I made it!
Trisha Goddard gave an emotional update on her metastatic breast cancer as she celebrated turning 68 in a new social media post on Instagram on Tuesday
The television host looked ecstatic as she displayed her dance moves in a clip shared on her Instagram page, writing: ‘If dem ask me how me feel turning 68 today & living with metastatic breast cancer’
’68 today!
‘When you first hear those words, “Your cancer has come back “and every time you look at the news, your eye seems to be drawn to the words CANCER and TERMINAL, you think that’s it.
‘But scientists and the Medical world have re-classified metastatic cancer to being a LIFE LIMITING illness, for good reason.
‘New drugs, new treatments, new medical breakthroughs.
‘There’s a whole list of people I’d like to thank;
She continued: ‘My darling husband and kids. My fantastic Oncology team and nurses, my darling friends who haven’t ghosted me, and YOU out there.
‘Your kind words, laughter and encouragement means I celebrate you all!
It comes after Trisha opened up about living with stage four cancer in the famous Celebrity Big Brother house earlier this year in April.
She accompanied her latest post with an emotional and grateful message
It comes after Trisha opened up about living with stage four cancer in the famous Celebrity Big Brother house earlier this year in April (pictured with housemate Chesney Hawkes on CBB)
Making sure she was fit and well ahead of entering the house, she told Daily Mail: ‘I went to the infusion centre on April 1. I call it my spa room’ (pictured last month)
Making sure she was fit and well ahead of entering the house, she told Daily Mail: ‘I went to the infusion centre on April 1. I call it my spa room.
‘I had a soupcon of chemo and targeted hormone therapy, one little bag after the other. I have a port catheter [in her chest] and I get plugged in.
‘Then the next day I flew over to the UK. I had to wear compression garments – tights and a sleeve on my arm – and I took disinfectant wipes for the seats, tables, armrest and loo.
‘My oncologist is brilliant, a rock star, and so sweet. He said, ‘I’m going to help you do this because your message [of hope] is so great.’
She had an ultrasound scan when she got to England to check she had not developed a deep vein thrombosis – she hadn’t – and a medical.
Trisha had signed up for Celebrity Big Brother to prove to patients they should ‘not be scared of living’ after being diagnosed with stage four cancer.
