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Trisha Goddard shared a health update on Instagram on Sunday amid her incurable cancer battle.
The Celebrity Big Brother star, 67, who has secondary breast cancer – also known as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer – said she is experiencing 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.
Trisha posted a photo of her bright white fingers, explaining that her Raynaud’s has worsened since being on chemo.
She captioned the post: ‘Sheesh… Anybody else dealing with pesky Raynaud’s?
‘If you do, here’s what happens when you forget to wear gloves when buying frozen food, and then go about putting it in your freezer, duh!
Trisha Goddard, 67, took to her Instagram on Sunday to share that she is experiencing Raynaud’s syndrome, a condition that causes reduced blood flow to the fingers and toes
The Celebrity Big Brother star, who has secondary breast cancer – also known as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer – explained that her Raynaud’s has worsened since being on chemo
‘Had it mildly for years, but over a year of infusions and chemo every three weeks has ramped up my Raynaud’s quite a bit. Ouch!
‘Here’s herself waiting for the painful fingers to go bright red, then blue, then icily grey/white before they eventually go back to normal.’
Trisha added that she’s learnt to adjust her lifestyle around the condition – from wearing gloves to using a napkin to hold a cold glass.
She continued: ‘Over the years, I’ve learned to adapt; for instance, I wear gloves while driving, so my car’s air conditioning doesn’t trigger Raynaud’s in my fingers.
‘When I have a cold drink, I use a napkin to hold the glass and so on.
‘BUT every so often I forget; the burning sensation starts and my fingers go painfully numb while they turn the colours of the Union Jack.’
She then provided further information about the condition to her followers, adding: ‘Bit of info below folks, Chemotherapy can induce or exacerbate Raynaud’s phenomenon, a condition where blood vessels in the fingers and toes temporarily narrow in response to cold or stress, leading to reduced blood flow.
‘This condition can manifest as skin colour changes (white, blue, red), numbness, and pain in the affected areas.
However, she added that she’s learnt to adjust her lifestyle around the condition – from wearing gloves to using a napkin to hold a cold glass (pictured in April)
Raynaud’s syndrome causes miniature spasms in the blood vessels, cutting off the blood supply to the fingers and toes
‘While often temporary and resolving after chemotherapy, it’s important to manage and be aware of this side effect.’
It comes after Trisha opened up about living with stage four cancer in the famous Celebrity Big Brother house last month.
Making sure she was fit and well ahead of entering the house, she told MailOnline: ‘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.
It comes after Trisha opened up about living with stage four cancer in the famous Celebrity Big Brother house last month (pictured with housemate Chesney Hawkes last month)
Making sure she was fit and well ahead of entering the house, she told MailOnline: ‘I went to the infusion centre on April 1. I call it my spa room’ (pictured last month)
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.
After going head-to-head with Patsy Palmer and Jack P Shepherd in the public vote, Trisha received the fewest number of votes to be saved and was the second star to leave.
As Trisha headed out of the house, the presenter admitted she was ‘a bit sad’ to be leaving the show.
Speaking to hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best, Trisha brushed off the housemates’ reasons for nominating her, especially Chesney Hawkes’ that conversations with her felt like being on her talk show.
She said: ‘That’s actually a great compliment… No, because we all said we were all scratching around in the dirt to find something negative to stay around each other.’
The star also reflected on her decision to sign up for the show, admitting it was a welcome break for her from cancer treatment.
She added: ‘Really, it meant a lot, it meant a lot, it was respite it was a holiday from having to think about cancer, because with the BB team and with my team in the Stes so I didn’t have to think of the next scan, and I could be like a child again.
‘Yes, I did talk about cancer because I had to, and it is part of my life, as it is for 3.4 million Brits. It was just a break from having to think about it.
‘Heavy subjects came up now and again, but it was just a break!’
