Celebrity Big Brother contestant Trisha Goddard took to Instagram to give her followers an update on her health as the 67-year-old TV hast continues to deal with her incurable cancer diagnosis
Trisha Goddard has provided her followers with a health update as she continues to deal with her incurable cancer diagnosis. The former chat show host, 67, has stage four breast cancer and recently opened up about her condition on national television during her time in the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Now, the former daytime TV icon has shared an update on her condition on Instagram. She has explained she is also experiencing Raynaud’s syndrome. According to the NHS, Raynaud’s phenomenon is “where your blood stops flowing properly to your fingers and toes”.
It’s thought Trisha’s condition could be a side effect to her cancer treatments, including chemotherapy. Taking to her social media platform, she shared an image of her bright white fingers and told her followers how the condition had got worse since she began chemo treatment.
Trisha captioned the upload: “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!”
She revealed she had dealt with it “mildly for years” before confessing that over a year of infusions and chemotherapy every 3 weeks, the condition had worsened. Trisha continued: “Compared to other, um… tings dat be going downit vex me small time, still…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 revealed she had found ways to deal with the condition over the years. She explained how she now wears gloves while driving to ensure the vehicle’s air conditioning doesn’t trigger Raynaud’s in her fingers.
“When I have a cold drink, I use a napkin to hold the glass and so on,” she went 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!”
Trisha then added information on how chemotherapy can effect the condition. The description also informed her followers of how the condition “manifests” before admitted it’s “important to manage and be aware of this side effect”.
Among those sending her well wishes in the comments section were Good Morning Britain doctor, Dr Amir Khan. He wrote: “Sorry babes, hope you feel better, it’s such a painful condition.” Trisha responded with a simple emoji face blowing a kiss.
After leaving the CBB house last month, Trisha opened up on how she dealt with her cancer treatment while locked away from the public. She explained the process she underwent before stepping into the iconic household, saying she had been given a round of chemotherapy just 24 hours before joining the show and flew in from her home in Connecticut, America.
Trisha said: “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.”
Speaking to the MailOnline, she continued: “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’.” ITV bosses made sure that her stay in CBB was a relaxed and comfortable one and was treated to a number of luxuries including her own bedroom suite.
The Macmillan Support Line offers confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones. If you need to talk, call us on 0808 808 0000.
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