Trisha Goddard’s cancer treatment came into focus again this week after the presenter shared a candid hospital update with fans.
The star was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Ever since then, she has been keeping her fans updated on the journey.
However, she has shared new photos of herself from hospital, which led to concern from her fans.
Trisha Goddard shares new cancer update
The former Trisha host, 68, posted a montage of hospital photos on Instagram. She said she had returned for a procedure to manage painful symptoms linked to her secondary breast cancer.
She wrote: “Another day – another procedure!”
She then explained the treatment in her usual blunt style. She said: “This time… Steroid injections in da [bleep] to banish aches and pains that [bleep] cancer left me as a nice ‘I Wuz Here’ when dem was zapped to hell by radiation treatment!” [Sic]
She added: “One of the few massive needles I’m always really glad to see!”
Trisha Goddard’s cancer treatments
Trisha has spoken openly about her illness in recent years. Her latest post showed the same humour and honesty that fans know well.
She received a secondary breast cancer diagnosis in July 2022. Doctors also call the condition metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer.
- 2008: Trisha Goddard was first diagnosed with breast cancer after going to hospital with a running injury.
- She later underwent two operations and several months of chemotherapy.
- 2022: She said she received a secondary breast cancer diagnosis in July.
- Doctors found cancer cells in her right hip after she was treated for a broken femur following a fall.
- She has described the condition as secondary breast cancer, also known as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer.
- Since 2022, she has said her treatment has included daily radiation for three weeks, weekly chemotherapy for four and a half months, and ongoing life-prolonging care.
- In 2024, she said she was receiving hormone therapy infusions every three weeks, alongside regular scans and blood tests.
That news came years after her first breast cancer diagnosis. Doctors found the disease in 2008 after she went to hospital with a running injury.
Looking back on that moment during an appearance on Piers Morgan’s TalkTV show in 2021, she said: “I found out with a laugh and a cry at the same time.”
She later underwent two operations and months of chemotherapy. Trisha said the treatment caused serious side effects.
“Apparently I really reacted badly. I had an ulcerated nose…. mouth,” she explained.
She also said: “I already had early onset glaucoma – a condition where the optic nerve becomes damaged – before my chemo, but the chemotherapy precipitated an eye infection that was very severe and further damaged my eyes. My eyes took a beating.”
What Trisha Goddard’s cancer treatment has involved so far
Trisha discovered the cancer had returned after a fall in 2022. While treating her broken femur, doctors found cancer cells in her right hip.
Speaking to HELLO! in February 2024, she recalled: “That was the first I heard that the cancer had come back. And the first thing I asked was: ‘Am I going to die?'”
She also said: “It’s not going to go away.”
She continued: “And with that knowledge comes grief, and fear. But I must keep enjoying what I have always enjoyed.”