TV legend Trisha Goddard gives health update amid ‘tough’ cancer battle and reveals brutal side effects of treatment
TV presenter Trisha Goddard has updated fans on her health months after being told her returning cancer was incurable.
The 66-year-old has stage four breast cancer that’s being treated with chemotherapy – despite the terminal diagnosis.
Trisha posted snaps of her out on a walk saying she was using “movement as medicine”.
Revealing the brutal side effects of treatment, Trisha said she had chosen to avoid using anti-nausea medication that worsens her constipation.
Trisha wrote: “My first walk after my chemo/hormone treatment is always tough…
“I’ve chosen to have minimal anti-nausea medication because it makes my already bad medically-induced constipation even worse….
Even though it’s being treated.
“But I’ve found that what all the research shows is true: a brisk walk in the fresh air helps, but bloody hell – not gonna lie: it’s damned hard.
“Don’t wanna leave a trail of puke on the boardwalk, innit?
“Experience has taught me that the more meds you take – the more side-effects, so whenever safe and possible, with my Dr’s help, I do whatever I can for myself to handle my symptoms.”
Trisha was diagnosed with secondary cancer – also known as metastatic or stage four – in Feburary.
At the time she heartbreakingly admitted: “It’s not going to go away.”
The first time the 66-year-old was treated and cured of cancer was in 2008.
Unfortunately, she was told it had come back in 2023 but has continued to work in between treatment.
The presenter is best known for hosting her self-titled talk show on ITV between 1998 and 2005 before it moved to Channel 5 for four years.
She’s now working as a CNN correspondent in America and presents her own weekend show on TalkRadio.
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