Trisha Goddard has shared an update with her social media followers amid her ongoing battle with terminal breast cancer.
The 68-year-old television presenter was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer - also known as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer – in July 2022.
On Wednesday, Trisha took to Instagram to share that she has returned to the hospital to undergo a procedure aimed at managing painful symptoms.
© @Trisha Goddard/InstagramAlongside a montage of photos of her receving treatment in the hospital, Trisha wrote: "Another day – another procedure!
"This time… Steroid injections in da batty to banish aches and pains that bitch Cancer left me as a nice 'I Wuz Here' when dem was zapped to hell by radiation treatment!
© @Trisha Goddard/Instagram"One of the few massive needles I'm always really glad to see!
"'Cos every time a nurse holds my hand and sweetly warns me that there's going to be 'A little prick' – Me tell them, No sweat! Pah! I've encountered some bigger pricks in my past," she continued, quipping: "And dem was all over dis Batty for waaay longer than 15 minutes, Babes…. Until me came to my senses, got feisty as [expletive] and divorced the hell outta them!"
Trisha's cancer diagnosis
Trisha, best known for hosting her eponymous talk show Trisha from 1998 to 2010, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, after a visit to the hospital for a running injury.
Reflecting on her diagnosis during an appearance on Piers Morgan's TalkTV show in 2021, the broadcaster said: "I found out with a laugh and a cry at the same time."
© @Trisha Goddard/InstagramTrisha underwent two operations and months of chemotherapy, which led to more complications. "Apparently I really reacted badly. I had an ulcerated nose.... mouth," she explained.
"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."
In July 2022, Trisha was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer, for which treatment is available but no cure.
© TikTokHer cancer was discovered by accident, after a fall in 2022, and a doctor told her that as well as breaking her femur, cancer cells had been found in her right hip.
"That was the first I heard that the cancer had come back. And the first thing I asked was: 'Am I going to die?'" the mum-of-two recalled during an interview with HELLO! in February 2024.
"It's not going to go away," she said. "And with that knowledge comes grief, and fear. But I must keep enjoying what I have always enjoyed."
On her decision to speak publicly about her diagnosis, the former chat show host explained that keeping it a secret became a burden.
"I can't lie; I can't keep making up stories," she said. "It gets to a stage, after a year and a half, when keeping a secret becomes more of a burden than anything else."
"I'm nervous," she adds. "But it needed to be done."
Trisha's cancer treatment
Following her diagnosis, Trisha underwent daily radiation for three weeks and weekly chemotherapy for four and a half months before opting for "life pro-longing care".
In 2024, the star revealed she was having hormone therapy infusions every three weeks, along with regular scans and blood tests.
