TRISHA Goddard danced with joy as she celebrated reaching 68 years old amid her terminal cancer diagnosis.
The TV legend shared a deeply personal and positive message for fans as she marked the milestone while living with cancer.
The veteran broadcaster appeared overjoyed in the video, which she captioned: “If dem ask me how me feel turning 68 today & living with metastatic breast cancer.”
The Celebrity Big Brother star has secondary breast cancer, also referred to as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer.
She is also living with Raynaud’s syndrome, a condition that restricts blood flow to the fingers and toes.
Raynaud’s can develop as a side effect of certain cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, and may cause skin colour changes along with sensations such as numbness or burning.
Despite her health challenges, Trisha was in celebratory spirits as she looked ahead to Christmas week.
In the clip, she smiled, danced and proudly declared: “I made it!”
Reflecting on her diagnosis, she said: “When you first hear those words,
“‘Your cancer has come back’ and every time you look at the news, your eye seems to be drawn to the words CANCER and TERMINAL, you think that’s it.”
She went on to explain how perspectives on the illness have shifted.
She said: “But scientists and the Medical world have re-classified metastatic cancer to being a LIFE LIMITING illness, for good reason.
“New drugs, new treatments, new medical breakthroughs.
“There’s a whole list of people I’d like to thank.”
Trisha then paid tribute to those who have supported her throughout her journey.
She added: “My darling husband and kids.
“My fantastic Oncology team and nurses, my darling friends who haven’t ghosted me, and YOU out there.
“Your kind words, laughter and encouragement means I celebrate you all!”
Trisha was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in 2023, having first got the disease in 2008.
She bravely opened up about the gruelling side effects of a “wonder drug” that she is taking to help prolong her life during her stint in the Celebrity Big Brother house.
I’ve stopped being scared before scans now.
“My cancer count has come down and down and down, this drug is working,
“But this new drug, that people hail as a wonder drug… what people don’t know, is it is one of the most vicious drugs to take.
Talking about the side affects she said: “(I get) Terrible constipation muscle aches, taste affected, eye sight affected.
“But if I hadn’t have had it, I wouldn’t be here, so it’s last call at the rodeo drug.”
Trisha was told three years ago her cancer had reached staged four.
However, she waited until last year to break the news of her terminal diagnosis.