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Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Celebrity Big Brother's Trisha Goddard shares health update amid incurable cancer battle
Trisha Goddard shared a health update on Instagram on Sunday amid her incurable cancer battle. The Celebrity Big Brother star, 67, who has secondary breast cancer - also known as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer - said she is experiencing Raynaud's syndrome, a condition that causes reduced blood flow to the fingers and toes. The condition can be a side effect of some cancer treatments, particularly chemotherapy, and can change the colour of the skin, causing burning or numbness. Trisha posted a photo of her bright white fingers, explaining that her Raynaud's has worsened since being on chemo. She captioned the post: 'Sheesh… 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! The Celebrity Big Brother star, who has secondary breast cancer - also known as metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer - explained that her Raynaud's has worsened since being on chemo 'Had it mildly for years, but over a year of infusions and chemo every three weeks has ramped up my Raynaud's quite a bit. 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 added that she's learnt to adjust her lifestyle around the condition - from wearing gloves to using a napkin to hold a cold glass. She continued: 'Over the years, I've learned to adapt; for instance, I wear gloves while driving, so my car's air conditioning doesn't trigger Raynaud's in my fingers. 'When I have a cold drink, I use a napkin to hold the glass and so 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.' She then provided further information about the condition to her followers, adding: 'Bit of info below folks, Chemotherapy can induce or exacerbate Raynaud's phenomenon, a condition where blood vessels in the fingers and toes temporarily narrow in response to cold or stress, leading to reduced blood flow. 'This condition can manifest as skin colour changes (white, blue, red), numbness, and pain in the affected areas. 'While often temporary and resolving after chemotherapy, it's important to manage and be aware of this side effect.' It comes after Trisha opened up about living with stage four cancer in the famous Celebrity Big Brother house last month. Making sure she was fit and well ahead of entering the house, she told MailOnline: '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. 'Then the next day I flew over to the UK. I had to wear compression garments – tights and a sleeve on my arm – and I took disinfectant wipes for the seats, tables, armrest and loo. '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.' She had an ultrasound scan when she got to England to check she had not developed a deep vein thrombosis – she hadn't – and a medical. Trisha had signed up for Celebrity Big Brother to prove to patients they should 'not be scared of living' after being diagnosed with stage four cancer. After going head-to-head with Patsy Palmer and Jack P Shepherd in the public vote, Trisha received the fewest number of votes to be saved and was the second star to leave. As Trisha headed out of the house, the presenter admitted she was 'a bit sad' to be leaving the show. Speaking to hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best, Trisha brushed off the housemates' reasons for nominating her, especially Chesney Hawkes' that conversations with her felt like being on her talk show. She said: 'That's actually a great compliment... No, because we all said we were all scratching around in the dirt to find something negative to stay around each other.' The star also reflected on her decision to sign up for the show, admitting it was a welcome break for her from cancer treatment. She added: 'Really, it meant a lot, it meant a lot, it was respite it was a holiday from having to think about cancer, because with the BB team and with my team in the Stes so I didn't have to think of the next scan, and I could be like a child again. 'Yes, I did talk about cancer because I had to, and it is part of my life, as it is for 3.4 million Brits. It was just a break from having to think about it.
The Sun
13-05-2025
- Health
- The Sun
Emotional moment ‘kind' Davina McCall meets girl, 11, who has brain tumour just like she did
TV star Davina McCall cheers a brain tumour girl as they chat about their treatment. Davina had hers removed on the day Kirsty Waugh, 11, was diagnosed. 4 4 4 Kirsty's parents Mat and Kate noticed the coincidence and asked if the 57-year-old star could send a supportive message. Davina obliged, and also visited the family in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Mat said: 'She is as lovely and generous as you'd hope. 'There was lots of laughing and hugging.' Kirsty's 70 weeks of chemo are starting to shrink the tumour. She can read and watch films again. Mat said: "Davina had her brain tumour removed on the same day that Kirsty was admitted to hospital and diagnosed. "She is local to us so I wondered if we could get a message from her. "They talked a lot about their respective cancer treatment. "It was a really uplifting experience. We all felt better for having spoken to her. Watch emotional moment Davina McCall breaks down in tears and says 'I'm still here' in first interview after brain surgery 4
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Opinion: What It Means When Motherhood Means Peeing Yourself in Public
I'm watching my 8-year-old son try to con a nurse out of $500 by selling her a hunk of plastic he's labeled a 'blood diamond' when a mom next to me in the hospital waiting room leans over to ask: 'Is it the disease, you think?' She's referring to adrenoleukodystrophy, the terrifying brain-devouring disease that her son shares with mine. 'Behavioral changes' are one of the tell-tale signs of its progression. At this moment, though, I can safely say, 'No, my son's always been this way.' Just moments earlier, a nurse who'd drawn his blood gave him a plastic coin with which to get himself a prize from a nearby toy machine. He pocketed the piece of plastic jewelry he'd won but returned to her looking downtrodden, whining, 'The machine ate my coin and didn't give me anything!' 'He's trying to scam you, don't fall for it!' I shouted from across the hall, my son unleashing a devilish grin as the nurse chuckled. The coin scam quickly turned into the 'blood diamond' scam with the gemstone he'd acquired and the other unsuspecting nurse further down the hall. 'Well he definitely seems to be doing better!' she says. The last time this particular nurse had seen him, he'd asked to be euthanized. He was in the throes of chemo-induced agony, when no variation of 'this will be worth it in the end' could convince him that being brought to the brink of death really was his best chance at survival. In less than three months, I've seen looks in his eyes that I'll never shake. I've watched him throw up blood. I've scrubbed up his puke and diarrhea with industrial-grade antiseptics so many times my hands have peeled and bled. I've sat through the night at his bedside and watched his chest rise and fall, so afraid that it might stop. Countless other moms of sick children have gone through exactly the same thing. It sounds dramatic, but it requires little to no thinking—it's second nature, maybe even first. We call it motherhood, but I prefer to think it's one of those things that's too innate to have a name. Americans will celebrate that very unprofound national holiday in honor of this very profound thing this weekend, around the time my son and I find out if he has or has not been granted a reprieve from his childhood death sentence. It will have special meaning for me. In my case, it means watching my son turn around and smile at me and suddenly seeming, for one fleeting moment, to be cured of his deadly brain disease. And maybe he is. I feel a flush of warmth at the thought. But then my legs give out and I crumple to the concrete floor like soggy cardboard and my son's expression changes as we both understand how much my own degenerative disease has progressed while his was being treated. That is what it means to be a mother. Dying in slow motion to save your child. I was told initially I could probably avoid ending up in a wheelchair. Diagnosed two years before my son's much scarier disease was detected, my autoimmune disease, multiple sclerosis, at first seemed like the biggest struggle our family would have to face. 'Avoid stress,' my neurologist had told me. 'Stress is the one thing we know will speed up progression. Get good sleep, eat healthy, exercise as much as you can and make whatever lifestyle changes you need to in order to minimize stress.' I did as I was told, but a stress-free life wasn't in the cards. All that mattered in terms of my own illness when my son got sick was staving off progression long enough to ensure I could still be on my feet to tend to him as he underwent his bone marrow transplant. 'Just get him through it,' I told myself. 'We can't both be bedridden at the same time.' I'm still not sure if it's funny or tragic that my son and I both wound up with degenerative diseases. I prefer to think my son's case is tragic, while mine is darkly humorous. Like the time we were stuck in traffic, rushing to get him to a doctor's appointment for a test that would tell us if he was dying or not. It was the perfect time for the bladder issues caused by the lesions in my spine to remind me why I should never be too far from a toilet. I peed myself in the car. 'It's me, not him. He's fine,' I responded brusquely to the looks of concern and queries about the stench of urine when we finally got to the hospital. (Loss of bladder control also happens to be a worrying milestone in my son's disease.) As President Donald Trump flirts with the idea of 'baby bonuses' to boost the birth rate, I wonder if he's ever seen this side of parenting. If he's ever wet himself to put his child first. But of course that would be too much of a downer for his $5,000 gimmick and the White House lie that he 'wants America to be a country where all children can safely grow up and achieve the American dream.' Not all children, let's be honest. Not the ones with cruel diseases that are too rare to matter to his administration. But mothers don't need a $5,000 cash incentive to fight for their kids. I'd gladly spend another 100 days scrubbing up my son's bile and holding his hand when he hurts, even as I stifle my own cries of pain. I'd do it all again, and then a thousand times more, and I'd do it until I died and then keep doing it from beyond the grave if it meant saving him.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
East Bay family shocked to find van stolen after toddler's cancer treatment
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways OAKLAND, Calif. - Parents of an East Bay toddler receiving cancer treatment in Oakland were shocked to learn their van had been stolen after leaving a doctor's appointment this week. Toddler had just finished chemo round What we know Jia Kim, 3, is battling neuroblastoma. She and her family were at Kaiser Oakland on Monday when they discovered that their minivan was gone from a hospital parking structure across the street from the clinic where the young girl was receiving treatment. "Jia recently finished a very intense round of chemotherapy for her cancer," her mother, Dena Kim, said. Dena Kim and her husband, Hoya Kim, said they parked in the same structure as usual at 3510 Broadway. "We were exhausted — emotionally, physically — hungry, tired, ready to go home," Dena said. "We went up to the parking garage, to the sixth floor where we parked, and we couldn't find our minivan anywhere." The couple searched the entire garage but couldn't locate their 2019 Honda Odyssey minivan, which they purchased last year. It was gone. They say Kaiser security staff also searched but found nothing. "Finally, I just called police. The police officer came and took a report," Dena Kim said. "The security department here refused to check the footage or just confirm someone had taken it out of the garage." The Kims said they ended up stranded for hours before they could get back to their home in Pinole. They shared their story to highlight the impact of vehicle theft on victims — especially those already dealing with medical crises. Oakland police reported 10,439 vehicle thefts in the city in 2024. From Jan. 1 through May 7, 2024, about 3,755 vehicles were stolen. For the same period this year, that number has decreased to about 2,016. Stolen van located Dig deeper Early Wednesday, Dena Kim said an officer called to say the minivan had been found near Fourth and Folsom streets, close to Jack London Square. The license plate was missing. "We're just really frustrated that Kaiser has not prioritized — or the city has not prioritized — making sure the people who are coming here, the people that are most vulnerable, are kept safe," she said. Added her husband, "I just don't understand what kind of person comes to a hospital parking lot and steals a car with two car seats and disabled mark." Kaiser sent the following statement, "We work hard to make sure our members and visitors are safe and that their belongings are secure on our medical campuses. It is disgusting that car thieves would target a place of healing, where families are getting care and are often at their most vulnerable. Our security teams are investigating this theft and are working with the Oakland Police Department. We extend our thoughts to the family and welcome the opportunity to connect with them further to offer support." A family friend of the Kim family set up a GoFundMe to help Jia battle neuroblastoma. Jana Katsuyama is a reporter for KTVU. Email Jana at Call her at 510-326-5529. Or follow her on Twitter @JanaKTVU and read her other reports on her bio page.
