Jade Goody facing long cancer fight
Sunday, 28th September 2008
Former Big Brother star Jade Goody is facing a year of intensive chemotherapy after being told her cervical cancer has spread.
The 27-year-old was diagnosed with the disease last month as she was appearing on the Indian version of the show that made her famous.
Last week she underwent an eight-hour hysterectomy and if all went well she only expected to require chemo for 2 months or so.
But doctors have given the mother-of-two the news she was dreading - the cancer has reportedly spread to the sac around her abdominal organs.
This has seen Jade's recovery expectancy cut to around 50 per cent.
A Sun source said: "This is not her worst nightmare - that would be dying and leaving her children.
"But it comes pretty close.
"Jade is really worried that she will feel so ill and weak that she won't be able to look after the boys or do anything."
The TV star is reportedly feeling down because the lengthy chemotherapy will see Jade lose her hair.
The source added: "She had hoped that she would not lose all her hair.
"But now she has been told that she will definitely lose it all because the chemo will be much stronger.
"She's really, really upset."
Photo: Ritam Banerjee, Getty images
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