Deathly Ill

Scary.

British reality staple Jade Goody will undergo a hysterectomy next week, after doctors said she would have DIED within three months without urgent treatment for her cervical cancer, according to the UK’s Sun.

Isn’t cervical cancer one of the most treatable, though????

Specialists reportedly told her on Thursday that a large tumor in her womb may have spread to her blood stream ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ putting major organs such as her liver and kidneys at risk. If she hadn’t left her post in the Big Brother India show immediately to receive treatment she could’ve been dead:

“She has serious second stage cancer and needs surgery as soon as possible. The cancer is in an advanced stage and was diagnosed in the nick of time. The bottom line is, if she’d stayed in India for the next three months, she wouldn’t be here.”

Jade also revealed to the Sun that she was wrongly given the all-clear at first after being rushed to hospital just three weeks ago. And, since doctors couldn’t find anything wrong, she went on with participating in the Indian reality show:

“I just got on with my life. I thought about cancelling the Big Brother India trip. But they had offered me £100,000 (approx. USD $200,000), which will go towards bringing up my kids. People think I’m a multi-millionaire from telly, which couldn’t be further from the truth.”

She went on to say that she’s “tortured” because people think her battle with cancer is a “stunt”:

“Since Big Brother my life has been fashioned by publicity. But no way would I want anyone to be in my shoes now. I have to try and brush that sort of stuff aside and concentrate on living and getting well again.”

Seems like skepticism is an unfortunate child of the reality TV culture.

Fight on, Jade.

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