Jade Goody has been told her cancer is now terminal.Jade rose to celebrity status after appearing on Big Brother 3 in 2002, a channel four reality show. She is now seen as the first "reality star" to become a true national figure.
From the very beginning people were drawn to Jade, her good points and her bad. She has been both celebrated and demonised by the media, but at the centre of all her coverage I believe Jade has always been true to herself. She is a unique woman, with an ongoing roller coaster ride of a life.
Having had a diagnosis of cervical cancer in August '08 (the news being given to her on India's version of Big Brother), Jade was recently informed of her cancer spreading to other areas of her body. It has now been found in her liver, bowel and groin. She may have only a few months left to live.
She has been quoted as saying that she has spent her whole adulthood talking about her life, and now she is simply talking about her death. She is only 27, and has two young sons. Having a show following her life on Living TV, she is now considering having her death filmed for the purpose of her passing being shown on television.
Her tragedy has led to an increase in women going for cervical smears, and this greater awareness is obviously positive. But at such cost!
I do very much wish Jade a remission. If not, I do hope she has an easier time of it, with what time she may have left. I would like to think we will all learn from her, to live life with the knowledge that it is transient, and the power of love and sacrifice, as a lot of her choices now are made with her sons' interests at heart.
My thoughts are with her and her family.
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