'Jade Goody saved our lives by making us have smear tests'
THESE four women all claim they owe their lives to Jade Goody and The Sun, having gone for a smear after reading her tragic story in the paper.
What became known as “The Jade Goody Effect” has long gone. That is why Fabulous Daily has teamed up with Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust to promote #CheersForSmears, a new campaign to try to encourage women to attend their appointments, no matter what. I think some people are embarrassed but I’d had my daughter Ellie, now 13, at 20 so I was used to being examined down there.
I was being monitored for five years, but I couldn’t shake the fear that the cancer would return and I needed cognitive behavioural therapy to help me mentally recover from what happened. She says:"I didn’t know much about cervical cancer and didn’t know you could get it at my age. I had been getting reminders to go for my smear but I ignored them.
I was given an appointment with an oncologist and had a scan but nothing showed up so they wanted to do a cone biopsy.Olivia West - The SunThe next week, in October 2009, I had a hysterectomy at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. I remember asking if I was going to die. I tell people I’m a Jade Goody survivor. If she’d not been so outspoken about what was happening to her, I don’t know if I ever would have gone for that test.'When Jade died, I knew I had to book a smear'
It was a massive shock. I grew up without a mum, she died when I was very young and there was no way I wanted my own children Nathan, 21, Joe, 20, and Ben, 15, to go through the same.The cancer had spread so they removed lymph nodes from my groin and 10cm of my vagina as well. Then I had chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
She says: "I saw Jade on the telly talking about her symptoms and I thought, “That’s me”. I was losing blood clots and I had pain in my stomach. I was tired all the time.
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