'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.
The mum-of-one says:"I was called for my second smear just before my 25th birthday, having had one after the birth of my daughter. There’d been so much in the news about what happened to Jade, I booked in straight away. They removed all my lymph nodes and I had a cone biopsy, but that didn’t work. I was told it was a high-grade, aggressive cancer and there was a good chance it would return so in October 2010 I had a radical hysterectomy. I didn’t think I’d end up infertile at 25.
And the rest of the series will explore her rollercoaster of a life – going from the nation’s sweetheart to villain and back to being adored and revered during her very public battle with cancer My mum nagged me about it too but still I never went. I had the attitude that it wasn’t going to happen to me.
The doctor said he’d do his best to not let that happen. I was frightened. Children weren’t on my mind at that point but it is something that has upset me as I’ve got older. HAYLEY PRINCE, a care pract-itioner from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was too busy working to go for her test. Six weeks of treatment knocked me. I wanted to keep the kids’ lives as normal as possible but getting out of bed was hard work.Hayley feels she may have avoided the health problems caused by her cancer treatment if she had a smear test soonerAn MRI scan confirmed the cancer had gone and, after five years of check-ups, in January 2014 I was given the all clear.
My smear was five years overdue. I just kept putting it off. I’m a bit uncomfortable when it comes to my bits anyway and then I’d see another story about Jade and think, “Oh my God”. Now I know she saved my life.Credit: Olivia West - The Sun
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