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It's gone around in my head for days whether to post about this and where to post it if I do.. It's something that's been on my mind since I heard about it, everytime I hear about it, it makes me cry. It's touched me more than I put into words, so after much thought I'm going to post about this :-(
Many of you wont have a clue who Jade Goody is. She came into our lives here in the UK in one of the early Big Brothers. She is loud, in your face and many don't like her. But she also has many good sides to her and I've always liked Jade. She's one of these the nation loves to hate.
She was diagnosed with cervical cancer not long before christmas. They thought they had a chance to beat it. But sadly yesterday i heard there is no chance and that they have gave her 8 weeks to live :-( She is only 27 and is leaving behind two young sons. She will marry her long time boyfriend this saturday, hopefully she will be well enough.
This has touched me in more ways than I can put into words. But for the grace of god go I, with the cervical cancer... That was something that changed my life in 2001. I also have two small children like her and can't even begin to imagine how she is getting through this. I would 100% lose my mind. People say you would cope as you have to, but I know I really couldn't.
My thoughts are with you Jade :-(
badforgood
19-02-2009, 21:16
I'd heard about that, actually. Very, very, very, very sad.:-(:-(:-( We've had bad experiences with just about all types of cancer in my family, and I've seen firsthand the devastation it can cause to a person.:-( My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family, and I hope her remaining time isn't too hard.
Ditto everything Deb, i cant say i was a big fan of hers but then i'm no big fan of reality TV anyway so its nothing personal against her.
I'm 28 so i paid careful attention to everything that was said about her condition and it seems it is becoming more common in young women, i dont know how i would cope either Deb, i have a friend who is 'waiting to die' too after 8yrs and several bouts of various cancers and i admire her strength so much.
I will keep my thoughts to myself about the wedding but it seems to be the one thing she is holding onto and looking forward to so i sincerely hope she makes it to the day and feeling as well as she can be so as to make the most of what will be a happy day for her and her family.
awww it is so sad...:-( My grandfather died cause of it too..tomorrow is 6 years that he's gone...
Poor her...I can only imagine how it is like...
I'm so sorry Jas :hug: :-( it's so hard to see someone like that :-(
battybarb
20-02-2009, 10:23
I totally agree with you 100% Deb, i liked Jade from when she was first on big brother,as to me she is the type of person "what you see is what you get " nothing false about her,and yes she often says things that people dont like...so what at least she is straight..no trying to make out she is something else.
This is so sad,i cant read it in the paper anymore it upsets me too much,when you think what a real crap childhood she had and all she has been doing lately is for her two boys so they can have a better life than she did,what annoys me is that she went to the docs about 5 years ago with symptoms and they dismissed it because of her age,saying she was too young for it to be anything.
I hope she has a fantastic wedding day on sunday and its goes as she wants.
All with what is going on with my family at the moment this is all we can think about,it is just so unfair..i just hope she does not suffer too much,i totally admire Jade she is such a brave lady...i really do not think i could have her attitude if in that position.
my thoughts are with her and her family.
So sorry you have / are all suffering through cancer. I guess in one way or another we all have :-(
I watched the living documentary last night and it made it even harder to deal with :-( The poor girl. I wouldn't be as brave either Barb.
battybarb
20-02-2009, 22:37
i just feel for someone so young she is so brave and dealing with it with so much dignity....i wish i could give her a great big hug..
battybarb
21-02-2009, 08:59
lets hope she has the most wonderful wedding on sunday...a day she deserves..
battybarb
22-02-2009, 11:18
I hope Jades wedding today is a perfect day for her and it all goes to plan and she gets through it without too much pain.She deserves a perfect day.I do not know her but it is affecting me like she is somebody that i know...it is so very sad.
my thoughts and wishes are with her today...
Hope she has a lovely day and is well enough to enjoy it to the full :-)
battybarb
26-02-2009, 09:51
Pehaps this is just me being over sensitive and perhaps i should have just ignored it..yesterday on another forum someone wrote about Jade that he did not like her,which is fair enough as everyone is entitled to the opinions and their views,but this upset me.
This is part of what he wrote..
"She is a gobshite,she has sold her sole,The sooner she"s out of media the better.Take that to mean whatever you want but im sick of seeing her piggy face in and on the news."
"When she"s dead it"ll prove how terminal she really was,i cant help thinking this is some sort of sick stunt to garner public sympathy and a few more extra quid and she ends up making a miraculous recovery roundabout easter".
i just hope Jade does not have to deal with people like this bloke and does not suffer too much.
my thoughts are with her and her family
Hugs: No you're not being over sensitive :-( I got peed off enough when I read someone elses reply and haven't been back since as I know I'll lose it. I'd lose the plot with this one. But i'm afraid there will always be people who see things this way. Sad but true.
battybarb
26-02-2009, 17:17
just got the Ok mag and cried my eyes out...Jade looks so lovely and her boys are so beautiful...
you're not being oversensitive Barb....as i said i didnt really like Jade, but i know what this aweful disease can do to families, incidentally i took jas to see my friend the other day, first time she has felt well enough to see her, we spoke about Jade and the media stuff, her kids are 5,8 and 12yrs old and she said that if she had an opportunity to make the money that Jade has she absolutely would do it in a heartbeat!! She worries all the time now whats gonna happen to them and if she has managed to teach them enough to move on thru life with. It must be an aweful thought to think you wont see them grow up.
battybarb
27-02-2009, 09:33
i know Anji,i dont know how anyone can cope with it when they have children,but from somewhere they seem to get an inner strength and accept what is happening,i dont think i could,but i think its a case of you dont know until you are in that sistuation,my friend died last Jan she died 6 weeks after being diagnosed and at the end she was jus so calm and was just thinking of everyone else,i totally admired her.Nobody deserves to suffer with this terrible disease,in this day and age you would think there would be more they could do now.I hope things are good for your friend.
Just seen on tv Wendy Richards has lost her fight against cancer yesterday
unfortunately it seems to be around even more these days Barb :-( i know way too many people who have suffered one way or another with this fecking disease, i dont think i know anyone who can say they dont know someone who is suffering with one type or another :-(
I know what you are referring to Barb, the post saying the sooner she was out of the media the better, really boiled my piss! I was gonna post but just thought you know what you are an ignorant git who does not deserves anyone to answer you, it was sick imo!!
I think whats happening to Jade is tragic, whether you like her or not, she is going through hell at the minute. Suffering in pain and knowing she is gonna die and leave her 2 sons is just tragic.
I actually like Jade, she is straight forward what you see is what you get, she sometimes opens her mouth and says things that perhaps she shouldn't, but don't we all.
Dying at such a young age and going through all this pain is awful, i commend her for going public. The increase in young women going for smears has increased dramatically, she will have saved a life, cos her showing what can happen has made women go and get checked out.
As for her selling her wedding pics etc i say good on her, she is providing for her boys, to give them the education she never had. I wish her nothing put peace and may she not suffer too much and her to know that she is loved and will be missed.
Well said Chelle :-)
If you're both referring to the site i think then i prob could have a good guess at who wrote it, which if thats the case, everyone knows what he's like and will ignore him accordingly!!
If i found out tomorrow that i would be in the same position she is in, i would do absolutely everything the same as she has done, i would sell my soul to insure my kids future! I'm glad she got to have a wedding and i hope she gets to christen them too, and despite my reservations about her wedding, i was glad to read that she had insured all the money went to her kids and nobody else!!
I hope the end is as peaceful as can be, and her kids make the most out of the road theur mum is laying out for them, that would be the best tribute of all to her.
Yea it is who you think, a heartless tw*t imo!
battybarb
03-03-2009, 09:08
he just seems to like to wind everyone up,makes my blood boil,but i aam now gonna ignore him,he is not worth,sounds to me like he is jealous,
well said Anji and Chelle in the previous 2 posts.
i hope Jade does not suffer too much and they make her as comfortable as possible...
she seems to have suffered since the day she was born in one way or another...bless her
It's not looking good for how long she has left :-(
I know, its just so sad and the bairns will be the ones that will feel the most loss and pain. Jade loves her boys and imo has been a great mam. Giving them the childhood she never had, to think they won't have her is heartbreaking.
battybarb
04-03-2009, 07:34
yea Chelle its all so heartbreaking,to think we dont know her but she has pulled the heart strings of so many,and where others are moaning about her money etc,i bet she would give it all up in an instant if it would change things,i think she is definately someone to be admired the way she is coping with it all and for getting women to be aware of cervical cancer,and who knows just how many she has helped to save..
battybarb
13-03-2009, 10:33
Things are now not looking good for Jade,she is home with her family where she wanted to be,i just hope all the negative people now leave her alone and let her spend her time she has left with her precious little boys and she is kept as comfortable and pain free as possible.
yesterday i read a clip that made me angry after all the publicity and the work Jade has done in bringing peoples attention to the importance of smear tests,it was written that labs have been advised NOT to test any smears of women under the age of 25.
Also someone who comes in our pub is 23 and in her family there is a history of cervical cancer,she was having symptoms ,went to GP 5 times,because of her age they would not do anything,in the end she got a loan and went private....joke or what...result she has had to have treatment
badforgood
14-03-2009, 04:02
yesterday i read a clip that made me angry after all the publicity and the work Jade has done in bringing peoples attention to the importance of smear tests,it was written that labs have been advised NOT to test any smears of women under the age of 25.
Also someone who comes in our pub is 23 and in her family there is a history of cervical cancer,she was having symptoms ,went to GP 5 times,because of her age they would not do anything,in the end she got a loan and went private....joke or what...result she has had to have treatment
That's horrible. :rant: I hope her treatment goes well.
battybarb
16-03-2009, 03:38
Things are looking pretty bleak for Jade now,i see today that she has arranged her own funeral,what a terrible thing to have to do,i notice that she is using the same undertakers who buried my mother in law and she is having the same horse and carriage,she is definately going to go out in style bless her,what a brilliant firm she is using.
Jade has found a poem to help her deal with things,when i read it i cried my eyes out.
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there,i do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am the morning hush,I am the graceful rush
of beautiful birds in circling flight.
I am the starshine of the night.
I am the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there,i do not die.
Jade Goody died in the early hours this morning :-( it is thought she died in her sleep, imo a very fitting way to go, after all the attention and non stop publicity to finally go on her own resting and quiet, and on mothers day too, given that most of her recent days have been with her children at the forefront of her mind.
My thoughts are largely with her two boys, i hope they deal with this as well as they can and make the most out of what their mother has left them financial or otherwise and make her proud.
I dont think it will happen but i hope the media gives them the privacy they need to move on from this tragic event in their young lives.
I'm not a huge fan of Jade's but i can certainly respect what she did and i believe nobody deserves to have to deal with this aweful disease.
When my friend was diagnosed her 3rd type of cancer (now struggling with a 5th :-( ) i wrote a little poem, i hope you think it fits here, as i thought of it and dug it out straight away once i heard the news.
Don't bury me quietly
Bury me loud
Don't bury me shameful
Bury me proud
Bury me painless
Don't bury me hurt
Bury me in rich soil
And not in dirt
Bury me with friends there
And not on my own
Bury me somewhere
That i have called home
Bury me leaping
Not after a fall
Don't bury me breathing
Don't bury me at all
i wrote this part this morning just for Jade
Bury me after they all know my name
Bury me once it is not just for fame
Bury me away from my little boys glare
Tell them about heaven
Say i'm already there
Very sad news :-(
That poem made me cry Anji :hugs:
I can't put into words how I feel about all of this. But it has all touched me a lot.
RIP Jade, my thoughts are with you and your loved ones :-(
battybarb
22-03-2009, 15:13
Anji that poem is so lovely,made me cry too Deb,very sad news about jade today,lets hope she is now out of pain and at rest,what a day ,mothers day,my thoughts are with her family...RIP Jade
badforgood
22-03-2009, 17:03
That is very sad news:-(, but at least she isn't suffering anymore. Your poem was very moving and beautiful Anji. I cried too.
I hear on our news about her death...it is so sad...RIP Jade:-(
Anji the poem is great,I would love to hear some more of your poems:-)
bloodflowerz
30-03-2009, 23:03
This was in our papers also - truly very very sad. Makes me think of some of my friends who either have cancer or have already died of it... Crushes one's heart how young some people are who are diagnosed with terminal illnesses...
I heard Jade called 'Princess Diana from the wrong side of the tracks' in one tribute to her the other day.....
So very true... she touched so many hearts..
bloodflowerz
31-03-2009, 13:56
She did over here too, Deb!
Very sad news :-(
That poem made me cry Anji :hugs:
I can't put into words how I feel about all of this. But it has all touched me a lot.
RIP Jade, my thoughts are with you and your loved ones :-(
Anji that poem is so lovely,made me cry too Deb,very sad news about jade today,lets hope she is now out of pain and at rest,what a day ,mothers day,my thoughts are with her family...RIP Jade
That is very sad news:-(, but at least she isn't suffering anymore. Your poem was very moving and beautiful Anji. I cried too.
I hear on our news about her death...it is so sad...RIP Jade:-(
Anji the poem is great,I would love to hear some more of your poems:-)
Thanks guys, i didnt post it for the attention, it just seemed to fit the occasion but i'm glad you all liked it. I'm sure Jade will leave a lasting legacy and will be forever remembered for what she did when faced with her own fate.
i will post some more sometime Jas, under much happier circumstances i hope
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