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Goody undergoes emergency surgery | Goody undergoes emergency surgery |
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Former reality TV star Jade Goody has undergone emergency surgery to remove a tumour on her bowel, her spokesman has confirmed. | |
Max Clifford said the 27-year-old star had been in "quite a lot of pain" so doctors decided to perform the four hour operation. | Max Clifford said the 27-year-old star had been in "quite a lot of pain" so doctors decided to perform the four hour operation. |
He said they had managed to remove the tumour without damaging the bowel and she was resting in a London hospital. | He said they had managed to remove the tumour without damaging the bowel and she was resting in a London hospital. |
"As you would imagine she's very very sore and tender," he said. | "As you would imagine she's very very sore and tender," he said. |
"She has tubes in her neck and up her nose to try to cure the pain," Mr Clifford said. | "She has tubes in her neck and up her nose to try to cure the pain," Mr Clifford said. |
"She had been experiencing an awful lot of discomfort - and was blocked up and her tummy was swelling up," he said. | "She had been experiencing an awful lot of discomfort - and was blocked up and her tummy was swelling up," he said. |
Mr Clifford said doctors were hoping she would be well enough to start a new course of chemotherapy next week, but said it "depends on how she responds to the operation she had yesterday". | Mr Clifford said doctors were hoping she would be well enough to start a new course of chemotherapy next week, but said it "depends on how she responds to the operation she had yesterday". |
Goody, best known for appearing in the 2002 series of Channel 4 show Big Brother, was diagnosed with cervical cancer illness in August. | Goody, best known for appearing in the 2002 series of Channel 4 show Big Brother, was diagnosed with cervical cancer illness in August. |
Earlier this week the mother-of-two revealed the cancer had spread to her bowel, liver and groin. | Earlier this week the mother-of-two revealed the cancer had spread to her bowel, liver and groin. |
She told The Sun: "I am devastated, frightened and angry. I don't want to die, I have so much to live for." | She told The Sun: "I am devastated, frightened and angry. I don't want to die, I have so much to live for." |
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