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| Jade Goody faces further surgery | Jade Goody faces further surgery |
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| Terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody is facing the prospect of more surgery to relieve her "awful pain", her publicist Max Clifford has said. | |
| The 27-year-old Big Brother star is set to be admitted to the Royal Marsden Hospital, in London. | The 27-year-old Big Brother star is set to be admitted to the Royal Marsden Hospital, in London. |
| Goody spent the weekend in a hospice following problems with her medication. | Goody spent the weekend in a hospice following problems with her medication. |
| The mother-of two has weeks to live after her cervical cancer, which was diagnosed last year, spread to her liver, groin and bowel. | The mother-of two has weeks to live after her cervical cancer, which was diagnosed last year, spread to her liver, groin and bowel. |
| Mr Clifford said he had just had a "very emotional" phone call with Goody. | Mr Clifford said he had just had a "very emotional" phone call with Goody. |
| "She has a great deal of pain from her tummy and they don't seem to be able to get it under control," he said. | "She has a great deal of pain from her tummy and they don't seem to be able to get it under control," he said. |
| "She is going back to the Marsden. There's likely to be further surgery tonight or tomorrow." | "She is going back to the Marsden. There's likely to be further surgery tonight or tomorrow." |
| She wants to go home. She doesn't want to be in hospital. Max Clifford | She wants to go home. She doesn't want to be in hospital. Max Clifford |
| Goody had been expected to return home from St Clare Hospice, in Hastingwood, Essex, on Monday | Goody had been expected to return home from St Clare Hospice, in Hastingwood, Essex, on Monday |
| But Mr Clifford said doctors had explained that surgery was likely to be the best option. | But Mr Clifford said doctors had explained that surgery was likely to be the best option. |
| "I think it's just to get her out of this awful pain that she is in," said Mr Clifford. | "I think it's just to get her out of this awful pain that she is in," said Mr Clifford. |
| He added: "It's a continuing process but we hope they will be able to get things under control. | He added: "It's a continuing process but we hope they will be able to get things under control. |
| "She wants to go home. She doesn't want to be in hospital." | "She wants to go home. She doesn't want to be in hospital." |
| "She's very frightened. She was sobbing on the phone to me. She said: 'Why can't they get me out of all this pain?'. | "She's very frightened. She was sobbing on the phone to me. She said: 'Why can't they get me out of all this pain?'. |
| "Hopefully that's what they're going to do." | "Hopefully that's what they're going to do." |
| Goody is due to be christened next Saturday at a church close to her home with her sons, Bobby, five, and Freddie, four. | Goody is due to be christened next Saturday at a church close to her home with her sons, Bobby, five, and Freddie, four. |
| She also plans to record a television interview with Piers Morgan for ITV early next week, Mr Clifford said. | She also plans to record a television interview with Piers Morgan for ITV early next week, Mr Clifford said. |