Jade Goody's passed away

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Two other little boys lost their mum in tragic circumstances just a couple of days ago, but I don't recall this maudlin outpouring of voyeuristic grief for them.

You say that I don't know that. Jade herself said she'd ignored recall letters. What's to know?

You don't know if she would have lived if she had gone back sooner. I just don't see any point in speculating. A young mum is dead. That is terrible.

And there were condolences posted when Natasha Richardson's boys were left without a mother.

I didn't say it wasn't terrible. I was merely pointing out that suggesting that her treatment at the hands of the NHS hastened her death is unhelpful to say the least. Of course, she may still have died if she'd responded to the recall letters, but I doubt very much if the disease would have progessed so quickly if it had been caught earlier.

I have said that and I am not arguing.

CZ I never said anything about the NHS. I was merely responding to someone else who did.

This is truely sad news for those 2 little boys. People may not have agreed with the way she las lived her lafe or with the way things have been conducted in the last months of it, but that should not detract from the fact that a mother has been lost on today of all days.

For anyone out there battleing with cancer - I wish you well and all the luck in the world

I'm not suggesting the NHS is at fault. I'm sure that's not true at all.

Er why? I don't this the board needs endless Jade threads and this one is entitled Jade Goody has passed away. I'm merely discussing that.

Jade has been credited with encouraging thousands of young women to attend smears. How is that "legacy" (for want of a better word) going to be enhanced by someone suggesting that the NHS buggered up her treatment? When Jade herself said that they didn't. Unless of course you can't believe what is written in the press.....

Nabster, I never said that comment was made by you.

Hello, do stop bickering, it was me. And by treatment, I mean chemo in general. I'm sure she had wonderful care, the best they could offer. But you know, people are terribly upset -- I didn't realise how upset people could get when it's so far away from their lives.

So I will just leave it.

I am not bickering.

I was just answering some points and I have already said this isn't the thread for it.

I haven't stopped thinking about those little boys today. My youngest 2 are similar ages.

To be honest I didn't know that these threads were for the family and friends.

Rest in Peace Jade, the only good that can possibly come of this senseless death is the lowering of the age for smears.
Also, Rest in peace Natasha, my heart goes out to her sons, no-one that young should be without their mum on Mothers Day.

Well, who decides what the meaning of a thread is? And why this public outpouring of grief for someone you've never met?

Thousands of women die from cervical cancer every year and most of them just get on with it and their families grieve in private. I could understand all this weeping and wailing if it were, say, your mother or sister, but for someone who is famous simply for appearing on a fairly naff TV programme is truly bizarre.

However, I didn't want to come on and say that. I merely wanted to counter-balance the implication that the NHS was at fault as that might stop some women from going for a smear for fear of a misdiagnosis or poor treatment. As that implication was made on this thread, this seemed the appropriate place to refute that suggestion.

Those poor boys. They are about the same age as my ds1 & 2. I could never imagine leaving them.

Those poor boys. They are about the same age as my ds1 & 2. I could never imagine leaving them.

Very sensible CreativeZen. I'm sorry for Jade's family, but far more sorry for a family nearby who have lost a LO.

Anyway will respectfully leave you all to express your grief.

"I could understand all this weeping and wailing if it were, say, your mother or sister, but for someone who is famous simply for appearing on a fairly naff TV programme is truly bizarre.

However, I didn't want to come on and say that."

Well you just have so please leave us alone.

Just because you can't understand it doesn't mean those of us who are feeling genuinely upset this morning are any less than you. And quite frankly as someone who has lost family and friends to cancer, and who has family members still battling with it, I find that comment insulting. You don't know that the people posting here didn't know Jade you are assuming that.

I am not ashamed to admit that I have shed tears over this today.

My thoughts are with her friends and family and hope she can now rest in peace.

why do people see fit to come here and slate those of us who want to grieve for Jade..?

So what if we never met her..so what if we didn't know her..we knew of her and alot of us saw ourselves in her.

Go away with snide comments. Totally uncalled for imo.

Do it matter if we grieve for someone we knew, someone we knew of who lived locally or someone we knew who lived miles away..?

Hearts of stone some folk.