jade goodyJade Goody has revealed that doctors have told her she now only has a 40% chance of survival.

The one-time Big Brother star was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August and given a 50/50 chance of survival after doctors found the cancer had spread to nearby organs. Now after months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, her doctors have warned her that her chances have not improved.

She told the Mirror this weekend: “I’m realistic. I know I might not have that long left.

“Sometimes I think ‘I wonder how much time I’ve really got?’ But right now there is no answer to that.”

She explained that losing her hair last week really drove the situation home to her: “You’d think I would have been prepared for it, wouldn’t you? But somehow it just made everything feel so real.

“I stood there screaming until my mum came running. When she saw the hair on the floor, she gave me a cuddle and started rubbing my head the way she did when I was a baby.

“All of a sudden handfuls more hair was peeling off in her hands. I was wailing and screaming. It was awful.

“Within three days it had all gone except for a couple of spiky strands. I was having to pick it off the pillowcase and the sofas. I was moulting more than my dog. I didn’t keep a single strand as a memento, I just got my mum to chuck it in the bin.

“Even men whose hair starts to recede admit it affects their self-confidence. But for a woman, hair is what makes them feminine, it is very hard to come to terms with it.”

But she added: “Fortunately my mum pushed me out well when I was born. No forceps or any other contraptions so I’ve got no lumps and bumps on my head.

“But I do look a bit like a boiled egg because I have a small head and small ears.”