Jeff Brazier reveals the tragic reason Jade Goody didn’t get medical help sooner during cervical cancer battle

JEFF Brazier has revealed the reason he believes Jade Goody didn’t get medical help sooner – because she was disorganised.

The reality star  died from cervical cancer aged 27 in 2009, leaving behind Bobby and Freddie, her sons with Jeff.

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Now Jeff has opened up about why she might not have gone to the doctor sooner after having abnormal smear tests in the past.

He told the : "We were no longer together when she got ill so I don't know whether it was forgetfulness or fear that prevented her from getting help sooner.

"Jade was this amazing, larger-than-life character and she had so many wonderful qualities but organisation wasn't one of them."

Jade was given a diagnosis of cervical cancer in August 2008.

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It was reportedly at an advanced stage and she had surgery and chemotherapy.

But by February 2009, it had spread to her liver, bowel and groin and she was told by doctors at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London that her condition was terminal.

While in hospital she was baptised alongside her sons and she also married her husband Jack Tweed.

On March 22, 2009, she died surrounded by her mum Jackiey, Jack and her friend Kevin Adams.

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Following her death, Jeff has raised their sons Bobby, 14, and Freddie, 13.

The TV presenter turned grief counsellor recently opened up about his struggle not to take things the boys said to him personally during the grieving period.

Speaking to , he said: “The big challenge for me was not taking it personally – I didn’t realise when she died that it would get so personal and they would literally tear me apart at times.

“Not meaning to necessarily hurt me but in a way of showing me that that’s how they feel.”

He added:  “I had to get my head around it all along the way that that would be coming at my direction – that’s the uglier side of parenting, bereaved children.”

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