Janey Godley heartbreak as devastating disease left her looking 'seven months pregnant'
Janey Godley said she "looked seven months pregnant" as she bravely opened up on her first symptoms of ovarian cancer before her diagnosis.
The 63-year-old has died following a courageous battle with cancer, her manager has confirmed. The much-loved comedian spent the last few weeks in a hospice surrounded by her loved ones and today it was announced she had sadly passed away.
In a statement, Chris Davis Management said she would be “hugely missed by her family, friends and her many fans”. The comedian revealed she had ovarian cancer in November 2021 after noticing worrying symptoms while on tour.Speaking to The Shift with Sam Baker podcast the following June, Janey said she felt "tired all the time" before a doctor confirmed the heartbreaking diagnosis.She said: "I thought, it's normal because I'd just come through the lockdowns and I had been through quite a lot emotionally, so maybe I'm just tired."And then when I got to Glasgow, I remember standing in a hotel room and lifting my jumper up and my tummy looked like I was seven months pregnant, but I wasn't eating much and I didn't understand why I was so big."Every time I went to eat I felt full and I just couldn't get any food down me.
I was living on something like 600 calories a day, I was having to just eat soup because that's the only thing I could get down, and I thought 'this isn't right'."Janey then went for a doctor's appointment who told her 'there's something in there' after feeling her stomach before ordering blood tests.
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