Christina Applegate Is A Bad Ass

To tackle her breast cancer, she made a very big and very hard decision. She had a double mastectomy.

Removing your breasts is one of the hardest decisions any woman has to make. Christina only had cancer in one breast. But as preemptive strike against cancer, she removed both of her breasts diminishing the cancers chances of coming back. That's hardcore.

Her mother had battled breast cancer and she wanted to make a choice to be rid of it. She had the double mastectomy 3 weeks ago, and will be having reconstructive surgery in the next 8 months.

"I'm going to have cute boobs 'til I'm 90, so there's that," she joked in the interview, which aired Tuesday. "I'll have the best boobs in the nursing home. I'll be the envy of all the ladies around the bridge table."

The 36-year-old actress elected to remove both breasts even though the disease was contained in one breast. She said she is now cancer-free.

Applegate called the operation a logical decision. Her mother battled breast cancer, and she tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation linked to breast and ovarian cancer.

"I just wanted to kind of be rid of it," she said. "So this was the choice I made and it was a tough one."

The experience has been an emotional roller coaster, she said.

"Sometimes, you know, I cry and sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes," she said. "And I think that's _ it's all part of healing, and anyone who's going through it out there, it's OK to cry. It's OK to fall on the ground and just scream if you want to."

The Emmy-nominated "Samantha Who?" star has kept her sense of humor intact.

"I've laughed so much in the last three weeks," she said. "I love living, and I really love my life, and I knew that from this moment on it was only going to be good that was going to be coming. Yeah, I'll face challenges, but you can't get any darker than where I've been. So knowing that in my soul gave me the strength to just say, `I have to get out there and make this a positive.'"

Applegate's cancer was detected early through a doctor-ordered MRI. She said she's starting a program to help women at high risk for breast cancer to meet the costs of an MRI, which is not always covered by insurance.

Applegate is scheduled to appear on a one-hour TV special, "Stand Up to Cancer," to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise funds for cancer research.

[Source: The Huffington Post]

After all of that she still has her sense of humor and good spirits about herself. Truly amazing.

Comments

[Scandalous Candice]

It's not insulting nor was anyone insinuating that a pair of breasts are all a woman has to offer.

Breasts for a lot of women (not everyone), are their femininity. It is what makes them sexy, curvy, womanly, and gorgeous. Just like their hips, and any other sexy curve they have to offer.

It isn't demeaning to discuss a powerful moment of empowerment for her.

The fact of the matter is she said it was a really difficult decision to make. She said that. And cutting them off actually made her 100 times more sexy, briliant, brave, awesome, and amazing.

[Mendy]

I admire Christina not only as as an actress but as a survivor. She made a truly difficult decision that was best suited for her and her situation. Entertainment Tonight ran commercials tonight that said she "made the ultimate sacrifice any woman can make" in reference to her bilateral mastectomy. Albeit she made what was probably the hardest decision she ever had to make it was so very insulting to not only Christina but to all women to suggest that our breasts are the "ultimate" thing we have to offer. My thoughts and prayers are with Christina and all women who are forced to make any decision regarding their cancer.