Christina Applegate has reportedly revealed she had a double masectomy three weeks ago on ABC News Good Morning America. She will undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months. The brave Hollywood actress joked in the interview:

“I’m going to have cute boobs ’til I’m 90, so there’s that. I’ll have the best boobs in the nursing home. I’ll be the envy of all the ladies around the bridge table.”

Although the cancer was only in one breast, she decided to remove both breasts and is cancer free. The Samantha Who star called the operation a logical decision because her mother battle breast cancer. She explained:

“I just wanted to kind of be rid of it. So this was the choice I made and it was a tough one. 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. 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.”

Applegate has a positive outlook towards life:

“I’ve laughed so much in the last three weeks. 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.’”

Luckily, Christina’s cancer was detected early through a doctor-ordered MRI. Now she’s determined to help women at high risk for breast cancer meet the costs of an MRI which is not always covered by insurance by starting up a program.

Wow, she’s truly an inspiration. To think about the many young at-risk women who can’t afford the costs of an MRI because its not covered by insurance is heartbreaking. Christina, you go girl!

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