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Christina Applegate Opts for Double Mastectomy

Spicy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:12:54 +0000

Christina Applegate, 36, was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this month, and after surgery, she is completely cancer free.

“I’m clear. Absolutely 100-percent clear and clean,” she said in her Good Morning America appearance on Tuesday.

Applegate, whose own mother has battled the disease twice, has the gene (BRCA1) which is known to cause breast cancer. So instead of going through chemo, radiation and worrying about a possible recurrence – she opted for a double mastectomy. The surgery was three weeks ago and was a success.

Applegate said, “Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I scream, and I get really angry and I get really into wallowing in self-pity sometimes, and I think it’s all part of healing.”

“My decision, after looking at all the treatment plans that were possibilities for me, the only one that seemed the most logical and the one that was going to work for me was to have a bilateral mastectomy. So basically I had a prophylactic double mastectomies.”

“I didn’t want to go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing and everything. I just wanted to kind of be rid of this whole thing for me. This was the choice that I made, and it was a tough one.”

Applegate says that when she found out about her cancer she was immediately angry. But soon after the anger turned to dedication – dedication to beat the awful disease.

Christina will undergo reconstructive surgery, which will take place over the next eight months. She seems to have a good attitude about it and joked, “I’m gonna have cute boobs till I’m 90.”

An inspiration to all of us. I can’t say I would be so optimistic..

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Random Christina Applegate Photo Shoot

Spicy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:13:08 +0000

This shoot is a couple years old, but I just love her..

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Christina Applegate Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Spicy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:20:58 +0000

Christina Applegate’s publicist has confirmed that the actress has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The rep released the following statement, “Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery.”

Applegate’s mother has successfully battled breast cancer in the past. In 2003 Applegate said of her mother’s experience,

“The first time she was diagnosed I was a very young girl – probably 7. I’m not sure it really fully hit me at the time, but she had to undergo surgery and have a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. It was devastating for my mother to lose one of her breasts and have to go through all that. It is a very personal cancer for the women it affects. This is about women’s womanhood. It’s one of the aspects of our femininity.”

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Christina Applegate’s Boyfriend Found Dead

Spicy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:02:12 +0000

Christina Applegate’s on-again, off-again boyfriend Lee Grivas was found dead of a possible heroin overdose last week (July 1) in his Hollywood apartment.

Applegate, 36, is said to be devastated by the loss.

Grivas, 26, was a fisherman, skateboarder and aspiring photographer.

Official cause of death is pending toxicology reports. Rumors are swirling that it may have also been a suicide.

A source close to Grivas told The National Enquirer, “Lee also had a long history of drug problems, dating back to his teen years. Christina broke up with him a number of times because of his struggles with getting clean. She loved him, but couldn’t stand by and watch him ruin his life.”