Christina Applegate 100% FREE of cancer!

[Gerri]

I saw this on GMA this morning and thought she was very open and honest. She said that having an MRI saved her life and she is starting a foundation to provide funding for MRIs and BRCA testing for women who can't afford them or don't have insurance. Pretty honorable, if you ask me.

Also, revealing to the world that she had a double masectomy is pretty darn brave. I didn't hear her say she is "cured", but rather that "they got all of it". Perhaps she had negative nodes, so she is inclined to believe that the cancer is now gone. I don't believe for a moment that she will not share the same fears we all do with every new ache and pain we experience. No, she doesn't state the actual pathology of her bc, but I've seen it mentioned here time and again, that all breast cancers are unique to the individual, no matter what the diagnosis. Maybe she takes her public exposure very seriously and doesn't want her celebrity status to influence the treatment decisions of other women given the same pathology.

I admire Christina Applegate for going public with such a personal choice.

[Chelee]

I found this article on Christina Applegate posted below in the "Breast cancer news" for those that want to read it.

http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-...260452-66.html

Chelee

[ita]

I find it interesting how some on other boards tore her apart for say she was 100% cancer free. We have to remember that she is a celebrity and she chose to reveal the bilat mast. Something she did not have to do. Would it have gotten out because of all the media around Hollywood? Probably. But she did it in her own terms and her own time.

I have to agree with Jackie7, although she has dealt with cancer because of her mother and was vigilant in her screenings, she has been hit with a bomb. The first thing most of us do think positive. God knows I'm not saying that thinking positive is wrong. I live in a world looking at life through rosed-colored glasses.

Deep down we all fear the beast will return. We all fear that something may have been missed. Why should she put all that info out to the world? Just because she didn't talk about her fears it does not mean she doesn't have them. Doesn't she deserve some time to digest everything that she has to deal with for the rest of her life?

Kcherub,

I think the answer to your question about her knowledge of her continued risk is "all of the above." Like I said before, she still needs time to digest the curve ball we've all had to deal with.

But, for this woman to start immediately to want to help others is to be commended.

In my book, she'll create a path for others to find the help they need.