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Christina Applegate Escapes Cancer

by Celebuzz on Aug. 19, 2008 10:30 AM / 1 Comment

Christina Applegate appeared on Good Morning America and reported that she has beaten breast cancer.

Applegate explained that doctors had found cancerous cell in her breasts after the second of two MRIs.

"I'm clear," Applegate, 36, said. "Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean. They got everything out."

Applegate, an Emmy nominee for her turn as a former bitch with amnesia on Samantha Who?, says that she was angered by her diagnosis at first, then sprang into action.

"I was so mad, I was just shaking," she says. "And then also immediately, I had to go into take-care-of-business-mode. I asked them, 'What do I do now? What is it that I do?'"

Having seen her mother twice stricken with breast cancer, Applegate went all out in her battle against the disease. Despite the malignant cells being detected in only one breast, the actress chose to undergo a proactive double mastectomy.

She may not be happy about that procedure, but Applegate reassures herself: "I'm definitely not going to die from breast cancer."

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“This makes me actually want to watch Samantha Who? and I had no wish to before. I love a survivor.”

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“Congratulations to Christina on her speedy recovery, and also, thanks for keeping it a secret that I cured you with my sexiness. True story.”

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“"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."”

“I’m not a doctor, in fact I’m poorly educated and to be honest I can barely read, but is that really how cancer works? One week you have it the next you don’t? I don’t think she had cancer. I think the doctor just wanted to fondle her breasts for a few weeks. If your doctor tells you have breast cancer, and he knocks you out, and later you wake up and he’s crying with the bible open and saying "I'm so weak...", that’s how you can tell. I would get a second opinion.”

“Christina Applegate is perfectly healthy and cancer-free, she tells Good Morning America.”

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mamienpapaya 1 yr 2 mos ago
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Thank God!! I was just about to suggest a site to Miss Applegate because the news hit me hard! I will still put the link about what I wrote to other cancer survivors/sufferers.
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