Comments on: Christina Applegate Is Now Cancer Free

By: Clara

Clara — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:33:40 +0000

@ Maya B
This is a horrible thing to say! You can lead a perfectly healthy lifestyle and still get cancer.
Your comment reminds me of that scene with Samantha in SATC….

By: Maya B

Maya B — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:12:45 +0000

orrrrrrrrrr people could live more organic lives instead of bathing in chemicals every single day with shampoo’s conditioners, perfume, moiturizing creams, make up, cleaning products.. etc.. all this time and energy is spent raising money for a cure when there is a fairly simple way of preventing!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:18:24 +0000

My friend was diagnosed last year at age 34 and had both breasts removed. She lived a healthy life and had breast fed her child. Women are getting this younger and younger. I say once you turn 30, ignore the doctors who say you are too young – spend the money and have a mammogram and the other tests. If Christina had been casual about this and had waited until she was 40 to get checked, the cancer would have probably been terminal.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:43:47 +0000

I am happy for her. What a strong person it takes to: a) deal with being diagnosed with cancer, b) have both your breasts removed, and c) publicly comment on it in the cesspool of grossness that is Hollywood. I can just picture someone making some snide remark about her and it just makes me sick.

By: Supernetuser

Supernetuser — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:03:43 +0000

The whole breast cancer situation is terrifying at any age. She’s lucky she got treatment compared to many people around the world who don’t always have access to good care.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:06:39 +0000

Froggie is right. It is not necessary to get a mammogram before the age of 40 unless you have an immediate family history of Breast Cancer. Otherwise mammograms are routine annually after 40. If you have the means, a breast MRI is much more accurate than a Mammogram.

By: Froggie2004

Froggie2004 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:04:14 +0000

I think they recommend getting checked at 30 if you have a family history (like she did). Otherwise yearly visits to gyno are the way to go! So glad she is Ok what a relief!

By: ginae

ginae — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:16:29 +0000

i absolutely LOVE christina applegate & i love her comment about her having the best boobs in the nursing home!! =] lmfao! =]

By: diane

diane — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:49:56 +0000

this is such wonderful news!!!

By: julie

julie — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:42:12 +0000

It’s so nice to hear a story like this with a good outcome. She seems like a really sweet person, and I’m impressed by her vigilance in cancer screening. Too bad that most of us don’t have access to such advanced methods, though.

By: Winona

Winona — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:38:38 +0000

Gracious – good for her, though. I can’t imagine making that decision, especially at such a young age – I’m turning 34 this fall, and it’s made me rethink that, even though I have no family history of breast cancer, that maybe I should get screened soon (I was going to put it off until 40).

By: jlb

jlb — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:29:49 +0000

Bravo to Christina for facing the dragon head on! She and I are the same age, and I feel for her – not only as a woman – but respect her as someone who continues to bring to light the frequency of this disease. In the not too long ago, not only would cancer have been discussed, it would have been ignored. Go ladies go…rock the pink, talk to your sisters & mothers & daughters & husbands & brothers & sons. Education and awareness are fundamental to ANY cause.

Love from Austin, TX