Christina Applegate has double mastectomy

I hadn't heard that.  What a difficult decision for her, but good for her for talking about it openly.  I can certainly understand her decision, given that she's only 36 and BRCA1 positive.  The odds of her being diagnosed a 2nd time would have been extremely high if she had not done this.  And since her mother had BC, she's probably put a lot of thought into this over the years.

I wonder what type of reconstruction she'll be having.

But did she say what type of reconstruction?  It all takes 8-9 months.

Someone gave me a copy of the National Enquirer re John Edwards two weeks ago~~~and it had the report about her double mastectomy. Turns out the Enquirer is right about a lot of things!

I fear Christina needs more education before she becomes a BC ambassador, but I do admire her candor.

I also chose the bilateral mastectomy for much of the same reasons as she did, even though I didn't know whether I was brca positive or not.

whoop,

Someone posted it at the tale end of the other CA thread.

Just wanted to ask if anyone saw Christina at the Emmys last night?  I didn't watch but have seen some photos of her at the Emmys and she looked so wonderful.  What a girl!

I thought the dress was hideous from a design standpoint... but her body looked fabulous.  The dress was one shoulder a symmetrical and the bare side of the dress was cut beautifully along her expanders.

She always had small breasts, and the expanders look to be almost inflated at what she once was.

I thought the earrings were over powering, but I loved her hair and makeup, and she did a great job when she was presenting-- when she poked a little fun with the other presenter, just b/c she had cancer, she still was gonna kick his butt... love it

okay, for some reason the picture didnt' work, but the "link" that says "Next Photo" brings you to the best/worst dressed pics. 

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yay!  Thanks for getting the stinking pic up!  I hate doing that.  It never works! 

I posted elsewhere right after the show: she looked divine and most critics put her as best-dressed. Perhaps I should be worried that I thought she looked perfect?

*Fashonista Pansy*

Oh, I know-her smile was fantastic.  Ryan Seacrest stumbled over "her experience" in the past few months, and she handled it with grace and dignity.  She said, "I have a pretty dress on and I haven't done that in months." 

I like the dress, I just wouldn't want part of my dress dragging on the floor (suppose if I could afford a dress like that it wouldn't really matter tho).  The shoes, I would need to see the heal.  She looks well, it's amazing what no chemo or radiation will do for ones healthy glow.  I like the earrings, probably because I like dangling earrings...wear them often.

Forgive me if this came up elsewhere, but I just heard that Christina is scheduled to be on Oprah on Tuesday.

CHJ

I do agree, Maryiz.  I noticed a hint of discomfort in her eyes.  It was especially noticable when they did the slo-motion shots on the E Fashion Police show.  She was smiling gracefully and obviously accepting the "You look lovely for someone who just had their cancerous breasts removed" clumsy statements with tons of class, but I think she didn't want that kind of attention. 

I think she announced it because she believed it would be helpful. She had to have known that everyone will be looking at her bosom for awhile. That is certainly what I've experienced; no one ever noticed it before!!!

As for the dress, remember this was the Red Carpet, not your average black tie evening! If everyone is looking at you, pull out all the stops!!