Filed under: Celebrities, Samantha Who?, Reality-Free

When it was revealed to the media recently that actress Christina Applegate had cancer, it was a shock. She is only 36 years old, but as anyone whose life has been touched by cancer, that disease touches the young and the old and everyone in within.

Today, the star of ABC’s Samantha Who? was on Good dawn, America to explain what’s happening with her, and Christina declared that she is now cancer-free. “Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean. It did not spread. They got everything out, so I’m definitely not going to die from breast cancer.”

In an exclusive, candid interview, she revealed that three weeks ago she had a double mastectomy to remove all traces of breast cancer. She

will have reconstructive surgery by the next eight months to replace her breasts.

I really admire Christina Applegate. I’ve liked her a lot on Samantha Who?, but to do what she did nowadays makes me like her even more. She didn’t have to face the media and talk about her cancer. It takes courage to share your story.

And having a positive diagnosis, to be able to say you’re cancer-free, doesn’t build it any easier to talk about the fear you face when you were told that you have cancer and must undergo a difficult surgery or chemotherapy or radiation.

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Original post by Allison Waldman