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I am sure a lot of people have read this, or seen her on TV this morning.. I thought what she wrote is so positive..We could read it and all learn something , that it is OK to CRY & be MAD WHY ME? But don't let it take your life over.............STRESS KILLS........ Just remember to LAUGH they say that is the best medicine.... Every body please just Enjoy Life Jeanne Pampa TX We are all

HERO'S...But if I had to pick just ONE........... It would be Ami & her Son Applegate calls double mastectomy a `tough' choice Tue Aug 19, 6:18 AM PDT Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer -- the really long view. Speaking on ABC News' "Good Morning America"

in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month, the " Who?" star said she had a double mastectomy three weeks ago. She'll undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months. "I'm going to have cute boobs 'til I'm 90, so there's that," she joked in the interview, which aired Tuesday. "I'll have the best boobs in the nursing home. I'll be the envy of all the ladies around the bridge table." Email This Story IM This Story Print This Story The 36-year-old actress elected to remove both breasts even though the disease was contained in one breast. She said she is now cancer-free. Applegate called the operation a logical decision. Her mother battled breast cancer, and she tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation linked to breast and ovarian cancer. "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." The experience has been an emotional roller coaster, she said. "Sometimes, you know, I cry and sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes," she said. "And I think that's -- it's all part of healing, and anyone who's going through it out there, it's OK to cry. It's OK to fall on the ground and just scream if you want to." The Emmy-nominated " Who?" star has kept her sense of humor intact. "I've laughed so much in the last three weeks," she said. "I love living, and I really love my life, and I knew that from this moment on it was only going to be good that was going to be coming. Yeah, I'll face challenges, but you can't get any darker than where I've been. So knowing that in my soul gave me the strength to just say, `I have to get out there and make this a positive.'" Applegate's cancer was detected early through a doctor-ordered MRI. She said she's starting a program to help women at high risk for breast cancer to

meet the costs of an MRI, which is not always covered by insurance. Applegate is scheduled to appear on a one-hour TV special, "Stand Up to Cancer," to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise funds for cancer research. She has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the ABC show " Who?", in which she plays a woman who wakes from a coma with no memory of who she is. Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press Jeanne