Applegate Gets the Breast News Ever

16. I'm glad Christina got good news. So long as she follows up with the drug therapy (I'm assuming that's common these days since my sister-in-law is on Tamoxifen) she has a very good chance. my2.5cent, you're right that there's no such thing as 100% cured but we know what she meant and I hope for her sake that she's right.

Go Sox

Posted at 9:30PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Baseball Junkie

17. Congratulations sweetheart. Love your work.

Posted at 9:21PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Campy

18. AWESOME!!!!!! God Bless.

Posted at 10:04PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Jenny

19. Hallelujah!

Posted at 10:04PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Studly

20. Tell that to my Mom. She was declared cancer free. It came back 6 months later and took her life.

Posted at 10:19PM on Aug 18th 2008 by SRS

21. I think we heard about this more than 15 days ago... but yes, its a good thing.

Posted at 10:38PM on Aug 18th 2008 by phdguru

22. Well let's see 'em and we can be the judge of how healthy they are.

Posted at 10:39PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Hairy_Yambag

23. Never say never. Even the "unsinkable" Titanic sank.

Posted at 10:46PM on Aug 18th 2008 by noiseslug

24. SRS, my condolences on the loss of your mother. I lost mine a couple of years to a sudden massive heart attack. They try to tell you that eventually it stops hurting so much and maybe that's true for some people but I still miss her. There's no one like a mom.

Go Sox

Posted at 10:50PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Baseball Junkie

25. Wow - GREAT news! Thank God.

This should be something to learn from. Most people this young never get diagnosed. They don't expect to see it in people this young, but I bet most 40-somethings have actually had it for a very long time, just no one knew. If she lived with this for 5 more years, then it was found, this would be a different story. But since they caught it so early, it's a miracle, and she will be fine. AGAIN, thank God.

We love Christina and have been praying for her. Congrats sweetie- We're SO GLAD you are OK!

Posted at 11:09PM on Aug 18th 2008 by HARDY-HAR-HAR

26. "The breast news ever"? Can you turn off your tacky headlines just once?

Posted at 11:07PM on Aug 18th 2008 by tom

27. 10:19 - You're so correct (and very sorry about your mom).

My mother had chemo, both her breasts and lymph nodes completely removed and then radiation - all at age forty. She was then non-malignant for SIXTEEN YEARS. Now it is in her bones and she is incurable. She's dying now.

It hides and it comes back.

I'm happy for Christina (I've always liked her) but to make the statement that she's "definitely not going to die from breast cancer" is a bit stupid. Maybe she meant not in the immediate future...

She should have emphasized follow-up treatment and constant screenings rather than saying that she's "100% cancer free"; as everyone has cancer cells in their body all the time, and then making the prediction that she will "definitely" not die from breast cancer - ever?

I knew you're happy Christina but you may want to run your public statements regarding your health by a doctor or nurse first to see if they make sense.

Good luck and best wishes for a long, long period of remission...

Posted at 7:37AM on Aug 19th 2008 by Philly Girl

28. Wonderful news. This means her lymph nodes are clear, and the chances of it coming back are much smaller. I'm sure she'll take extra care with her health.

Posted at 11:20PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Kay

29. HUH? how can she say she is 100% cancer free? Unless she had DCIS ( cancer in the ducts that has not broken thru) and even then a lot of times it has spread and they just didn;t see. I forget the stats my onc gave me( mine hadn't spread either) but it sure was not close to 100%. You would think she would be more informed before making statements like that

Posted at 11:48PM on Aug 18th 2008 by breastcancersurvivor

30. Great news! So happy for her.

Posted at 11:55PM on Aug 18th 2008 by brazen weep