Mastectomies Are So In!

Thanks to Angelina Jolie, who recently shared in an Op-Ed piece for The New York Times that she had a double mastectomy in two procedures earlier this year because of a faulty gene that increases her chances of cancer, other women are coming forward with their own desire for a mastectomy. CNN's Zoraida Sambolin revealed that she too will have a mastectomy later this month. "This inspired me to talk. When we went into the story, it felt right to share it," Sambolin says of Jolie's piece. Angelina says that she shared her story to inspire other women to consider the procedure since it greatly reduced her risk of cancer from 87% to 5%. Angelina lost her mother, Marcheline to cancer several years ago, and considered her children, she says, when getting the procedure. Gosh Darnit! I don't want to like her, I'm totally a Jennifer Aniston superfan, but you know, it just goes to show that celebrities who look like they have these perfect lives, and bodies and faces, are often anything but. They struggle with real issues just like everyone else, sometimes worse than everyone else. So kudos to you Angelina for sharing something very personal, for knowing what your image represents, and using that to help women facing similar struggles as your own. I guess my cats were right about you.