Angelina Jolie, BRCA, and Prevention
While lying in bed last night at about 11 p.m., I was thumbing through the NY Times trying to find something to read until I was sleepy. Instead, I found something that had me wide awake and thankful.
As the world probably already knows, the siren Angelina Jolie publicly announced her prophylactic mastectomy and reconstruction. She is BRCA1 positive. I commend her for putting herself out there as the well known, stunning face of this proactive decision. While I blogged about my process and progress, I don’t have a fraction of the draw or attention that comes with being the smoking hot Angelina Jolie. So, in case there are any of you women out there hemming and hawing about whether or not you’ll still feel and be viewed as sexy after this series of procedures – you will be.
Don’t you want to be as smart, sexy, revered, HEALTHY, ALIVE and PRESENT FOR YOUR LOVED ONES as she is?
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