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October 2011 Moms
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Angelina's Double Mastectomy (LIP)
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Has anyone else seen about this? I love how candidly she laid it all out in this article, and I'm impressed that they were able to keep this private until now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
BFP #1: July 12, 2010 Natural M/C: July 26, 2010
BFP #2: January 30 ,2011 Born: September 29, 2011
BFP #3: January 5, 2013 Born: August 25, 2013
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Re: Angelina's Double Mastectomy (LIP)
While I agree that this is awesome for her to have done it and think that this type of procedure can be life saving... I feel bad knowing that you need to have money to do it. Insurance does not cover preventative mastectomies and even if they did, they likely would never cover the reconstruction.
It's a sad commentary on our medical insurance industry.
BFP #1: July 12, 2010 Natural M/C: July 26, 2010
BFP #2: January 30 ,2011 Born: September 29, 2011
BFP #3: January 5, 2013 Born: August 25, 2013
The whole idea of preventative mastectomy is fascinating to me. It's such an interesting area - with the balancing of "what ifs" and possible unknowns, and such a personal decision. I think someone in one of my Health Law classes did a paper on the subject back when I was in school.
Part of me embraces the fact that Angelina went with reconstructive surgery - because it shows the possibility to others who might be held back by the thought of going breastless, and given her profession is probably a necessity. Part of me wishes she didn't, because in a perfect or ideal world, that wouldn't be a concern.
That's so disappointing and wrong! And even when they are watching for it, drs can miss it. A friend of mine had a close friend who had lost multiple family members to breast cancer, so her dr was being vigilant and so was she. Even still, she (not the dr) only found a lump when it was already stage 3. She was only 23 at the time.
And blu, I agree about the reconstruction aspect. It'd be great to have some "role models" who forgo the reconstruction for the whole world to see. Unfortunately, I think that unless Angelina was ready to call it quits on acting she pretty much had no choice but to have it done. It would've been quite amazing, though, to have such a well-known sex symbol show off her body without reconstruction and say "I'm still me."
BFP #1: July 12, 2010 Natural M/C: July 26, 2010
BFP #2: January 30 ,2011 Born: September 29, 2011
BFP #3: January 5, 2013 Born: August 25, 2013
No true at all! this link was posted on my local board and a number of people commented they knew someone who had this done, and it was all completely covered. It's a life saving procedure, of course it will most likely be covered!
I think it's great that she has chosen to be so open about her experience. They were talking about it on the radio this morning and a bunch of people were calling in saying that her op-ed hasn't done anything but infuriate them that these tests are out of the financial reach of the average woman, but that's exactly her point. I mean, I didn't even know this sort of testing and preventative care was available.
Breast cancer is a horrible disease. I dated a guy in HS who's mom had just gone into remission (she was probably in her mid to upper thirties at the time) and just heard a few weeks ago that the cancer came back and she passed away. She was the nicest woman and was so young...I just feel so badly for her family and what they all must have gone through over the past couple years. It just sucks.