Angelina Jolie shares her story…… As we all know, when you’re one of the most famous entertainers in the world its hard to keep secrets. It seems like even the closest people to you can’t wait to sell you out to any blog or news syndicate waving a dollar sign…even when it comes to personal health issues. However, this time Angelina Jolie who is known for being very private has shared something very personal with us….The Oscar-winning actress revealed to the New York Times that she underwent a double mastectomy earlier this year after a blood test showed she was genetically susceptible to cancer.
“The truth is I carry a ‘faulty’ gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer,” she writes.
Due to this mutated gene, Jolie learned there was an 87% chance that she would get breast cancer and a 50% chance she’d develop ovarian cancer.
Now, People magazine reports that Jolie, 37, will undergo surgery to remove her ovaries. Some doctors recommend patients do this before the age of 40 or when a woman is done having children, though it may trigger early menopause. Jolie’s mother Marcheline Bertrand, with whom the actress was extremely close, passed away at the age of 56 after losing her seven-year battle with ovarian cancer. We commend Angelina for this life-changing decision…if you found out you had a 90% chance of getting breast cancer, what would you do? Leave us your comments below…..
