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She is probably honored. This A+ list mostly movie actress who acts as much as she directs now has a medical syndrome named after her. Apparently though, it is not in a good way. It is named for her because women have been requesting from doctors the same type of treatment she received which is not always the way to go.
Angela Jolie
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That's been happening for a while now. I know someone who had a hysterectomy 20 years ago because of her family history.
ReplyDeleteJolie has a wide audience, possibly composed of people whose entire body of medical knowledge is acquired from tabloid covers.
For some reason, I wasn't thinking action due to a medical fear, I was thinking of someone who made getting that surgery that made your vagina look younger or some craziness like Goop steaming her vay-jay-jay... The medical fear I get, the fads I don't.
ReplyDeleteIt's called the Angelina Effect. This is a real thing.
ReplyDeleteAngelina and what comes to mind is Melissa Etheridge commenting about her procedure as cowardly and unnecessary. Not saying I agree, but anyone dealing with a illness my heart goes out to them.
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Yep; lots of folks on her dealing with disease.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. Mixed feelings on this one. I have a family member who had a prophylactic double mastectomy. On the one hand, it made her feel safer, and I'm glad for that. On the other hand, it did seem like a major, and potentially dangerous, step for someone who hadn't been diagnosed. I also have a hard time when she talks about her struggle "with breast cancer" with people who have an actual diagnosis, and when she, actually, never did.
ReplyDeleteNot even kidding, my doctor suggested I look into the 'Angelina Jolie procedure'. It's a bit extreme but I don't blame her for giving attention to the fact some women are more disposed to cancer due to family history.
ReplyDeleteWhat ??? Does she at least have a history of breast cancer in her family? I think Angelina had her DNA tested, if I remember correctly.
ReplyDeleteDon't even get me started. I have watched countless and beloved female relatives struggle with breast and reproductive cancers. (Lynch mutation is the gift that keeps on giving in my family) AJ can afford the best healthcare that is available. What she needs to see is how other women have been butchered. I am old enough to remember what a radical mastectomy looked like in the late 1960s on my Aunt who I adored. Horrific. I was so mad when AJ came out and said she didn't mind "menopause" at all. What honey?!!? You're not in meno! You're on hormone replacement so you ain't feelin' a THING! AJ knows nothing about menopause. Believe me, I watched my mother suffer for years, she was refused HRT because of the family history of cancers. Chaps my fat white @ss.
ReplyDeleteYes, she had a family history. And she did have some pre-cancerous cells, although those were removed with a lumpectomy. But she said she'd always be worried about them coming back.
ReplyDeleteI really don't understand what is wrong with you folks. The woman has the BRCA1 gene which gives you an "87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman." Her mother and other relatives have died of cancer. I had a sister-in-law who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She had the BRCA1 gene. She was dead in 4 months. I've had breast cancer and though it only required a lumpectomy and radiation, I had the choice of a full mastectomy if I wanted one, because the point is that it could always come back, particularly if it spreads to the lymph nodes.
ReplyDeleteInsurance pays for your choice if you have insurance. If you don't have insurance in the US it might be because of the fact that you live in a state that has refused to expand Medicaid for its residence. Otherwise, there's the affordable health care act where you are covered for breast cancer treatment AND the election of a full mastectomy should you want or require it.
If someone has been "butchered" it's because their doctor did a bad job, not because they may not have needed it. It's a freaking personal choice that should be entered into with lots of thought and consideration.
Only a very mentally unstable person has a radical mastectomy and a full hysterectomy solely because "Angelina Jolie did it." She may have encouraged women to explore the option with their team (yes, you get a team when you are diagnosed), but who the hell gets that kind of life changing surgery without a medically valid reason?
You all should take a step back from medical shaming and armchair quarterbacking and think about what really goes into these decisions. It's a matter of increasing the chance to raise your children and see them grow up.
Once uterine cancer is detected it may be too late.
I had a medically necessary complete hysterectomy a few years ago (Angelina had nothing to do with it) and my surgeon and primary doctor told me the risks of HRT, and recommended I avoid it if possible, so I am not on any hormones, and believe me, I went through post-surgical menopause. Not everyone goes on HRT, it has dangers as well.
ReplyDeleteThere really needs to be a way to *like* comments on here. Co-signed. :-)
ReplyDeleteMea culpa, if I offended anyone with my comments. I just get frustrated when someone with wealth and access to the best medical care and support services that money can buy becomes a self appointed purveyor of medical advice. The average woman, even with insurance, will not get the same kind of care she has. It just won't happen. As for the subject of insurance, that is probably another discussion, but do a quick search online and read about what is going on with the ACA Exchanges. In many States, they've become insolvent. In Nevada, for example, they've gone from a good number of plans/companies to choose from to two insurers in the exchange, with higher deductibles and premiums. New York is similiar. The whole thing is just labrythine to deal with. I wish AJ well, but she doesn't get it. Her comments about menopause are proof.
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