This was a plot on the FX newtork's plastic surgery exploitation soap opera "Nip/Tuck" several years ago. A woman's mother had died of it and she was afraid. Of course she never put her cigarette down the entire episode so I guess her fear of cancer was selective. The doctors refused to do it so so took an automated knife to herself to force their hand. The gruesome clip is on you tube.
Have a mammogram every 2 months if you want Angie, she could have afforded that.
Boy. I mean the "87% risk" figure for a body part that can be easily replaced with serviceable fakes? Makes perfect sense I guess, but preventative amputation still makes me uneasy.
Network.
That's like John Holmes giving up his U-KNOW-WHAT as a pre-empt for avoiding Herpes.
I remember that episode and thinking: “Forgot your lungs, eh sweetheart?”. Nip/Tuck was one Hell of a show.
AJ: Tough, tough call. If it was me, I’d get checked every 2-3 months and see what happens. OTOH, you have a real (or perceived) ticking time bomb inside of you, driving you insane. If you can get it taken care of, you do.
OTOOH, most of us males, should we live long enough, will have some degree of prostate cancer to deal with.
Having had one parent die of cancer (father was a chain smoker), I’ll have to applaud her. Did she jump the gun? IMO, there must have been SOMETHING that made her do this now.
She made her decision, if it allows her to have quality years with her family, good for her and them. Who cares about her career; she’s got fame and more wealth than she probably could ever spend.