Showing posts with label angelina jolie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label angelina jolie. Show all posts
I am a big fan of this Oscar-winning actress through the years. Last May 2013, I wrote a blog post about her as a woman being undergone in a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer entitled Angelina Jolie, Double Mastectomy

Her braveness to tell publicly about it is very inspiring. Yesterday, March 24, 2015, She revealed another choice she made to her life that she has written in her column in The New York Times, The Opinion Page. It was entitled Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Surgery. 

She wanted every woman at risk to know about their options. She preferred to have preventive surgery and the removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes which her plan as it was less complex surgery the mastectomy. However, the effects are more severe because it can put a woman into forced menopause. 

She said, she did not do it because she carries the BRCA1 gene mutation and wanted other women to hear it. Instead, there are options. 

She also said and I quote:

"I know my children will never have to say, Mom died of ovarian cancer."
- Angelina Jolie Pitt

Last week, probably March 17, she had the procedure called a laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. 

You can read more of her stories here.

In my own humble opinion, every women as choice of what things to do in our personal body. I know for sure that every time we make decisions we always consider our family. We sometimes made decisions not only for our own good but to extend our life to be with our love ones.  Most importantly, do not forget to pray ans ask  the highest above guidance.

Seeking advice and learning the options before making decision is the first thing to do. We can always consult doctors who are more knowledgeable about this field and from there think about the options. 

What is Laparoscopic Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy?

This is a surgery where your doctor uses a thin, lighted camera and small
surgical tool placed through a small (1/2 inch) incision usually in the belly
button, to remove both of your ovaries and fallopian tubes.

Read more about this procedure here.

Stay healthy and get beautified!

Photo's Courtesy of: Luke Macgregor/Reuters (From Angelina's Post)

On May 14, 2013 people around the world where shock to the revelation of one of the Class A celebrity in Hollywood, Angelina Jolie in her column in The New York Times, The Opinion Page. 

She was brave enough to tell publicly that it was her choice to undergo in a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer. 


"Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex." 
- Angelina Jolie, The New York Times (The Opinion Page).

She also mention that she carry a gene of BRCA1 which is sharply increases her risk of having breast and ovarian cancer. Her doctors had estimate it to have 87 percent of risk for breast cancer and 50 percent risk in ovarian cancer.



To read more this in My Medical Choice, the article that state the choice of Angelina Jolie why she have to have a double mastectomy in her column at http://www.nytimes.com/

What is Preventive Mastectomy?

Preventive mastectomy is the removal of one or both breasts by means of surgery to prevent the risk of breast cancer in woman who are at high risk in developing it. It is also called prophylactic or risk-reducing mastectomy. It was suggested to have the preventive mastectomy in able to reduce the chance of developing breast cancer for about 90 percent. 

And many women who undergo this kind of surgery are also decide to have the breast reconstruction to restore the shape of their breast.

Learn more about preventive mastectomy by visiting your doctors and check your health as often as possible.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=0