Hollywood actress Christina Applegate, who had undergone a double mastectomy in July, has said that fighting breast cancer "sucks."
However, the 'Samantha Who?' actress is bravely fighting the disease, and does not want to be termed a victim.
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"Yes, it's hard. It sucks. But I'm not a victim," she added.
She will undergo reconstructive surgery near her 37th birthday, at the end of November.
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"I started looking for a beach house the day I found out I had this little disease, you just kind of go, 'what are you waiting for to get the things that you want and the things you dream of?" she said.
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Applegate took time to grieve, as weeks before having both her breasts removed, two of her cats died and her ex-beau, Lee Grivas, was also found dead of an apparent drug overdose.
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