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NEW YORK (Aug. 19) - Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer - the really long view.

Speaking on ABC News' "Good Morning America" in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month, the "Samantha Who?" star said she had a double mastectomy three weeks ago. She'll undergo reconstructive surgery over the next eight months.

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"I'm going to have cute boobs 'til I'm 90, so there's that," she joked in the interview, which aired Tuesday. "I'll have the best boobs in the nursing home. I'll be the envy of all the ladies around the bridge table."

The 36-year-old actress elected to remove both breasts even though the disease was contained in one breast. She said she is now cancer-free.

Applegate called the operation a logical decision. Her mother battled breast cancer, and she tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation linked to breast and ovarian cancer.

"I just wanted to kind of be rid of it," she said. "So this was the choice I made and it was a tough one."

The experience has been an emotional roller coaster, she said.

"Sometimes, you know, I cry and sometimes I scream and I get really angry and I get really like, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes," she said. "And I think that's - it's all part of healing, and anyone who's going through it out there, it's OK to cry. It's OK to fall on the ground and just scream if you want to."

The Emmy-nominated "Samantha Who?" star has kept her sense of humor intact.

"I've laughed so much in the last three weeks," she said. "I love living, and I really love my life, and I knew that from this moment on it was only going to be good that was going to be coming. Yeah, I'll face challenges, but you can't get any darker than where I've been. So knowing that in my soul gave me the strength to just say, `I have to get out there and make this a positive."'

Applegate's cancer was detected early through a doctor-ordered MRI. She said she's starting a program to help women at high risk for breast cancer to meet the costs of an MRI, which is not always covered by insurance.

Applegate is scheduled to appear on a one-hour TV special, "Stand Up to Cancer," to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise funds for cancer research.

She has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the ABC show "Samantha Who?", in which she plays a woman who wakes from a coma with no memory of who she is.

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2008-08-18 20:47:20

Dan Steinberg, AP

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Plankton970

03:09 PMMar 06 2009

i dont really care

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hdz miriam

01:46 AMSep 06 2008

i love christina applegate, thank god she's fine :)

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SLY2KOOL

06:28 PMSep 01 2008

The only reason Crapplegate got hired for "Married" in the first place was because of her boobs. She's a no-talent hack. Without boobs there is no reason for Crapplegate to exist. DEATH POOL on her!! Guess which month in the next year she'll croak from cancer or suicide. LMFAO!! My guess is January 2009. Howard Stern RULES!!

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01:30 PMAug 31 2008

Stillprettycute - God forgive me for what?... writing comedy?? F you D-bag bitc*. God damn you for being a judgemental cun*.

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SLY2KOOL

07:06 PMAug 30 2008

Anybody wanna dance? I'll be dancing on Kelly Bundy's grave when she's dead in the next year from cancer or suicide. HI-OH!!

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04:20 PMAug 30 2008

LSanch2558 10:53 AMAug 30 2008 "The obove poster just might possibly be the stupidest person on the face of the planet."Let's just simplify things LSanch. Anyone who does not agree with you is stupid.

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09:45 AMAug 27 2008

UNCLEDAVE65 - Your threat has been reported. Why should I change my thinking? Are you capable of expressing an opinion on the story without resorting to threats? You are a pencil-necked geek. I will continue coming here to comment. Whether or not YOU agree with my comments is of no concern to me.

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