Christina Applegate, after undergoing a double mastectomy last month, showed up at the Emmy Awards last night looking absolutely radiant. Here’s what she had to say:

“I have so many people to thank,” she said, “First of all, I would thank everybody for the overwhelming love and support that I’ve gotten through all of this. It brings tears to my eyes.

“Like, every day I get e-mails not even just from people I know, but from people I don’t know who I’ve helped. And that to me is what I’m most grateful for.”

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Well, last week I told you that Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with breast cancer. This week, she has revealed that she has undergone a complete breast mastectomy, which means that both of her breasts are completely gone.

Apparently, she has a very aggressive breast cancer gene that makes her more susceptible to breast cancer, and since she does have a family history, she decided to go the very aggressive route, rather than waiting.

Here’s how Christina is handling things right now:

“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.”

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She is going to have breast reconstructive surgery in the next 8 months or so, so she’s in for quite the ordeal. Amazing.