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Sharon Osbourne: I Had A Double Mastectomy

Truth rating: 10

7:57 pm, November 4th, 2012

(Hello!)

Sharon Osbourne reveals she had a double mastectomy in the new issue of Hello! magazine.

The former “America’s Got Talent” judge tells the British mag that she made the decision to have surgery after discovering she has the BRCA gene.

Possessing the gene means a person has a substantially increased — but not guaranteed — chance of getting breast cancer.

In her Hello! interview, Osbourne, 60, opens up about deciding to “just take everything off,” even though she does not currently have breast cancer.

“As soon as I found out I had the breast cancer gene, I thought, ‘The odds are not in my favor,’” she tells the magazine.

Osbourne, who previously battled colon cancer, says that she “didn’t want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me.”

“It’s not a ‘pity me’ [situation],” says “The Talk” co-host, adding, “It’s a decision I made that’s got rid of this weight I was carrying around.”

The year has been full of mixed blessings for the Osbourne family, with the matriarch becoming a grandmother in April, and her son (and new father) Jack revealing he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis just a few weeks later.

The family happily gathered in Hawaii last month for Jack’s wedding to Lisa Stelly.

Gossip Cop wishes Osbourne a speedy recovery.

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  • Rose

    So quiet around here you could hear a pin drop.

  • http://twitter.com/nirvanaman_1985 sam

    crazy woman.

  • Regina1180

    Sam, are you a male or a female? If youre a female I hope you’re referring to her overall life as crazy. Hearing that you carry a cancer gene is frightening and you are forced with a decision: Wait for cancer to eventually take over (in her case, again), or do what you can to make sure it can’t.

  • PREVIVOR

    in 2010 my younger sister was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and tested positive for BRCA1 which causes the tripple negative cancers, she was 45, thank God it was caught in the first phase, she had a double mastectomy with recustruction surgery. She also had a total hysterectomy as the BRCA1 gene also increases the chances of getting Ovarian Cancer. BRCA1 is an inherited gene and it was stressed for me and our other siblings be tested. I tested positive for BRCA1 and was faced with the decision to have the double mastectomy or wait and see and take mammo’s every 6 mos. I was 48 and chose to also have my breasts removed. I was scheduled for surgery 3 months after I received the diagnosis. Sharon is right when she states she didn’t want to have this shadow over her head. I lived with this shadow over my head for 3 months and I tried as hard as I could to show my loved ones that I was ok, I wasn’t inside, every day I woke up fearing if today is the day I find a lump. It was hell. Because I had the surgery done while I did not have breast cancer I did not have to go thru Chemo. My chances of getting breast cancer was 90% chance I would develope Breast Cancer. I am a Previvor. My sister did have t have Chemo, she handled the whole process with dignity and grace. She is my hero and thru her sacrifice my life has been spared. Men can also inherit the gene and one of my brother’s also tested positive for BRCA1. For him, he will have a higher chance of getting Prostate Cancer. The 3 of us have children that will have to be tested for BRCA1 when they are over 25. Out of 13 grandchildren, 9 will have to be tested. We inherited from my Dad’s side of the family as another female cousin on my Dad’s side has also tested positive for BRCA1, she is 34 yrs old. Our prayers are that by the time our children are tested that there will be a cure for this. Thank you Sharon your story because when I made my decision to have the surgery so many people expressed why would I do this to myself if I didn’t actually have breast cancer. I always gave them the same answer: Hello! I have 90% chance of getting cancer and I want to live! I have so much to live for I couldn’t leave it chance!

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