After announcing earlier this month she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer, Samantha Who? star Christina Applegate is receiving words of support and encouragement from fellow TV star Suzanne Somers, herself a breast cancer survivor.
Somers, 61, who announced in 2001 that she was battling the disease, has written an open letter to Applegate, 36, and which has been made exclusively available to PEOPLE:
Dear Christina,
Cancer is scary, and lonely. You can't ask anyone to make decisions for you because it's just too heavy. There is a lot of 'rush to treatment,' when what you really need is time to research and think about how you want to approach this. Take your time Christina, there is no rush. Take your time and think it through. Use your cancer to learn and grow and as a force to work for you. You might choose to take an alternative approach. There are more options than the ones presented to you in the oncologist's office. You will make it. The success and drive you have had in your career will be the same strengths you will use to win over this nasty disease. And I am here if you want to talk to someone who was 'there.'
Sincerely,
Suzanne Somers
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August 20, 2008 at 11:44am
I saw her talking about this and is cancer free...hope she is doing well
August 20, 2008 at 11:42am
Good advice
August 19, 2008 at 2:24pm
yeah me too
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August 19, 2008 at 12:10pm
i hope she recovers quickly!
August 19, 2008 at 11:48am
i hope she has a fast recovery
Act like you know what you are doing and no one will question you.
August 17, 2008 at 8:12pm
indeed good luck
August 14, 2008 at 4:37pm
great advice, love them both
August 14, 2008 at 3:58pm
THAT WAS NICE...HOPE SHE COMES THROUGH IT
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August 14, 2008 at 3:56pm
thats a great post
August 14, 2008 at 8:29am
that was a very thoughtful an nice letter, i wish her the best of luck.