Check out Christina Applegate on the October issue of Women’s Health magazine. The actress opened up about her battle with breast cancer and how she rebounded from her health crisis a stronger, happier person driven to make a difference.

A sense of humor can be the best remedy:

“I laughed more in the hospital than I ever have in my life, making fun of all the weird things that were happening to me. My friends would walk in with this sad look, and I would throw something at them and say, ‘Come on! This isn’t the end of the world!’”

On meeting other cancer survivors:

“There’s a real kinship when we meet. We hold each other tight because we know where the other has been: to hell and back.”

On joining other breast cancer survivors at a “Stand Up to Cancer” benefit:

“Backstage, Jennifer Aniston said something like, ‘I don’t like having to see my three girlfriends up there, but I am so proud of you.’ That was nice.”

On her new breasts (after a reconstructive surgery following a double mastectomy):

“It’s really hard because they just aren’t the same—and I had really good ones. If you have boobs you don’t like, you can go and choose the size you want, and then get a brand-new present. But it’s different [when it’s not your choice]. But I hold on to the fact that I don’t have to wear a bra, which is great!”

Overeating during her recent trip to Italy :

“If I see another Caprese salad, I’m going to lose it! We kind of went balls out.”

Her boyfriend, Martyn Lenoble, was her rock through her battle with cancer:

“I don’t think I would have been able to get through any of it without him”

On recent engagement rumors:

“Can a girl please wear a ring on her left hand and not have it be all, ‘Is she engaged?’”

She focuses on today:

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Christina Applegate is still dealing with some of the aftermath of her breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy. For one thing, she confided to Women's Health magazine, she misses her old breasts.

"It's really hard because they just aren't the same – and I had really good ones," Applegate, 37, says in the October issue of Women's Health. "If you have boobs you don't like, you can go and choose the size you want, and then get a brand new present. But it's different [when it’s not your choice]."

Yet Christina is still able to look on the bright side:

"I hold on to the fact that I don't have to wear a bra, which is great!"

Now that is nothing to sneeze at :) Christina's ordeal with breast cancer has also pushed her into activism by forming her own foundation, Right Action for Women, which focuses on testing and early detection of breast cancer.

"I became really passionate about people who are at high risk having the same opportunity to get this sort of testing," says Applegate, who learned she had an early stage of breast cancer following an MRI. "Some insurance companies consider the tests exploratory, which is just ridiculous. I mean, it saved my life!"

This is a great cause because early detection is so key in the successful treatment of breast cancer! It sounds like Christina is taking an incredibly difficult experience and making it a positive one. Good for her!

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