Angelina Jolie said she can’t wait to hit 50 and know she's "made it",
after both her mother and grandmother were diagnosed with cancer in
their forties and died from ovarian cancer.
The actress revealed in March that she had her ovaries and fallopian
tubes removed this year after learning she had a 50% increased risk of
getting the cancer.
Speaking to Vogue Magazine, she said:
"I feel grounded as a woman. Both of the women in my family, my mother
and my grandmother started dying in their 40s. I’m 40. I can’t wait to
hit 50 and know I made it."
On her decision to go public with her procedures, she said
“It really connected me to other women. I wish my mom had been able to
make those choices."
The procedures themselves were, she says, “brutal. It’s hard.
"They are not easy surgeries. The ovaries are an easy surgery, but
the hormone changes"—she laughs, nods her head—"interesting. We did joke
that I had my Monday edit. Tuesday surgery. Wednesday go into
menopause. Thursday come back to edit, a little funky with my steps."
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