Angelina Jolie has undergone surgery to remove her ovaries and Fallopian tubes, causing her to enter menopause, after a terrifying cancer scare.
The actress, director and U.N. envoy (who underwent a preventative mastectomy in 2013) wrote a frank and moving op-ed piece in Tuesday, March 24's New York Times in which she described the horrifying moment a doctor called to say her yearly cancer-screening blood test showed inflammatory markers which could be a sign of early ovarian cancer.
"I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt," mom-of-six Jolie writes. "I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren," she continues.
"I called my husband in France, who was on a plane within hours. The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters. It is polarizing, and it is peaceful."
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