United Kingdom, March 5 -- Christina Applegate was "disgusted" by herself for describing her double mastectomy as a "blessing".

The 54-year-old star was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in 2008 at the age of 36, after a routine MRI revealed she carried the BRCA1 mutation - which increases the risk of having the disease - and she underwent a double mastectomy, later being confirmed as cancer free.

In her new memoir You With The Sad Eyes, Christina opened up on her reaction to her health struggles, the decision to go public, and how she tried to raise awareness of early detection while helping high risk women afford screenings.

As quoted by the New York Post, she wrote: "It was my way of coping with how brokenhearted I was to los...