Celebrities' health stories help others: #tellusatoday

We asked our followers what they thought about celebrities sharing their health decisions and treatment. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

If they share something that might make someone else go to the doctor and take care of a health issue, then it is good.

— @TerryKershaw1

I wish they'd keep it to themselves as it is not news.

— @DamonEarl

When anyone shares health information, it's for one of two reasons: sympathy or enlightenment for others.

— @Gingkogirl1

Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

God bless Rita Wilson. The actress recently revealed she had breast cancer and a double masectomy to highlight the importance of second opinions. Doctors told me I didn't have cancer, but they saw strange-looking cells and sent them to Johns Hopkins University to be tested. Doctors there found cancer. I hope Wilson becomes the ambassador for breast cancer awareness because she connects to women as being down to earth.

— Elena Sifuentes

Is there nothing sacred anymore? It's no one's business what preventive procedures a person takes. I don't care who they are.

— Micah Kazlinowski

A double masectomy is not the answer for many of us with breast cancer. Please don't think you have to follow celebrities' extreme examples to have a good outcome. I wish Wilson the best.

— Elyse Jacques Stewart

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