Lance Bass: Christina Applegate 'fully recovering'

**CherryDarling** · August 24th, 2008, 10:33 AM

Christina Applegate coped with her double-mastectomy recovery in the hospital by doing crossword puzzles and crafts – and getting an outpouring of love from friends.

"I was at the hospital holding her hand and getting her through it," longtime friend Lance Bass tells PEOPLE. "She is a very, very loved person."

Less than a week after revealing she had the surgery, the Samantha Who? star, 36, is "doing great," says Bass. "She's totally, fully recovering."

While in the hospital, Applegate was able to distract herself.

"She's a big crossword puzzle girl. That kept her busy," says Bass, 29. "In her hours of recovery, she's made all these roses out of lace. She has hundreds and hundreds of these amazing different roses. She doesn't know what she's going to do with them."

Sharing her story was an easy decision for her, according to Bass.

"Now she has a voice and she can use it for something good," he says. "Just opening her mouth about it is going to make thousands of women go get checked out. It will probably save many lives."

source: Lance Bass: Christina Applegate 'Fully Recovering' - Health, Christina Applegate, Lance Bass : People.com

**Grimmlok** · August 24th, 2008, 10:35 AM

Lance Bass, the publicity barnacle, rides someone's infirmity all the way to the tabloids.

**kingcap72** · August 24th, 2008, 01:20 PM

Lance Bass offers up more unsolicited opinions to the media about his celebrity 'friends.'

**Sandcastles** · August 24th, 2008, 01:29 PM

On my! I didn't realize she had both breasts removed. That's terrible. I thought they removed a lump. She's so young.

**qwerty** · August 24th, 2008, 01:53 PM

Hey Sandy's back! We missed you.

**Sandcastles** · August 24th, 2008, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by qwerty

Hey Sandy's back! We missed you.

Thank you qwerty. That is so sweet.

**MissVenus** · August 24th, 2008, 06:39 PM

WOW... Lance Bass and Christina Applegate... that's gotta be worth triple-points on 6-Degrees of Kevin Bacon!

**Bellatheball** · August 25th, 2008, 12:05 AM

I can't imagine anyone knitting (or whatever) a ton of roses after surgery.

**Str8_uncut-jock** · August 25th, 2008, 08:56 AM

I would probably starf*ck Lance Bass. I'm just saying.

**Grimmlok** · August 25th, 2008, 08:58 AM

I would just to make him cry

**Str8_uncut-jock** · August 25th, 2008, 12:47 PM

^Rough! I like.

**tkdgirl** · August 25th, 2008, 12:58 PM

Wow, is he like the biggest, non Jolie-Pitt publicity whore or what! His coming out didn't do shit for him so now he tags on to other people's celebrity? WTF!