Her husband, author Jim Freed, toldThe Washington Postthe cancer mestatisized to her brain.

But compared with being 26 and crazy and waiting for some guy to call, its not so bad.

She continued, If I can handle 39 breakups in 21 days, I can get through cancer.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Months later, she wrote about it again, this time forThe Times.

I could have had a mastectomy with reconstruction and skipped the part where I got cancer, she mentioned.

I feel like the biggest idiot for not doing so.

Writing about the difficult moments of her personal life felt natural for Wurtzel.

Its something shes done the majority of her writing career.

Director Erik Skjoldbjrg turnedProzac Nationinto a film in 2001 starring Christina Ricci.