A few weeks ago, I went in for genetic counseling/testing. I had to fill out these forms with every name of every cousin, aunt, uncle, grandparent and all their ages and number of children they have/had and if they have had cancer.
It was quite the ordeal.
The good news came in today and they tested 36 genes related to breast and gynecological cancers and all of mine came back negative. I was a little worried because my grandmother died of ovarian cancer and I have an aunt who had breast cancer and some others in the same line that had breast cancer.
From what they can tell, most of them were older when their cancer was found so that usually means it's just cells that go skiwompas. Which is the same for me, except that I'm on the young side and mine went crazy early.
This is good news, because even though my daughters are at slightly higher risk now because I have it, they don't need to worry too much or have a mastectomy by the time they're 25. It also helps my cousins and their kids be a little less concerned as well.
Finally, some good news
Yay for finally some GOOD news! I know you were really concerned about that. Love you, Kristi! Thank you for continuing to update!
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