Today, Bill and I will find out what the results are from my BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene tests.
Don't we live in an amazing time and place? I find it absolutely mind-blowing that from a little drop of blood (and a whole lotta money), my human genome can be decoded. We can know if I am a carrier of a gene mutation that may put me at risk for further reproductive cancers, or put our children, or my nieces at risk for future breast cancer; and if so, better screening methods can be employed to protect our health in the future. Wonderous!
I choose to look at this as a positive, regardless of the outcome. Knowledge is power, and ignorance is definitely not bliss when it comes to cancer risk. I already have or don't have the mutation, all that is missing is the knowing of it.
And today, we will know.
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