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[quote=Anonymous]My info might be a little outdated because I went through this a few years ago.  My family had already been identified as carriers of a BRCA mutation.  I had to make sure any life insurance I would want would be in place before testing since the GINA act does not apply.

In my case, I waited to be tested until I was fairly confident I was done having kids since breastfeeding was important to me.  This also meant I went through a couple years as a presumed positive carrier of the gene so had mammograms/ultrasounds every 6 months.

Here’s the kicker; I now have ‘survivor’s guilt’  because I have since had the genetic mapping done and do not carry the mutation.  My sister, however, had the opposite result.   I was physically ill after calling to tell her my ‘good’ news.  (At that point there was something like an 85% percent likelihood of cancer with the mutation... )   It’s a shitty situation for everyone, but make sure you’re prepared for the psychological ramifications.

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