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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother tested positive for the BRCA gene when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in her late 50s. All of her doctors were shocked it took so long for her to get breast cancer, as most women who carry the gene get it earlier.  We have a lot of breast cancer in the family, including five of my great-aunts who died of it (my grandfather was one of 14 kids); undoubtedly some of them were also BRCA carriers.  She'd already had a double mastectomy, but she got her ovaries removed after the test, too.  I had a 50/50 chance of being BRCA positive based on her result and elected to get myself tested right away. I had a newborn at the time, and felt that I had to know if I also carried the gene.  [b]I'm negative, thankfully, but if it had come back positive, I would have gotten a prophylactic double mastectomy and ovary removal once our family was complete.[/b]  I still have to be monitored closely due to strong family history and will undergo additional genetic testing if it becomes available.[/quote]

Did you consider adoption so as to not pass on the gene?[/quote]

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