Hi ladies,
my oncologist advised me to have the genetic testing as 2 cousins of mine on my fathers side had both had bc, I had this done at the Royal Adelaide Hospital - test came back inconclusive for either gene, this test did not incur any fee, however my sister who lives in melbourne was quoted $5000. to have the same test,which she did not, based on my results, however she is now under observation and has 1 free mri scan per year because of my history, I have yet to find out when my granddaughter who is nearly 17 will have to start thinking about all of this,I was also told my son who is 45 could have a
higher chance of getting prostate cancer,it just goes on and on, if I had had no family I wouldnt have had the test done, but with a son and grandaughter in the mix it was a no brainer, so now they have my history on file and if any member of my family gets cancer they will add all of their information to this file and its kept indefinately.I might add that I also had early stage ovarian cancer when I was 29 {I am now 62} I had all of the treatment needed at the time, surgery, radioactive phosphorous and of course hysterectomy, however the scientists at the rah concluded that that had no bearing on my getting the stage 4 diagnosis 4 years ago, go figure that out, anyway just quickly visit to Oncologist yesterday cancer markers are still low, xeloda doing its job, and scans in mid December, so all in all everything ok!!!
wendy55