@Mareealso Thanks Maree for your response and wow, what a family history you have as well. I'm from a large family as well, though not that large. I am one of 5 and as well as my twin sister having the BRCA2 gene, my middle sister does as well. My eldest doesn't and I don't think my brother has still had himself checked - although we have strongly suggested, given our dad's cancer. At the time we found this out, the three of us 'girls' have our ovaries and fallopian tubes removed (it made sense and we were a lot older than your initial diagnosis).
That's an interesting comment about the lumpectomies and the metastatic cancers - food for thought. Who knows, after I get through the chemo, I may be jumping at the chance to just "take them off", as I may never want to go through this again.
Thanks for the tip re the pears. I've always liked pears and the other morning I had my son shoot off to the supermarket for pears and pear juice, as I read up that might help. It is funny, as I've always been a herbal tea person, but they're just not tasting the same now - so instead, I've been putting a little pear nectar in a mug and topping it up with hot water and it has been going down well. Really appreciate your thoughts. Have a nice day and hoping all is going well for you in your post recovery after the second incidence.
