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genetics
Hi all, I had BC in my family, dads side, grandma at 77 and Aunt at 51, so was having mammograms since turning 40, which this managed to grow in between. GP, Surgeon, and oncologist, seem very quick t...
Thanks so much for much you all are so knowledgeable, kind and supportive in your advice, I will, follow up but they all seem so dismissive. I will follow up for my sister and my sons sake.
My GP said that fathers side didn’t really count, gosh it’s a worry, as it’s just a relevant in the risk questionaire’s.
My Aunty died of pancreatic cancer years after her breast cancer, ( which is now worrying me a bit, too and she told me just before she died that she was seeing a genetics Dr, but nothing more, but I should get mammograms which I did.
i notice your comment about dense breasts, I have those too apparently, as the wise surgeon said rather like it was obviuos.
Why don’t they tell you about this after mammograms, I had no idea about our higher risks. I really thought I was doing the right thing, but now know that I had no idea and was a sitting duck!!! Life stinks....!!
My GP said that fathers side didn’t really count, gosh it’s a worry, as it’s just a relevant in the risk questionaire’s.
My Aunty died of pancreatic cancer years after her breast cancer, ( which is now worrying me a bit, too and she told me just before she died that she was seeing a genetics Dr, but nothing more, but I should get mammograms which I did.
i notice your comment about dense breasts, I have those too apparently, as the wise surgeon said rather like it was obviuos.
Why don’t they tell you about this after mammograms, I had no idea about our higher risks. I really thought I was doing the right thing, but now know that I had no idea and was a sitting duck!!! Life stinks....!!