Josie13
15 years agoMember
Genetic Testing
I'm interested to know if anyone on this forum has had the testing and what they decided to do with the results? I have 15 year old daughter and a sister so just wondering about the many issues invo...
hey hey, i had test done as i got brestcancer at such a young age (26) even though i didnt have any family history of breast cancer i think as my cancer wasnt hormone receptive the were a little baffled at why??? it came back as positive!! which was a huge surprise to all of us, and no im not adopted haha i questioned that when it came positive..... it was carried down on my fathers side and his fathers side.... so they can carry it.... For me i am glad i had the test done, one as to know why i did get it at such a young age, but also so i could make more informed decsions.... i had a masectomy once i knew i had it as i never want to face chemo again... and now i have to have regular check ups on my ovaries as i have a high risk og gettign ovarian cancer.... the doctors are hestant to take my ovaries at such are young age as they want me to have kids...but when i think about it knowing i have the gene and possible passing that on (50%) to my daughter and having to watch her make some difficult descions at such an young age i dont know if i could do that.... even though i have regular test on my ovaries i still have cyst on them which i get a scare every three months and the thing with ovairian cancer the outcome isnt that postive as they dont have the medical advancement yet to etect it early, so once they have detected it its usually spread and is termianal..... but they wont take my ovaries as they think im too young to get cancer yet i defied the odds and got breast cancer as a "too young off an age" so having the gene opens a HUGE can of worms but i feel you can a little bit of control bakc if that makes sense i hope this helps megs xx