Genetic Testing

@Sister I hear you, its beyond ridiculous!! I had Genetic Testing done in October 2016, I had a mother with BC a few other types of Cancer through the Family and this was a recurrence for me and still I didn't meet the criteria!!!! I was furious, it cost me $1,000 at The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Familial Cancer Centre. There are no rebates for it either, I also needed it for the next step in my treatment. It came back negative, so that meant their recommendation was based on my history/diagnosis that only a single mastectomy was required as the other breast is independent. So armed also with this, my Surgeon and PS both work in the public system as well as private, they were able to put me through Public for the mastectomy/diep flap recon with no out of pocket, but a piece to that puzzle was having the genetic testing done. It is crazy, the thing is there are so many other mutations they have not yet discovered, and seem to be equally as crucial in terms of genetics as BRCA 1 & 2. A long way to go I think. xx Melinda