Genetic Testing

Hey @lrb_03 with the Genetic testing for Breast Cancer, they look at relatives who have had Breast Cancer or Ovarian Cancer. 

• multiple close relatives with breast or ovarian cancer
• a family member who developed breast cancer at less than 40 years of age and/or ovarian cancer at less than 50 years of age
• a family member who has had both breast and ovarian cancer or more than one breast cancer
• a male family member with breast cancer
• a family history of breast cancer or ovarian cancer and Jewish ancestry.

I get what you're saying too, as I had my Mum with BC, a cousin with Bowel Cancer, an Aunt with Thyroid Cancer and 3 male relatives with Prostate Cancer. They don't use those in the criteria for screening. So I all I had was my Mum being a first degree relative and unfortunately me having had a recurrence in the same spot :/ but that wasnt enough to get it for FREE. What a croc!!!! 

Interesting too, on the Cancer Council website where the information was from, they had a calculator...hmmm I thought Id look at out of curiosity as if I were someone who hadnt had BC yet...interesting, the ONLY thing the calculator said as to why I would be a high risk of BC???? was if Im not in a healthy weight range. So that insinuates that anyone with a few extra pounds is at a high risk...crazy!!! ridiculous! Ummm guess they forgot the memo that I WAS in a healthy weight range pre both diagnosis Pfffft oh and exercised and ate a healthy diet....PFFFFFFT!!!