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It's not over yet... genetics results
Well my last chemo may be over but the next chapter is just beginning. I just got the results of my genetics test and yes, I have the BRCA2 gene.
So next step is another meeting with the surgeon an...
Thank-you SO much for that information. So far, the Peter Mac Inst said all I should need would be a partial hysterectomy (and double mastectomy) but after reading your information I am now going to take that to my surgeon when I meet with him next Wednesday and discuss the full hysterectomy. If I am going to do this I want to make sure I am doing it right.
I am 44 and I guess I am lucky I have completed my little family so I no longer need my ovaries. I am not too sure what to expect with the menopausal symptoms. I have been getting hot flushes with chemo but I am guessing it gets much worse.
My BC was a triple negative so not hormone related. I am not sure what that means for hormone replacement therapy but I have heard some negative things about it anyway so if there are other options I want to investigate them.
After this diagnosis I am now, of course, worried for my two little girls and what the future holds for them. But hopefully by the time they are in their twenties, science will have come up with some more answers.
Thank-you for the offer to chat more on this. I may take you up on that.
x-Sherril