Caitlin
It was a long journey, I didn’t arrive at my decision quickly. Now, I am thankful for that.
Read MoreIt was a long journey, I didn’t arrive at my decision quickly. Now, I am thankful for that.
Read MoreWith knowledge comes awareness, education, and the ability to choose. I choose to add routine annual cancer screenings to my to-do list.
Read MoreI feel like my family has dodged a bullet. I am grateful to Lauren for making us aware of this issue and for the work Oneinforty is doing to save lives.
Read MoreYou only get to live life once, so it is very important and very personal to stay abreast of the newest research and support everyone in their personal journey.
Read MoreI am certain my daughter would be alive today if just one doctor had suggested I be tested for BRCA – not because of my medical history, but because of a lack of it.
Read MoreI carry a BRCA2 gene mutation, the genetic legacy that killed both my grandmother and my mother. But my life will not be overshadowed by cancer.
Read MoreTo ensure you make the best health care decisions for yourself, please speak with a certified genetic counselor before and after any genetic testing.
Read MoreI am grateful for the knowledge I have of my BRCA status and hopeful that this knowledge will save the lives of my sisters, my daughter, and my two female grandchildren.
Read MoreLooking back, my biggest regret is that the information about BRCA gene mutations’ connection with the Ashkenazi Jewish community was not known, or certainly not publicized, in the years leading up to my sister’s diagnosis.
Read MoreI can tell you first hand that you will feel the peace of mind that knowing brings. I never had that opportunity and urge you to grasp it now.
Read MoreI consider myself lucky in so many ways: to have found out about the mutation, to have done something about it before it could hurt me, to have a supportive family and partner.
Read MoreIf Stacey knew earlier about our family mutation, she may have had a chance. She is in my thoughts every day, forever young.
Read MoreI am one in forty. I grew up as part of an extended Ashkenazi Jewish family near Boston. But there is something unusual about my family…almost all of the women on my paternal side have been diagnosed with breast cancer, most of them at relatively young ages. My grandmother Sarah, for whom I am named, …
Read MoreSince I am in an Ashkenazi family with a high risk for pancreatic cancer I am tested yearly. So far so good…..In a nanosecond life changes.
Read MoreI feel very fortunate to have gotten tested for the BRCA gene mutation when I did because it saved my life. My motto now is “Knowledge is Power!”
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