First Visit with Breast Surgeon

June 28, 2008:  So today we met with the surgeon.  She was nice and pretty straight forward, as you would expect a surgeon-type to be.  I’m amazed at what I’ve learned in the last two days.  Basically, I need to decide if I want a lumpectomy or a mastectomy.  It’s stupid to even think of it [...]

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Genetic Test Results and Statistics

Two weeks after the lumpectomy surgery, I went in to see the genetic counselor for my test results.  She told me that my blood test came back positive for carrying the BRCA2 gene mutation.  I knew it was a possibility, but I didn’t think it would be so.  I thought my cancer was just an [...]

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