Why would you mutilate yourself like that?
Isn't that a bit drastic?
Where does God fit into this? Just pray and have faith that He has a plan for you.
These are all things that have actually been said to me this year.
I believe in God, and I also believe in Science. And I believe that God gave the talent to the doctors and scientists to discover this gene mutation. And I believe that God put me in that room with Mom and Dr. Moffet, and that He was with me when I made my clear decision.
This is why:
My mom and I, just ten years ago. We were regularly asked if we were sisters.
Mom, this past Spring. Her most recent round of chemo exasperated a gastro bleed that almost killed her. Chemotherapy is hard on the body. She is still so very strong, but there is no denying that cancer and chemo have caused permanent (and often painful) damage to her body.
I am thankful that she has fought and won again, but not everyone is so lucky. 1 in 8 women (13%) will get breast cancer. Women who have the BRCA mutations have up to an 85% chance of getting breast cancer.
Breast cancer causes the deaths of 40,000 women each year.
Having a prophylactic (risk-reducing) mastectomy reduces the chance of breast cancer by 90%.
Cancer is lame. I will fight.
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