Hi AG
We have a history of breast cancer in my mother's side of the family - my grandmother, mother, aunt and sister all had it and are all sadly deceased. In a strange way I was almost pleased when I was diagnosed as I felt I could help my 2 daughters and 3 nieces who are all in their 20s and 30s. I had a blood test in the middle of chemo which was no good as they couldn't harvest enough cells to test, then I had one after I'd finished treatment. It tested negative for BRC1 and BRC2 but we were told there is obviously a gene at play somewhere, they just haven't identified it yet. I'm getting off the point here - what I intended to say was, once she found I tested negative, my eldest niece said she was going to go off and have some private testing for herself, based on the fact her mum developed cancer when she was in her forties whereas it developed later with the rest of the family. I haven't asked her how or where she is getting this done.
I'm sorry you have this worry, I do understand a bit of what you are going through. xx
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