Years of Unexpected Obstacles with Joy and Gratitude Along The Way!

March 25, 2021 in Life, BRCA, Personal

Time flies! Years of ups and downs, ins and outs, and what-have-yous summed up in a few sentences.

What It's Like to be a BRCA Mutant & My Big, Scary Preemptive Strike

June 23, 2017 in Life, Personal, Perspective, BRCA

I don’t know what being a BRCA mutant is for everyone, but I can tell you what it's been like for me and that the one really positive Super Power I have as a BRCA Mutant is Prevention of a Monumental threat to me and to my family. I will fight dirty wiith a preemptive strike on cancer! I’m going to be a Previvor!

Brutal Real-Life Game of “Would You Rather”

April 21, 2016 in Personal, Life

When you are one of the "lucky" few to have a BRCA mutation, you find yourself making some vile "Would You Rather" decisions. .. .

Like. . .. Would you rather live with the 1 in 3 risk of getting a heinous disease that will likely kill you early in life (no good early detection, no good treatment once found "too late") and live with the stress/worry/fear with every inaccurate test you do take. . . or do you risk surgery (which is nothing take lightly) and its aftermath?