https://catskidschaos.com/2014/10/15/would-you-take-the-test-or-have-a-mastectomy/ Cats, kids, coffee and chaos Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://catskidschaos.com/2014/10/15/would-you-take-the-test-or-have-a-mastectomy/#comment-16245 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:22:27 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=6794#comment-16245 I’ve not had the test as there’s no history of it in our family so I’ve just had the regular mammogram and of course do my boob checks. However if I did have the faulty gene, and although it would be very upsetting, I would have a mastectomy. Living with the worry would, I feel, make life miserable. I heard a specialist discussing this on the radio around the time of Angelina Jolie’s operation. His opinion was that if you carried the faulty genes, your likelihood of developing breast cancer at some point was so close to 100% that (again in his opinion) he would always suggest a mastectomy!

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