I never thought I would start a blog. But I've noticed myself reading other people's blogs very often lately and they have been very helpful to me for so many reasons, so why not start my own. Hopefully I can help someone.
A bunch of years ago, I have no idea how long ago, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Not a surprise though because her mom had it and had a double mastectomy. Mom opted for a lumpectomy and did fine...until the second diagnosis. At that point she had a double mastectomy, no reconstruction though. She was also tested for the BRCA genes and of course she had one. She tormented me for a long time to get tested myself. I knew I had to go and do it but I also knew it would mean many big decisions for me and I wasn't ready for that. But then I started hearing about many people that I adore becoming diagnosed with the horrible illness so I went for the testing.
The doctor that worked with me was incredible. She really seemed to understand everything going on in my mind. Well of course I tested positive for the gene or I wouldn't be here blogging about it. Again, I wasn't surprised but very sad and worried. She recommended that I have my ovaries removed first, an oophorectomy because it would lower my risk and its a good start. So I got right on that. That was an easy decision. I knew I didn't want to have anymore children. I was about 42 at that time. I had only two concerns with it I would go into immediate menapause and that was scary to me since I had seen others have a difficult time with that. I was also very concerned about missing work for 3 weeks...silly, I know. But I went ahead and had it done and it went perfectly. I felt great after 2 weeks. Menapause wasn't bad, similar to how my mom's went. Just bad night sweats and a lot of sweating if I had alcohol. But it lasted a few months and then never again. I think my thyroid got messed up around then though, but that's another story. But, no more menstrual cycle. Jackpot !!!
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