WELLBEING Issue 910 · May 11, 2022

Choose Life    

I was engaged when I discovered that I was a carrier of the BRCA gene

Choose Life    

After what seemed like forever, the genetic counselor entered the room, file in hand, a pensive look on her face. Could it actually be? I’m a healthy 26-year-old! I was going down a mental rabbit hole as she sat down and opened her file.

We sat there in silence for a couple of minutes.

Finally, she spoke. “Deleterious.”

I was a carrier.

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