I’m currently in the waiting period for a specific gene test for cancer risk. My father had an aggressive form of cancer that he was able to beat (knock on wood he’s 7 years cancer free) but it the longitudinal study he is in determined that he has a gene mutation that made him more likely to get cancer, and there is a 50% chance he passed it to his kids. We are all adults (30+) now and the company has offered to test us for free. I took them up on it, and am now waiting for my results.
My genetic counselor visit was a subpar experience including the counselor clearly getting my family’s rather extensive cancer history wrong, and down playing my risk significantly lower than my mammogram suggested and couldn’t explain to me why his number was so different.
I’m scared because I’m looking at somewhere between a 20-29% rate according to my obgyn l, and if I have this variant I am looking at 30% plus. I’ve read to much about this now and feel kind of in the wilderness right now mentally.
Has anyone else gone through this process? It’s not the outcome I’m even afraid of, but the waiting is doing me in.