What great news! Just two weeks after sending my bloodwork off, I get a call to let me know that no mutations were discovered during the BRCA 1 & 2 screening. It was a bit surreal, really. I had so prepared myself to get the worst, had already developed my plan of action following the testing, and was ready to go full speed ahead. After getting off the phone with my doctor, I felt like someone just put the gate down....stopped me in my tracks. While I didn't realize I was feeling much of anything while waiting for the results, after hearing the results, I had a complete emotional let down. Crying, shaking, the whole gammut.
While this leaves me still, in the wait and see mode, and off to get another mammogram this month, I feel good. I feel like I took charge, did what I needed (could) to do to be ahead of the game, and can now rest at ease (a bit) knowing that my odds of getting breast cancer are pretty much the same as everyone else's.
Friday, July 2, 2010
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