A week or two later, I took the genetic test (a long tutorial on genetics followed by a simple blood test at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and "failed" it - which was good news. I didn't have either of the breast cancer genes and could now stop worrying about the prophylactic oophorectomy-bomb and learn to love my upcoming double-mastectomy and "tummy-tuck" reconstructive surgery....
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