Remember, we're not doctors here - just well-read breast cancer survivors. So it's best to rely on the information your doctors give you. That said, yes, I believe what you say is true - the BRCA gene increases your risk for a new cancer in the other breast, without increasing your risk of recurrence. And removal of your remaining breast reduces your risk for that new cancer by about 90%; while removal of your ovaries would reduce your risk of ovarian cancer by at least that amount, I'd suspect, though I really know very little about ovarian cancer. So, drastic as it sounds, mastectomy and removal of the ovaries is a decision many BRCA gene carriers make. You might want to check out the posts we've written on Jessica Queller, a young woman who's written a book about her experiences with carrying the BRCA gene: the decisions she's made, and how she arrived at those decisions. I wish you the best of luck - cancer decisions are never easy, never black and white... PJH