Headline : After I Was Diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, I Had Another Shock

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My breast cancer surgeon missed a red flag, and I’ll always wonder if that changed everything

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have the fear. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was a senior in high school, and I was her caretaker until she passed away when I was 27.

My mom’s genetic tests showed she carried the BRCA gene, which I knew meant I might carry this genetic legacy too. But I delayed getting my own genetic test because I wanted to have more children. I wasn’t ready to have my breasts, uterus and ovaries removed if I carried the gene — and that would have been next.

Fortunately, I had a doctor who understood both my fear and my reluctance to get tested right away but was willing to follow a course of action that assumed I had the gene. So, I got early annual mammograms and pelvic ultrasounds starting at age 27.

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