“I respect her for it. she is educating herself, getting as much info as she can and then making an informed decision. her objective is to remain alive for her children as long as she possibly can. . . . “
I very much agree. Given that she doesn’t intend on having children in the future, it’s a tough, but understandable choice
Many years ago my wife had a friend whose mother, aunts, and sisters all had breast cancer and most of them had died from it. She decided that she didn’t want to face the same fate. At that time it was very difficult to find a doctor who would do it. After they removed her breasts they found in the biopsies that she already had developing breast cancer. She is still alive.