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(Article is from 2019, so it's been 2 years now.) I had a friend who went through this after college, and actress Angelina Jolie is probably the most high profile woman to reveal her journey. It seems to be a process a large number of women with the gene are increasingly choosing to undergo.
1 posted on 08/02/2020 7:28:14 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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We should be thankful that someone of such character has chosen to take on such a thankless job as she now holds.

May she and her husband and her daughter and her entire extended family be blessed.

2 posted on 08/02/2020 7:32:23 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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Kayleigh McEnany is an absolutely amazing person.

I just started typing that I love her unassailable confidence, when I said to myself, surely this depth of confidence can only come from faith. So I typed ‘Kayleigh McEnany faith’ into google and found this article:

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2020/05/kayleigh-mcenany-i-believe-god-put-me-in-this-place-for-a-purpose

It goes to show what the rest of us could do if only we had faith the size of a mustard seed.


4 posted on 08/02/2020 7:38:19 PM PDT by edwinland
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I thought saline implants replaced silicone, because of dangerous leakage and severe health problems (death) from silicone.


5 posted on 08/02/2020 7:42:23 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Both my wife and daughter have the BRCA2 mutation, and both contracted breast cancer. Both opted for double-mastectomy and hysterectomy, my daughter just a month ago. Modern medicine saved them. My 6-year-old granddaughter will need to be tested in 20 years or so.


8 posted on 08/02/2020 8:01:11 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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I have a long-time friend. She is married to a twin. His twin is female. Her husband’s family has had a long history of cancer. Both twins had the BRCA gene test several years ago. Her husband tested negative. His sister tested positive. The doctor told her that it wasn’t a matter of “if” she would ever get cancer, it was simply a matter of “when.” She had a double mastectomy and reconstruction, and is now abut 73, and has had no cancer. Her brother who tested negative, was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal cancer approximately 3+ years ago. The type he had is a very rare cancer, and is most common in southern China (including Hong Kong), Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines where people typically eat diets very high in salt-cured fish and meat. It’s also fairly common in Northwest Canada and Greenland. The only time he was overseas was when he was in the Air Force in the late 60’s to early 70’s, and was stationed in Pakistan.
He went through heavy radiation to his face, along with chemo therapy. He had to have a feeding port because he could not eat normal food. The radiation destroyed his saliva glands, so he always has a dry mouth, and is constantly drinking liquids. He has to be very careful when eating, because it is difficult for him to swallow, and has to drink plenty of liquids with his meals to make sure he doesn’t choke. He lives a normal life otherwise, and enjoys playing golf with his friends.


11 posted on 08/02/2020 8:14:34 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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My goodness, she’s so young to have to go through this.


16 posted on 08/02/2020 9:20:02 PM PDT by PGR88
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Wow. Hats off. I had no idea.


17 posted on 08/02/2020 9:23:51 PM PDT by moehoward
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I thoroughly enjoy her handling of those so-called journalists, and she's easy on the eyes..

18 posted on 08/02/2020 10:44:29 PM PDT by laweeks
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24 posted on 08/03/2020 12:52:12 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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