If their families have a history of cancer at a young age, the insurance company will pay for genetics testing. If a woman tests positive for BRCA1 or BRCA2, she's considered high risk for ovarian cancer, too, and the insurance company will pay for preventive surgery to remove the ovaries.
Believe me, she didn't make this decision lightly. An oophorectomy can be a quick surgery with an easy recovery, but the ovaries offer many benefits, such as protecting against heart disease. To remove them is a big decision.
But ovarian cancer is very sneaky, hard to catch at an early stage, and that's why some women have this surgery.
COUNTrecount posted a link to Jolie's whole story, by the way. After reading it, you all should understand why she made this decision:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/opinion/angelina-jolie-pitt-diary-of-a-surgery.html?_r=1
You missed my point,,,,
I had BRAC 1 and 2 tests, last time. I was negative for those. Then I had a panel of tests (21 of them, I think) and was negative for all of them. Mine isn’t genetic, although of my mom’s 11 sibs and her, 9 had cancer! Most survived, two died (smokers both) Of 36 cousins, I’m maybe the 5th. Two have died, one lost her leg, one is fine, and me.
She mutilated as a child
Tattooed up later
Removed her boobs
Now her internal lady parts
She’s one weird agent chick and btw
According to my wife OB who is our social acquaintance
Voluntary total hysterectomies are rare and most docs won’t do them and would instead opt for annual contrast dye MRI or CAT scans or if near a top notch joint one can take the receptors pill test before CAT which attach to abnormal cell growth
She’s gonna die regardless one day
But under 40 years old to voluntarily give up your internal lady parts is damned nutty and with real consequence
Thus says my 50 year old in menopause hunny bunny who takes HRT btw and is damned glad to have them
Question
Let’s say I wardaddy have chance of testicular cancer
Do you think I’m giving up my testicles preemptively So I won’t die maybe or maybe not
Hell I’d rather die
She’s a rubber sheets chick that Angie