Previvor
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Previvor Mental Health
As a therapist, it baffles me that so few mental health professionals are talking about the unique challenges previvors face.…
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I Made the Decision to Have a Preventative Double Mastectomy Even Though I Do Not Have the BRCA Gene Mutation
Tick, tick, tick. That’s the sound I heard in my head for years, every time I looked at myself braless…
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My Sharsheret Campus Connection: AEPhi and my Previvor Journey
I am a BRCA gene mutation carrier, which means that I am at a much higher risk of developing breast…
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BRCA and Hereditary Cancer: Finding Cancer During Prophylactic Mastectomy
When Ann tested positive for the BRCA2 gene mutation after being diagnosed with breast cancer she knew there was a 50% chance she…
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Taking Control Of My Breast Health
After my BRCA test came back negative in 2010, I wrote a Sharsheret blog about my relief and volunteered to…
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Living 80:20
When I turned thirty, I learned I was a BRCA carrier. Since then, I have read many articles and books…
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What is a Pre-vivor?
When my aunt passed away at 47 from metastatic breast cancer, my family considered it an odd coincidence that my…
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Finding a Way
Navigating hereditary breast and ovarian cancer is not always easy. Sharsheret simply makes it a little less difficult to face…
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How I Got it Before it Got Me
My mother was a carrier of the BRCA gene mutation and was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of…
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The Results That Would Change My Life Forever
When I was 10 years old my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was 37. We are Ashkenazi Jews…
