tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post2809651475030677387..comments2024-03-12T10:20:01.684+02:00Comments on Coffee and Chemo: BRCA Genes -- How Do They Fit?RivkA with a capital Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-14003964683744527732009-04-01T05:37:00.000+03:002009-04-01T05:37:00.000+03:00I am pretty sure you need a referal. I got mine f...I am pretty sure you need a referal. I got mine from my surgeon, but you might be able to get one from your GP. <BR/><BR/>Then you make an appointment to meet with a genetic councelor and, after your meeting, they just take a small vial of blood. <BR/><BR/>That's it.<BR/><BR/>It's really simple.RivkA with a capital Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-79986476616001700792009-03-31T08:00:00.000+03:002009-03-31T08:00:00.000+03:00How do you get tested for this?How do you get tested for this?Gilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246089571573457394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-46878414091943295802009-03-24T21:11:00.000+02:002009-03-24T21:11:00.000+02:00I'm also the 3rd generation with BC.If you live in...I'm also the 3rd generation with BC.<BR/><BR/>If you live in/visit Israel, you should join the study. If you mom is still alive, she should join the study too. (It is best for the research to have more than one family member who has had BC).<BR/><BR/>Our daughters need to start getting checkups and mammograms at age 25.<BR/><BR/>The question is what percentage of BC patients with a family history are BRCA positive?<BR/><BR/>Do you also have metastatic BC? Do you live in Israel? If so, email me at coffeeandchemo@gmail.comRivkA with a capital Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-17512329835871598982009-03-24T19:24:00.000+02:002009-03-24T19:24:00.000+02:00RivkA, I'm the third generation I know of with Bre...RivkA, I'm the third generation I know of with Breast Cancer, and like you, I'm negative for the BRCA genes that they test for. My daughter is the 4th generation at risk. She knows. But I've also told her that why she's my age or the age I was at dx., hopefully there will be a simple treatment or cure. Medicine has advanced more in the last 10 yrs. than in the previous hundred yrs.! So I must remain hopeful. I can only pray now that G-d grants me the length of days to see her grow up and have a child of her own. Metastatic BC sucks big time!!!!! Only a very small percentage of BC patients test positive for the BRCA gene mutations. Be well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-20662211938355765832009-03-24T16:48:00.000+02:002009-03-24T16:48:00.000+02:00will the next results affect your treatment plan a...<I>will the next results affect your treatment plan at all?</I><BR/>who knows??<BR/><BR/><I>have you talked to your kids about the implications of their locating a genetic mutation responsible for your cancer?</I><BR/>way too early for this! about what would I talk to them? everything is purely hypothetical. the possibilites are infinite.<BR/><BR/>What PJs????RivkA with a capital Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2782551808324372235.post-21947993772311468562009-03-24T15:02:00.000+02:002009-03-24T15:02:00.000+02:00yashar koach for partcipating! seperately - will t...yashar koach for partcipating! seperately - will the next results affect your treatment plan at all?<BR/><BR/>have you talked to your kids about the implications of their locating a genetic mutation responsible for your cancer?<BR/><BR/>BW<BR/><BR/>ps- i coudn't find the PJ's anywhere!!! sorry. someone suggested buying the fabric and having them made. what do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com