Hello Kez37

I'm sorry to hear about your Mum's diagnosis and all that you have been through as a family since then. 

It's perfectly natural that you will have some questions, concerns, and worries ahead of receiving your genetic testing results. It's a normal part of the process. At the moment you're facing a whole vault of "what ifs"  and until you have the results and talk those through with the genetic counsellor you're bound to have a wide range of thoughts and emotions. 

Even after you receive your results you may feel conflicted about things. If, and at this point, it is still an "if",  you have a genetic high risk of developing cancer, the choice to have surgery or not will be yours. If you decide not to go down that route at this point then yes the genetics service will most likely offer you regular screening. And the option to have any suggested surgeries will still be available at a later date. 

People react differently to these kinds of results and it is very much a personal decision about how you proceed from there. But there's no rush to make your choices. The genetics counsellor will talk things through with you and there's lots of support available to help you make the right choices for you. 

I hope that whatever the results are, you feel supported and reassured by those around you. 

Bets wishes, 
Jenn
Cancer Chat moderator