Hi. I know this unfortunately familiar to so many. I lost my mum when I was a late teen after she fought off a brain tumour and 2 rounds of breast cancer before passing away. She had lost her mum (and my dad, his) and her sisters followed suit. My cousin has it and I’ve been on Tamoxifen for a year to try and prevent it (am 46). I was refused gene testing on the NHS because my mum’s cells were inconclusive due to being old despite the cancer all the way through my family. I had to have a biopsy and receive the results on Friday. I’m the main breadwinner with an eight year old son and a husband with regular depression. We’ve already gone through that a lot plus years of fertility issues. I know by this age all women have really gone through it but having seen in detail what happened to my mum I am petrified. I guess I’ve had this fear since I was a child. I’ve talked to someone but it doesn’t take the fear away.
Can you guide me please on how you manage the fear about this as a topic overall? This second week to results will be busy at work but feels like an eternity already.
