I haven't written here in a long time. Not regularly since cancer days when I was trying to cope and process everything. I have found myself in a situation I am having trouble fully wrapping my head around. I don't have cancer again (insert wood knocking) but I am making a difficult choice. This choice will significantly lower my future cancer risks. But at the cost of biological children. Here are the facts. I'm 37. Statistically if I have my ovaries taken out (oophorectomy) prior to 40 then I will have an 80% reduction in my risk of ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is nasty and often fatal because it is so hard to detect. I have BRCA1 gene and I am a Breast cancer survivor. Based on my history it is beneficial to also do a total hysterectomy at the same time. My lady parts history makes me a bad candidate for laparoscopic so I have to do old school abdominal surgery with 6 week recovery. After surgery my body will be thrown into menopau
Just an overly opinionated Survivor