My MRI is today
Inspired by Grace, I'm also posting on Breast Cancer Awareness month. Not sure if I posted (to those reading the non-Joli-and-Jada posts), I was tested for BRCA1 (breast cancer gene) in August and was positive. That means, I have an 80% chance of developing breast cancer. And, since many of my female cousins, aunts, and even my sisters were either cancer or pre-cancer survivors, I'm no fool to my odds.

Today starts the massive amounts of tests. I'll pretty much be in Boston every single week for the next month or so, between my own tests, Jada's EUA's, etc. Fantastic....

I'm not nervous about being BRCA1 positive. I figure, you deal with the cards you have - and our family has been good about that (by no choice of our own, of course). So, now begins my journey of building a chart with the Boston hospitals and, hopefully, catching any cancer cells before they truly turn into something bad. As a BRCA1 positive person, I also have a much higher risk for Ovarian cancer, too. So, I'll be monitored for that as well.

I guess I'm a little nervous today because this test is what found Grace's pre-cancer cells (I know there is a more scientific name for this, but "pre-cancer" works for me). Grace emerged from the next 2 tests with massive bruising and a lot of pain - two things I am NOT a fan of in my life. So, not nervous about the tests, but nervous about what they could find. Grace has decided to have a double mastectomy in a few weeks. I'm not quite there yet. But, who knows what the tests will determine for me.

Now that I'm "out", I'm sure I'll be writing more about this... in between stories of the girls pooping the tub -- which happened yesterday (thanks, Jada!) -- and going to school!!

Peace.