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Would you want to know?
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If you were predisposed to an illness such as breast cancer, would you want to have the tests to find out? (For example if your mother had breast cancer the risk of you having it is higher, would you want to know if you were going to develop it?)
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if it was something that couldn't be detected early and i couldn't prevent it, i'd rather not know.
Yes.
My mother had breast cancer young as did my paternal grandmother who died of it in her fourties.
Actually I discovered (after talking to my GP) that the increased risk is less than I initially assumed.
And as screening and awareness are such a major factor in breast cancer survival rates it is worth it.
I was offered tests for my future kids to test for genetic conditions as I was born with a cleft palate and it was offered when I was 11 but I turned it down til I was older. I never took the option as I wouldn't want to now know because I would keep the child as cleft palate didn't set me back in many ways-even though there was an abortion in the news with this not so long ago.
I guess thats different for you though-as this is actually you, not your kids, but you. You would think there would be tests though-like what they do with pregnant women-i did an essay about PGD/PND which was all to do with genetic testing and ethics, its such a hard thing to talk about. In the end it has to be up tyo you yourself I guess.
Anyway i'm rambling now so I'll shush
why dont you just try to seize every oppurtunity and live life to the full and really enjoy yourself as much as you can. That way, if you do develop MS you will have fewer regrets about "wasting your youth" and all that kinda stuff
:yes: i agree. i would want to know.
My Nan on my mum's side has had breast cancer, that cleared but now she has bone cancer.
And by the way, MS stands for what?
If you look at the breast cancer protocol thingy that they use to work out how much risk you are under, the relatives on your fathers side are considered far less significant than those on your mothers side.
My family has a history of breast cancer on both sides so I thought I was bound to get it but apparently I'm not at that much higher a risk as if only my mothers side had it.
Hope that makes sense.
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