My BRCA Story

* UPDATE: I am negative for the BRCA gene. Breast Cancer Awareness Month means a great deal in our house. It’s not just another reason to...

Thank you to Grey Genetics and Patient Stories for having me on to discuss my journey with BRCA and surgery, but more importantly, for all...

Who would have thought, ten years ago when I learned of my BRCA1 results, that social media would have ever played a part in my treatment p...

It’s hard to put myself in “her” head. It’s hard to fully empathize. My parents are still alive. I did watch my paternal grandmother go thr...

In a 1991 LA Times article, my grandmother was interviewed about breast cancer in our family.  She sadly passed of heart surgery complicatio...

  24 years ago today, my mother passed away from breast cancer.   Today, I’m sitting here in my home, alone.   No kids to tend to, ...