i watched my mother die a horrible death from ovarian cancer and then shortly after that i watched my sister battle ovarian cancer and she also has the brca1 gene and after she was tested and went through eight rounds of chemotherapy i knew i had to get tested for the brca1 gene, as well. i was really pro surgery. not everyone is. i couldn t live with that anxiety any more. i drove myself crazy. every year, every mammogram and just panic until the next year. drrx gordon is the author of positive results making the best decisions when you re at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer. she joins us from los angeles. nice to have you here on this important topic that we need to discuss. what is the brca gene and somewhat the difference between 1 and 2?
horrible death from ovarian cancer. shortly after that i watched my sister battle ovarian cancer and she also has the gene and after she was tested and went through eight rounds of chemotherapy i knew that i had to get tested for the gene as well and mine did come back positive. i feel so powerful that i have and so thankful that i have this knowledge. the gene for some folks who are just hearing this for the first time this is the gene of o ovarian cancer. you tested positive. what did you do with that information? it s the ovarian cancer and breast cancer gene. what i did with that information is i started doing a lot of research meeting with several doctors and what they told me and what they recommended was that i went ahead and did a hysterectomy and a double mastectomy and to be honest with