catherine had a double mastectomy to remove both breasts including the unaffected one to minimize her risk of developing cancer but this mutation also increases the likelihood of developing over arion cancer. and i'd still say your breasts you can cut off but it's a much bigger deal if it's in your abdomen. at one point a doctor said that's not something you can just have checked for. if it's detected joining an examination then it's probably too late which is why a lot of doctors told me the ovaries have to go and i thought no i'm not ready to do that yet. there it would be another part of me i'd have to let go of i am the human being behind these statistics i'm not just a name or a subject in a study i'm a human being with feelings dreams and expectations they mention again and once you're in with. catton wants to keep her ovaries for as long as possible she's afraid of surgery and of going through menopause as