Originally Posted by
truckstop
I'm still not sure if it's better to know or not, but I'm leaning towards it's better to know. Is the test definitive? (To a point, I'm sure nothing is 100% but I'm hesitating on getting the genetic test for ovarian cancer because that one is still so iffy anyway.)
Her test will be definitive. She either has the gene or she doesn't. If she has it, 90% chance it will kill her.
We spent a lot of time talking about the test. The decision to get tested came down to: if she didn't find out, she would spend the rest of her life assuming she had the disease. If she was tested and didn't have it, she could walk away. She waited until she was ready, and then got tested earlier this month.