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[alanadan]

Hi All. Its been a while since I was on this brilliant site, TO re-cap , I lost my mam in 2012 to OVarian cancer, the last 3 years have been so hard, so painful and I totally know what its like to be broken hearted. My mam fought Breast cancer 6 -7 years before she was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer and from her medical history , I decided to seek some medical advice for myself. I inquired about the gene test as I am very conscious of what could happen given the history on my mams side of the family. I went to see a consultant in the Genetics clinic here in Dublin and after doing out the family tree etc... and with taken my age now into consideration he advised me that I having my ovaries and tubes removed would be a safer option, I do not have any form of cancer and I pray I will never. I watched my mam and sister both fight cancer with both sad endings. I was then referred to the mater hospital to see a great consultant and together we spoke about my families history etc..... I am now scheduled in for a full hysterectomy, I am coming up to my 44th birthday. I am married with two beautiful children, aged 18 and 11. I am finished having children and now I just want to safe guard my health going forward. I will have the gene test done after the operation so that I can advise my two children later on in life. I have chosen to speak out about this because in case anyone else is worried and they dont know how to go about finding out what their best options or what they should do, everyone is different but I personally have worried for the last two years that I may get ovarian cancer or cancer of that region. I have now got control that I can prevent this from happening from deciding to have a full hysterectomy. I suppose the only thing I will be worried about is going straight into the change as i have no idea what to expect from this, I hear all different stories so I reckon everyone is different. I will brace it when it happens, I reckon. I consider myself very lucky but I wish my mam had of had the same option, mam had a hysterectomy when she was 42 but they left the ovaries there, I wish they had of taken them away all at the same time. I believe that my mam is now my driving force and if anyone would like to share any stories with me or have any questions, please feel free to message me. Hope everyone is keeping well. kazxx