It has been a little over 3 weeks since my exchange!! My incisions are healed and I am on weight restriction for only 3 more weeks. I have been feeling great. I have noticed some soreness when I over work my right arm, but other than that I am feeling great. They do change a lot over the first several weeks. It is like every morning I look in the mirror to see if I recognize myself! These things have a mind of their own sometimes! I have my last follow up with the plastic surgeon in September. I hope that is my last trip to Kansas City before we are driving on through!!!!
There has been a lot of talk lately trying to understand ones mutation and what does the numbers and letters mean. My mutation is 5578delAA with a stop codon at amino acid position 1785. This is a frameshift mutation. What does all this mean?!? I have no clue. I just know what my summary stated that this is a deleterious (harmful) mutation with known breast cancer risk of up to 84% and ovarian cancer up to 40%. There is a wonderful blog post that talks a little about the different types of mutations. If you feel like studying, here is the link,
www.bravebosom.com/brca-mutations-made-simple
It really is an interesting article. I also learned something new recently. The FORCE website (facingourrisk.org website) has a BRCA Gene Mutation Database. I entered my gene into this database and have now met people with my same mutation! I am super pumped about this. They even have their own Facebook group. Which now including me has 11 members! I am anxious to get to meet these other women and to share stories.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eva-moon/double-mastectomy-whos-breasts-are-these_b_3713800.html
Above I have added a link to an article I came a cross the other day and it really hit home in different aspects. This article talks about being an independent woman where no body part can define you. I also love the title of the article.... Ask the mutant!
That is all I can think of right now. I have come to realize that I was a much more interesting blogger when I was on pain medication and muscle relaxers. I promise to try and find more interesting and humorous topics for the future.
I have the same mutation as you! Your blog is thing that popped up when I Googled it!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry I just now saw you posted here. We have a private Facebook group, with a few other girls with our same mutation.
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