Emmy just turned two in July, and her vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds. She amazes me every day. Her pronunciation isn’t always clear; she will be demanding mucus in the car and I’ll say “What are you saying? Mucus?” “A song, a song!” she’ll demand instead. She means music!
My vocabulary? Amazingly, at 40, my vocabulary is expanding as well. What is “RT”? I just searched Twitter’s help section to see what the heck RT means. Re-tweet was the answer, and it turns out there’s a right way to RT and a wrong way.
What about BRCA? BRCA is breast cancer, as in breast cancer gene testing. It’s been about three weeks since I found out my mom went to have a gene test. We’ve always wondered if we have the BRCA gene mutation; Mom was first diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 40, and I was 27 when I was diagnosed.
If we find out Mom does have the mutation, what then? Most likely my sisters and I have the mutation as well. One of the mutations will make us more at risk for developing ovarian cancer along with breast cancer. Whoo-hoo! A double whammy! We’ll have some important decisions to make.
My biggest worry is about my daughters. Have I passed the mutation on to them? Now there’s some motherly guilt that will be pretty hard to recover from.
But then again, maybe I won’t need to feel guilty. Maybe my mom and I both having breast cancer at a young age is just a coincidence. A strange and unnerving coincidence, but perhaps one more bearable than having the BRCA gene mutation.
And so we wait….
It's tough when you have NO IDEA what your kid is saying and they get so frustrated since you are obviously not listening to them. Thanks for explaining the acronyms.. they always throw me off. I hoe the test is negative.Recent blog:=- Wordless Wednesday: And I’m Already Doing Her Homework
Hope, not hoe. Sorry, I wasn't implying anything. Recent blog:=- Wordless Wednesday: And I’m Already Doing Her Homework
Waiting….do not like waiting. I will pray. Recent blog:=- WELCOMING FALL
That has to be a scary wait. But you can NOT blame yourself if you have the gene and your girls do too. The gene doesn't mean they will get breast cancer, but that they could. Also, if they know they could then they will be better prepared for it, catch it early, and get early treatment then early remission.It's going to be fine.
I hope the results are good news. The wait must be tough.Recent blog:=- Take My Brain. Please. And Random Tuesday Thoughts.
LOL! I knew what you meant! Thanks for the good wishes!Recent blog:=- Waiting…and Waiting…and Waiting
Thanks for your prayers. I will write a follow up post when the test results come in!Recent blog:=- Waiting…and Waiting…and Waiting
Thanks! I'll keep you updated!Recent blog:=- Waiting…and Waiting…and Waiting
Thinking of you during this time! And praying for good news! Re the speech thing, I have the same issues with Nate ALL the time. And he gets so frustrated with me when I can't interpret what he's saying. He just sighs and says, "Never mind.":)
You observe well one of the strange things about getting older: our vocabulary grows because of what we experience directly – it almost seems like a good thing – that means our vocabulary grows in ways we'd rather not have anything to do with.Recent blog:=- Notes on Dickinson’s “They say that “Time assuages”…” (686)
Hang in there, Sweetie! Love and prayers comin' your way from mine to you and your girls…
if you DO have the mutation, why should you feel any guiltier than your mom for passing it on? it really isn't your fault. you are lovely and so is your mom, and so are your girls. maybe by the time your girls are in their 20's and 30's the treatment for breast cancer will be much simpler. you and your family are in my prayers. did your sisters have cancer too?
None of my sisters or aunts have had breast cancer, so that's a positivesign. I think you're right about treatments by the time the girls grow up.Thanks for your prayers!
Thanks so much! Prayers help, and I'll keep you posted!