Thought I would reply to you in public as well.
"You aren't going to get pity from me because you know you have a risk for a disease and instead of researching current best methods whine on the internet." So you have been personally watching me and know that every night since I found out, I've been researching? Oh, wait. Nope! You don't!
"You got a genetic predisposition for a disease that has high 5 year survival rate with the bulk of onset at age 60-70."
Did you miss the part where my mother had Stage 3 breast cancer at 42, and died at 45, or are you blind? By the way, the average age for women with this genetic predisposition (and Ashkenazi Jewish descent) to have breast cancer show up is 42. I learned that from a) my genetic councilor.
"You are lucky. You weren't born in Africa. You aren't mentally retarded. If your big worry is breast cancer that means you have bypassed millions of horrible diseases."
Nope, I wasn't born in Africa. My dad is mentally "retarded" after a heart attack and a stroke. I have endometriosis and as I mentioned in my private comment, you piece of shit, nerve entrapment. My periods are devastating, the only way I can function is by taking medication that is is 6-9 x stronger and I have the amazing choice next week of choosing which I'd rather stop - the earth shattering cramps, the back pain, the bowel pain, or the debilitating nerve pain in my leg. How the fuck would you choose - do you even have a vagina?
"Do you enjoy having all your organs? All your major muscles? Go to a college for science; you'd be surprised how many women sign up for a STEM career because they have a tough genetic lot."
Fuck you, again, shitlord. My dad is adopted. I could have a plethora of genetic shit going on in me I don't even KNOW about, I asked to find out (hence, again, educating myself) and my father's doctor told me he didn't know where to send my father. I'm still looking.
"I have met dozens of young men and women who put a face on a rare genetic disease I'd read in books. I'd advise you follow their lead. They are thankful they are alive. They are active, working hard on preventative medicine. They volunteer to organizations that help others with their condition. They lobby for increased science funding and awareness. They go to college- even if it means working a full time job at the same time."
I don't have the money to go back to college. Would you like to give me the money? Please, go for it.
I spend my time working not one, but two jobs, with excruciating pain that would bring you to your fucking KNEES ... you wouldn't know where to START handling it. I literally found out 3 weeks ago I have this gene mutation... you sound like a fucking psychopath with how you have responded to me here, expecting me just to get up and move on with my life. There is a grieving period with finding this out, but you wouldn't know that - either you have a dick, or don't have this problem (obviously not).
"If you honestly think your doctor is wrong, go find another. Even with a degree in bio-chemistry it took me 17 doctors to get a diagnosis for myself for a disease that requires 2 labs. One of my relatives had to go to over 300 doctors over 5 years because no one could figure out what was wrong with him. By the time he flew out to Australia, he looked liked a living skeleton."
O RLY? What do you think my mom looked like as she laid there DYING OF BREAST CANCER? And I AM going to speak to another doctor for a second opinion.
You have absolutely NO right to talk to me like you did, I probably don't have a right to speak to you the way I did here, but civility and compassion don't seem like your forte.
"Educate yourself. Advocate for yourself. Whining gets you no extra days to spend." I am.
Go die in a fire.