Postby Caat55 » Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:19 pm
I saw a genetic counselor at doctor's recommendation. We discussed testing, paid for by insurance or privately through a company called Colors(?)
She said currently preexisting conditions can not be excluded but genetic conditions for things like cancer can be. I don't know what the benefit would have been to know I would/could eventually be diagnosed with cancer. I ate healthy, exercised and live a pretty clean life, waiting for the ax to fall would have been too much. My family has a history of cancer, my dad at 80 and my brother at 27. I was 55 when diagnosed. I did all the recommended testing and when it came it came.
Just my opinion.
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20