The New Girls: Drastic Choices. Fighting Cancer BEFORE a diagnosis.

You cannot undo this, one of the surgeons told me, you have to be sure.I was sure.My choices were frightening, grim and daunting.I possess the rare Breast Cancer genetic mutation BRCA2 and I saw it as a death sentence.My choices were drastic, my actions were immediate.Complete Hysterectomy followed by Prophylactic Double Mastectomy with Reconstruction.I will never be the same. In so many ways. It was, and is, such a journey.

I clearly remember when Angelina Jolie first publicized her prevent...