steveheremd asked:


As a show of support for a family member who is going through breast cancer treatment, some of the other family members (My wife, daughter and niece) are discussing geting a small pink ribbon tattoo as show of support. How about for me? I have no tattoos right now but I have donated to the Komen Breast Cancer foundation for years, walked/run in the race for the cure multiple times and have a family history of cancer. With genetics the way they are, my wife and daughter are probable canidates to be affected by breast cancer. My daughter kinda gave me a look when I said that I wanted to participate, like maybe it should be a girl thing. What do you think? Maybe right back of shoulder?

Aristes asked:


My mom’s going to have a mammogram done soon and what I assume will be a biopsy.
If it turns out to be breast cancer, should I take extra precautions since I will have had confirmed family history?

Just curious.
I’m 18 and my mom’s 46. I’m not sure about how often mammograms are necessary, honestly. My mom’s had one since I was little and I thought that was normal, just to have one.

Nicole asked:


my mum has got breast cancer in her family history and she had a lump removed when she was in her 20′s and shes just had a check up and found she has got 3 more lumps. what are the chances of her having breast cancer? im really worried.

Silvia.D. asked:


I have a family history of breast cancer and would like to know if this is bad? I have to go for a biopsy on 1/13/09 and am very concerned.

InvicibleStar asked:


Just saw a story on the Today Show about a woman who had, based on new genetic testing methods, an 85% chance of getting breast cancer and so she had her healthy breasts removed. Sounds sadomasochistic to me to do something like that when you are just as likely to die in accidents or other diseases and the testing is new so who knows if she would have gotten the disease. There was a history of breast cancer in her family but a history dosen’t mean you are going to have it, there is a history of everything in my family but the things I ended up suffering from nobody else had. Everyone is going to die anyway why chop up your body to try and avoid the eneventabtle?

These stories make me sick!
When I say these stories make me sick I mean that in the sense that I think they are gross not that I’m angry.

Casey asked:


My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer in her mid-40′s and she’s the only one who had it in my family.I’m 19 and she’s stressing about the prospect that I’ll get it too because she had it.As far as I know there have to be at least 2 people in your family for the cancer to be linked to genetic reasons.Am I wrong?