So this is the year of "HOLY SHIT!" We're getting married this year (holy shit!) and we're going to start trying for a spawn this year (HOLY SHIT!). Which means we're going to go through genetic testing. FI may carry the gene for Marfan syndrome, so we want to make sure that any spawn will be healthy. A good friend of ours has a baby with a rare genetic disorder (she can't process fat into energy), and both parents had to be carriers, inspiring us to go through testing. The baby is a miracle, she was not supposed to make it through the night, then past a few weeks, then six months... she just turned one. On top of that, she was supposed to be mentally and physically disabled, but she has hit all of her mental milestones, and is now able to sit up on her own. Really a miracle baby, modern medicine is rad.
Here's the thing, though. I may carry the breast cancer gene. My half-sister had it at 35, and carries the gene. Our paternal grandmother passed away from it. I'm not sure what to think if I do carry it. Having the gene does not mean I will get breast cancer, and my lady doctor is already putting me on an early screening regime because of my half-sister's age when she got it. I'll be freaking out about any positive result though, not just for the breast cancer gene but who knows what else.
Did any of you ladies go through genetic testing? How did you deal with any results? It's really cool we can do this testing, but at the same time, it seems like just enough information to be dangerous.