By Jill Rackham
BRCA faulty gene, I feel fed up with you now.
I can't believe I have you and you are within my family somehow.
You have been sitting silently inside me all of my life.
I only discovered you when breast cancer came along causing much strife.
With no immediate family history of breast cancer how could this be.
It was such a shock to find out that you had made cancer grow inside me.
Further surgery became part of my cancer management plan.
It felt never ending but I am determined to do all I that I can.
Surgery is now complete but the shock of you will take some time to recover from.
Thoughts often wondering if this faulty gene is something I have now passed on…
I've now done everything I can to reduce my high risk of breast cancer returning.
And indeed of ovarian cancer stirring.
I'm hopeful that as research continues science will lead to your fault being corrected.
This could mean future generations will not be in any way affected.
Only 5% of breast cancer is caused by an inherited faulty gene.
I would love for this statistic to be non-existent and not even be seen.
BRCA faulty gene you feel like a heavy burden to carry around.
I so wish I didn’t have you, but I do and thankfully you were found.
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