Amber's Preventative Breast Cancer Story

As we continue to celebrate breast cancer awareness month, we share with you a different type of story today.   Instead of having a 92% chance of getting breast cancer and going through the survival process, our patient, Amber decided to take preventative action by undergoing a double mastectomy.  Below is Amber's story:

Amber's Story

"Hello. My name is Amber. I am currently 28 years old. I grew up watching my mom have stage 3 of breast cancer, and stage 3 of endometrial cancer.  So when I found out that there was a way to prevent me from possibly having to go through the horrible things she went through, I decided it was time I take the BRCA 1/2 test.  When the test came back positive it was no surprise that I had to take action. So I met with Dr. Miles, who had operated not only on my mom but myself previously before. I continued to have the double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery with hope I was at a 92% chance of getting it and I dropped it down to a 1% chance. Best decision ever!" 

-Amber