Grey's Anatomy, etc.

[Guest guest]

Hello, this is a little bit of a tangent, but I was wondering if

anyone (who is in the US) watched Grey's Anatomy last night? It's an

incredible show and I highly recommend it, but the reason I bring it

up is because on last night's show they dealt with a woman who decided

to have a preemptive hysterectomy and a mastectomy because breast

cancer and ovarian cancer ran in her family - I believe she said her

mother, grandmother, and aunt died of it. She ruined her chance of

having children (she mentioned having tried to get pregnant) to avoid

the possibility of having cancer. Actually, I think she knew she was

going to eventually get cancer because she was tested for a gene (I

was paying too much attention to Dr. Sheppard -aka McDreamy - and not

enough attention to the dialogue). Anyways, I just thought of the

similarities between our discussions on here (genetic testing, female

fertility) and was wondering if anyone else was making those

connections. BPES may be quite rare, but the implications of it

aren't necessarily....there are so many reasons that can prevent

people from having children. Watching the show also made me grateful

that something as serious as cancer isn't associated with BPES. Yes,

infertility is a very big issue, but it isn't one that kills you. And

as people like April and have shown, adoption is a very

wonderful alternative to those who can't conceive.

In other news, thanks again to everyone for their warm welcomes. I've

only been in this group for about a week, and I'm already really

enjoying reading about everyone's stories. Talk to you soon!