Poor coverage of BRCA issues by media

Been somewhat following the whole Angelina Jolie coverage and finding it quite deficient. As usual, breast cancer gets the cache' and ovarian cancer is given short shrift. Poor explanations all the way around about detection of ovarian. No one explaining that it ends up more deadly because there is no test, and it is found at stage 3 or 4 and so difficult to treat then. Poor job of suggesting to people with cancer in family to get genetic counseling before getting testing to discuss what they do with the information when they get it, what it all means. Also, poor job of explaining, really no one explained that a father can be a carrier, like in my situation. That for men, it means high rates of melanoma or prostate cancer, testicular cancer etc. Overall, major media fail.

New study re: BRCA and early menopause - so me.

This was so true for me, should have been another sign that I was BRCA positive but who knew?? I went through early menopause in my mid-40s, probably by 47 it was over as far as menstruating went, but still had flashes, weight gain, night sweats, and I have the sweats and difficulty regulating temperature even now with no ovaries but more related to chemo detox. Looking forward to 90 days to see how I truly feel. http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-gene-mutation-linked-earlier-menopause-205024862.html