Fighting Cancer Before I Have It
As a previvor — someone with a confirmed genetic risk of cancer — I’m hoping for the best but preparing for the worst
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5 min readFeb 25, 2019
“Previvor” is one of those words I’d never heard of until I was suddenly thrust into being one myself. I suppose I have technically been a previvor all my life, but I didn’t know it until a genetic test, fueled by…