锘縀rika鈥檚 Family History of Breast Cancer: Facing Your Risk at a Young Age Erika was only 28 years old when she learned she had a BRCA gene mutation that raised her risk for breast cancer. Facing your breast cancer risk when you are young and single can be isolating. Here鈥檚 her story. Audio Descriptive Text 鈥� Super comes up with 鈥淓rika On an early BRCA2 diagnosis鈥� 鈥� Erika is shown sitting and being interviewed throughout the video. 鈥� A glamorous photo of Erika is shown. 鈥� A photo of Erika and her mother is shown. 鈥� Genetic testing machinery is shown. 鈥� Photos of Erika are shown. 鈥� An IV drip is shown. 鈥� Photos of Erika are shown. 鈥� A photo of Erika presenting to an audience is shown. 鈥� Super comes up with 鈥淚t鈥檚 Time to Talk About Breast Cancer Risk鈥� 鈥� The last screen shows 鈥淏RING YOUR BRAVE鈥� with the logos for the National Association for Chronic Disease Directors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ob体育), and directs viewers to visit: cdc.gov/bringyourbrave Script [Erika] When you are twenty-nine, you are not thinking about death or the possibility of dying and you know learning that you carry one of these mutations, that鈥檚 a really scary thing to think about. My mom had had breast cancer twice before the age of 45, so given my family history, I was 28 when I decided to get genetic testing. When I learned that I carry a BRCA2 gene mutation, which really increases your risk of breast and ovarian cancer, the recommendation was to have a preventative mastectomy as soon as I could schedule it, which I certainly was not prepared to hear. I had a lot of anxiety about what it would be like to have to date and explain you know I don鈥檛 have cancer, but I have a really high risk of getting it, so I鈥檓 gonna have a double mastectomy. I think learning that you carry a hereditary cancer mutation, it鈥檚 already a really challenging emotional process. And so for myself, I really wanted to find stories about this pretty serious issue from women who were single and didn鈥檛 have children yet and I didn鈥檛 find either of those categories. And when you don鈥檛 see your story or people like you reflected in the things that you see online, I think that compounds those feelings of isolation and so I want my story to be that story that I didn鈥檛 have six-and-a-half years ago.