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Oct 27, 2020

On being a “previvor.”

“You have the same mutation your father has,” the genetic counselor reported stoically into the phone. I was 35 years old, and 3,000 miles from home at an offsite. I think I may have said “thank you for telling me;” I don’t really remember. I didn’t cry. I was expecting…

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On being a “previvor.”
On being a “previvor.”
Jessica Herling Shoemaker

Jessica Herling Shoemaker

I'm a mom of 2, in tech product marketing, amateur baker and cake decorator, and pre-pandemic world traveler. Oh, and I have a pesky gene mutation.

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