@deccakid
Good to hear you’re getting tested. Some medical centers require everyone to get tested. They not only have drugs for BRCA2, but they also have drugs for PTEN (in trial but available).

The first thing I did when I found I was BRCA2 was to have all my cousins my brother and sister, and my two children get tested. One cousin who’s Mother had breast cancer Was cleared so her daughters don’t need to be tested. Another daughter of my cousin was cleared as well, her grandmother and her aunt died of breast cancer. Both my brother and sister were cleared and as a result their children Didn’t need testing.

Turns out I was the only one left in the family with BRCA2. My mother was the only one of the three sisters that didn’t have any problems with BRCA2, Just passed it on to me.

@deccakid
I have known that I have a germline genetic mutation most likely passed on from my dad who died of prostate cancer some 40+ years ago. Mine is of the rarer ilk, a mismatch repair gene that gives me Lynch syndrome. I also have a somatic BRCA2 mutation ()not germline). So, this knowledge has been most helpful because it has led me to avail of a number of treatment protocols over the past `12 years that are specific to my mutation. The downside of course is that there is no cure or lasting remission. As I embark on year 12, my PSA is once again on the move and I am probably going to have to manage and treat my 7th recurrence of this relentless disease.