@smhaas37
Sorry to hear you've been hit with so many cancers. I find it concerning that you had multiple myeloma because my son and I have the CHEK2 mutation and my grandma and uncle (mother/son) both had multiple myeloma. I don't think anyone else has tested for CHEK2. My aunt, uncle and mother all tested for BRCA2 after I found out I had that. They didn't have it so it came from my dad who had already passed. I didn't know about CHEK2 until years later.

It seemed people in the family did not want to hear about my genetic mutations -- silence in response to my family e-mail advising others to get tested. Then my aunt and uncle didn't even tell me they tested and were negative. I found out years later. Was anyone else made to feel like the bad guy when telling others they should get checked? No good deed... Not one relative thanked me for the heads up.

So many other cancers in my family. Knock on wood, but so far no one in the family has had thyroid cancer. I'm surprised after reading how many of you with the CHEK2 mutation have had it. I had a thyroid nodule at 30, but it went away long ago. Scary stuff.