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I'm so glad I can give you hope! Definitely talk to your doctor about going on Raloxifene, 60mg/day. If your doctor doesn't know about it, maybe you can make a telehealth appointment with Dr. Maxwell. She's one of the leading genetic oncologists in the U.S. She's at the Basser Center at University of Pennsylvania.If you religiously get a mammogram of one type or the other every six months (the 3-d mammogram is the more conclusive test; I always breathe a sigh of relief when it comes back negative) then you should be able to postpone, and maybe entirely avoid, a mastectomy. However, similar to me, I would say that if you find even a small lump you might think more seriously about the double mastectomy. My therapist had a lumpectomy instead of a mastectomy and ended up dying of breast cancer 4 years later.Oh, one important point: I was 59 when I discovered I was BRCA-2 so I had no hesitation to remove my ovaries. You're much younger, so you may want to have all the desired kids and then get an oophectomy as soon as you can.My other post I guess is under review because it's NSFW, but an oophectomy makes you have a dry vagina.And you can't take estrogen to relieve the dryness. Ouch.After two years of painful sex I finally discovered these two products.I insert this suppository the night before (keep refrigerated):https://www.carlsonlabs.com/products/key-e-suppositories And this gel gets inserted just at the opening a few minutes before: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Syren-Pain-Relief-Gel-Reliever-for-Vulva-Itching-Burning-Redness-Muscle-Joint-and-Arthritis-1-0-oz/6047955477 And I can enjoy sex again. This took me 2 years to figure out.