安吉丽娜朱莉我的医疗选择.docVIP

我的母亲与癌症斗争了近十年，在56岁时去世。她与命运对抗着，直到见到了自己第一个外孙，享受了天伦之乐。不过，我的其他几个孩子却没有机会了解她，感受她的和蔼可亲。 MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was. 我们经常聊起“妈咪的妈咪”，而我发现自己总是在努力地向他们解释将她从我们身边夺走的疾病。孩子们曾问道，这种情况是不是也会发生在我身上。我一直都告诉他们，不要担心，而真相是，我身体里有一个“缺陷”基因，BRCA1。这个基因会极大地增加我患上乳腺癌和子宫癌的风险。 We often speak of “Mommy’s mommy,” and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have aske