Previvorship w/Meaghan Sinclair: Cancer Genetic Screening, Hormone Replacement Therapy & Mental Health

My friend and an all around AMAZING warrior of a woman, Meaghan Sinclair, sits down with us to discuss the reasons behind herradical hysterectomy!In this episode, we learn a new term: PREVIVOR."A previvor is someone who has an elevated predisposition to being diagnosed with cancer due to a risk running through their family. The term is meant to explain how many of these people feel about having a higher chance of developing cancer, and the struggles they go through to navigate this distinction.""Previvors are people living with an inherited mutation who have never been diagnosed with cancer."Meaghan shares the details of her journey from caring for her grandmother & mother through their cancer diagnoses and treatment to the still widespread and bewildering ignorance within the medical community regarding HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) and it's quality-of-life-saving and SAFE capabilities.We discuss Lynch Syndome in terms of genetic testing for a multitude of cancers (including colon, prostate, ovarian and endometrial). Think HER2 gene linked to breast cancer and previvors in that group receiving radical mastectomies.Meaghan is an advocate-for herself, her family, her friends and community. Settle in to this episode and learn more about the rarity of how many of us realize and are aware of our genetic risks as well as how to self-advocate during the unfortunate wildest of times in American health care history!