When you inherit a genetic mutation like Lynch syndrome, the medical system hands you surgical checklists and surveillance schedules. But nobody prepares you for the crushing psychological fallout: genetic guilt.
"I felt like I was going to repeat the cycle… but in this instance, I would be the mom instead of the child."
Tiffany Graham Charkosky, author of Living Proof, describes what happens when a test result turns an otherwise healthy woman into a patient living in anticipation of disease.
Full episode out now.
