About one in 400 people in the U.S. carries a BRCA gene mutation, and InvestigateTV reporter Kristin Crowley is one of them. She’s known for nearly a decade, and now she’s sharing what that knowledge led her to do, along with expert guidance on the options available to carriers, including paths that don’t involve surgery. BRCA raises a woman’s risk for breast and ovarian cancer, and a man’s risk for breast, prostate, and other cancers, which is why family history is worth bringing up at your next appointment.
The same segment introduces Tobey Chapman, a 13-year-old who owns Tobey’s Sandwich Shack in Manchester. The menu comes from family recipes, and the startup money came from a savings account his parents opened at his birth. Then there’s Dave Ferguson, a retired Mid-Michigan man who has photographed Williamston High School sports for 13 years and posts every image free, no charge to athletes or their families.
Three stories, three very different paths, and a common thread about doing something with what you’ve been given. For Suncoast listeners, the health piece is the one to sit with, especially if cancer has touched your family. Have you ever asked a doctor about genetic testing, or talked with your relatives about who had what? We’d like to hear how those conversations went.
