The article is my first-person story of living with the BRCA1 genetic mutation, which dramatically increases my risk of breast and ovarian cancer. In a narrative tale that spans several years of my life, I describe for readers my journey: the discovery that I had the mutation, the death of my father, the birth of my daughters and my choice to have a drastic surgery to avoid getting cancer myself.
See the archived story and the contest questionnaire about how this story was written.