article_snippet: But did I want to know if I carried the genes that put me at a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer, Angelina Jolie’s and Alzheimer’s, I wondered?
article_snippet: It may sound foolish, but I spent weeks deciding whether I should find out or not — there’s something terrifying about the idea of knowing for sure that somewhere inside you is a genetic grenade that could go off at any moment.
article_snippet: I don’t have the mutations that cause breast and ovarian cancer.
article_snippet: Although I have the variant, that is no guarantee I will develop the disease.