article_snippet: After hearing the news from her father, Catherine contacted her brother and sister, warning her brother and sister her brother and sister needed to be checked.
article_snippet: her father had waited almost ten months to be tested, but Catherine didn't want to wait this long. '
article_snippet: Three weeks later, Catherine went back with Catherine husband Martyn to be told Catherine test results. '
article_snippet: I had a bad feeling from the outset,' says Catherine. '
article_snippet: Catherine quickly decided what Catherine wanted to do. '
article_snippet: Catherine didn't make it.
article_snippet: Though Catherine brother is still waiting for genetic testing, Catherine's sister heard shortly before Christmas that Catherine's sister, too, has the defective gene.
article_snippet: I have thanked my cousin for alerting us,' says Catherine.