Why I Chose A Double Mastectomy, Without A Breast Cancer Diagnosis

By Taiia Smart Young ·Updated October 4, 2021

Jen Hayes Lee and her best girlfriends agreed they were done having babies—and toyed with the idea of getting mommy makeovers. It was a lighthearted kiki, but for Lee, getting “snatched” triggered a sobering thought: I need to do testing. She wanted to know if anything in her genetic makeup would indicate a need for something much more serious, like a mastectomy.

Lee’s mother, Irma J.

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