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

Essence Magazine:

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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