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Scenario

When friends receive different genetic test results and survivor guilt emerges

My best friend and I both got tested for the BRCA gene mutation after her mom's cancer diagnosis, and now we have different results — she's positive and I'm negative, and there's this weird guilt and distance between us that we're both pretending isn't there. We went through the testing process together but now our paths diverge and I don't know how to be present for her fear without feeling guilty about my relief.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Disparate test outcomes create an unexpected chasm between people who entered the uncertainty together.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Laboratory tests and reading your results?”

Peri

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