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OHIO, USA: The drains Bess had attached to her chest after her mastectomy. THIS WOMAN describes the relief she felt after undergoing a preventative double mastectomy that has cut her risk of breast cancer from EIGHTY-FOUR PER CENT to lower than FIVE PER CENT. For Bess Jones (34) from Ohio, USA, breast cancer has been an unwelcome presence in her life since she was a young girl. Bess? grandma, Sally, sadly passed away when she was six-years-old from the disease and her own mother, Ronda, fought and beat breast cancer when Bess was 12-years-old ? and in turn, she always wondered when would be her turn to battle the same cancer. In September 2019, Bess found a lump in her right breast and immediately went to get it checked out. She was referred for a breast mammogram and ultrasound and was told it was just dense breast tissue and was thankfully given the all clear. Bess? initial relief was short-lived as in the new year of 2020 she found a different lump in her right breast. After another mammogram and ultrasound scan, she was referred to a surgeon to have it removed. Bess underwent lumpectomy surgery in March 2020 and was told the lump removed was benign. After both of Bess? breast cancer scares, she was reminded by doctors again of her family history and told that she was at high risk of one day developing breast cancer but after her second scare, she had had enough ? Bess decided to take action. She decided she didn?t want to be known as the woman who beat breast cancer, she wanted to be the woman who never gave cancer a chance. With the support of her partner Matt, Bess was referred to have genetic testing done. Bess found out she had the BLM gene mutation which puts her at higher risk of breast cancer and raises her risk of colon cancer. Combined with Bess? history, this gene mutation would raise her own risk of developing breast cancer to 57 to 84 per cent. On September 21, 2020, Bess underwent a six-hour bilateral preventative mastectomy surgery which removed th
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