[rinaina]

No history of breast cancer or any cancer on either side of my family. I am the only one who has had breast cancer. My mother died of complications from diabetes and congestive heart disease at the age of 74. Her mother, my grandmother lived until she was 87 when she died of a heart attack but she was healthy until then. My dad is 80 and has diabetes that is well under control. His mother lived until she was 86 and also had diabetes. I always was worried about getting diabetes given the strong adult onset history in my family. Never thought about the possibility of getting cancer with no family history yet here I am at the age of 55, relatively healthy except for this years diagnosis of Her2+ breast cancer.