It was late Friday night – the email arrived to let me know that my Navigenics genetic test results were ready.
I thought for a second – am I ready? But without another thought I logged in and there they were.
As I scanned the private report, I realized that there was a lot of information. I went from top to bottom, focusing on the conditions that were important to me – heart attack, Alzheimer’s, diabetes.
My quick read was “relief” – no surprises – the conditions that I was at higher than normal risk for were ones that occurred in my family. My dad lived to age 87 and my mom to age 84; the conditions that I think I need to pay attention to were the same ones that they were afflicted with.
But I have the chance to do something about it.
