Eva, my friend who is 89 has so many issues that have come on in the last 20 yrs I'd say. She also had a hip replacement the same year as me 2010 and she's gone downhill a lot since that surgery, a couple falls and fractures and the latest fall was about a week ago, in her apt, and the fall broke her shoulder...so in the hospital and now in rehab for who knows how long. So far the doctors are saying no surgery, surgery for this aged person can be so fraught with problems overall. About the mutation test, no I don't think she will venture there at this late date and with all her issues.

And if so many have this mutation issue, more shame on pharma world of continuing drugging the population for all the conditions they go to see their doctors. I know I've been a loud voice on my feelings about the modern medical industry here and every where I venture and this topic is discussed. C