# @wmar2news on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CyvdSz1LYbQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/9480617-wmar2news-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-10-23T12:36:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WMAR-2 News (@WMAR2News) — https://gondola.cc/WMAR2News

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“My grandmother suffered. My sister suffered, but if there’s a way that you can empower yourself with knowledge and information, that’s what I really hope I can share,” Jenn Ervin Ehrlich said.

Ehrlich is on a mission to save others.

While her grandmother passed away decades ago from breast cancer, her sister died in October 2018 after battling the disease three times over 8-9 years.

With a first and second-degree relative who was diagnosed with breast cancer in their mid 40’s, Ehrlich was at a higher risk.

She was tested for a possible genetic mutation, at the time the most common was the BRACA mutation.

“I was negative, and I was like yes, I dodged a bullet,” Ehrlich said.

What she didn’t know was there are more than a dozen different mutations for breast cancer.

As she watched her sister suffer through another battle, she learned there was expanded testing. Her doctor suggested it for her.
      
Ehrlich tested positive for the Check 2 mutation and so did her sister, but it was too late for Stephani. The third time her cancer returned, it had spread to her brain.
      
“We’re coming up on five years now and it feels like forever. I miss her every single day. I do feel like she was with me in writing this book,” Ehrlich said.

Last year, she decided to write a book. She called it Ripped Genes.
She was writing as a previvor, someone living with a genetic disposition to breast cancer.

#breastcancer #breastcancerawareness #previvor #survivor #breastcancerawarenessmonth

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breastcancerawareness, breastcancerawarenessmonth, breastcancer, survivor, previvor

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