In this essay, one woman shares why she decided not to get tested for Huntington's disease—and how it's ultimately allowed her to live life on her own terms.
Though we didn't discuss it much, the few times my younger sister and I did broach the topic, she helped me realize that I didn't actually want to get tested. I didn't want to actually want to grow up counting down the days until I started seeing symptoms. Or counting down the days until my sisters could get tested. Instead, I wanted to continue to grow up like everyone else, soaking up experiences, making mistakes, andSo I decided that when I was 30 I would reexamine my options.
My Huntington's diagnosis couldn't touch my 20s. It may have fucked up my teen years and it could definitely fuck up future decades, but my 20s were my last hurrah of freedom before the disease could possibly wreak havoc on my 30s—from deciding to get tested to getting sick. Why would I want to muddle that with certain results? It wasn't until my 29th birthday combined with my engagement that I was really forced to start questioning my decision to not get tested.
I took the call on a walk home from the subway expecting it to be short and sweet. Instead, the 20-minute conversation sent me into a spiral filled with tears and self-loathing that I kept to myself for a few weeks. When I finally came out of it, I told my fiancé that I wasn't ready to get tested. If I couldn't handle a quick phone call explaining the process, I knew I couldn't handle the actual process itself.
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