Gabbi was created by our founder, Kaitlin Christine to bring early detection solutions and breast cancer risk assessments to all women. Read her story below. #breastcancer #breastcancerriskassessment #womenshealth
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For those who don’t know this about me, I like Olivia Munn had a double mastectomy at the age of 24. Here’s a photo of smiling through it, but the pain of the procedure was brutal. When I was 22, I lost my mother to breast cancer. Unlike Olivia Munn, I did have the genes associated with elevated breast cancer risk, but I learned how many women, like Munn, don't have the genetic component and do have an elevated risk. Helping women figure out their risk has become my life’s work. At Gabbi we built the exact thing that helped Olivia Munn get that initial MRI, leading to a biopsy, that led to the diagnosis. What we’ve built is a risk calculator, using technology, that incorporates factors like age of first period and family history to determine a woman’s true risk. Those with a certain risk, like Munn, are encouraged to get a breast MRI from the age of 30, versus waiting until the annual mammogram at 40 or later. We have a team of breast specialists that can order your breast MRI via telehealth in FL, MD, ME, MN, CT and are adding new states each month. Fellow women, please take this as your reminder to spark into action. Find out your risk. Get tested. No one should have to go through the pain of late-stage breast cancer, if there was a chance to catch it early.
