Mm-hmm.

But it was, it was, you know, pretty intense.

Um, you know, through her journey first, it was, "Hey, let's just watch you and monitor," and all of that stuff.

And I was told, "Don't worry about this.

Get married.

Live a life." You know, I wasn't thinking about getting genetic counseling anytime soon.

Fast-forward to 2008, 2007, somewhere around there, so right after my husband and I got married, before we started on having kids and that journey, I did get tested, and simple little spit test right in the doctor's office, and I found out that I was also positive.

From your perspective as both a patient and physical therapist, what does recovery from a prophylactic surgery actually look like that people aren't prepared for?