From the Feet Up Tanya Saad 9781459690684 Books
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Tanya Saad's life wasn't perfect but it wasn't far off. Happily occupied with a demanding job, the competitive cycling she loved and the support of her irrepressible family, she wasn't given to introspection. Then the thunderbolt hit. At the age of 30 she discovered she had tested positive for the BRCA1 gene - a gene that meant her chances of developing breast and ovarian cancer young just increased exponentially. Worse was to come when one of her beloved younger sisters tested positive too. A resilient personality, Tanya was used to meeting challenges. Growing up as part of the only Lebanese family in a small NSW country town, then coming out as a gay woman in a conservative culture meant she was used to conflict. But the decisions ahead - should she have her breasts and ovaries removed before disease set in? Should her sister? - would require all her strength and resilience. From the Feet Up is a dazzling memoir of courage and determination, told with great humour and verve. This book examines what it means to be a woman, shows how to meet adversity with both courage and grace, and offers some revelations along the way. As Tanya says 'The profound moments in your life are not about getting what you want, they are about discovering who you are.'
From the Feet Up Tanya Saad 9781459690684 Books
At the age of 30, Tanya Saad tested positive for BRCA1, a hereditary gene that greatly increases the risk of its carrier developing aggressive breast and/or ovarian cancer, forcing her to make difficult choices in order to preserve her health. From the Feet Up is the story of Tanya's journey from childhood to a woman facing up to an uncertain future.The eldest of three girls, Tanya was born and raised in the small New South Wales country town of Taree by her immigrant Lebanese parents, next door to her fraternal grandparents. Athletic and talented, Tanya, and her sisters, were involved in competitive swimming with Olympian dreams and Eisteddfods (playing piano) in between working at the family's shoe store chain and helping out on their grandparent's small cattle and fruit & vegetable farm. The most significant childhood event for Tanya was a three month holiday to Lebanon taken just months after the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990 to visit relatives. Bullied in part because of her heritage during primary school, high school provided some relief but Tanya gratefully escaped the region after graduation, returning only for family occasions and holidays.
Tanya's memories of her childhood experiences weave in and out of her adult narrative. In the period before her diagnosis, Tanya was living in Canberra enjoying a high pressure career in politics while developing a competitive edge in road cycling. She maintained close ties to her parents and her two sisters, Vivian and Paula, now living in Sydney, and undertook the genetic testing as part of Hereditary Cancer project after it was discovered her father was a carrier of the faulty gene, their family history having revealed several generations of women who died of breast or ovarian cancer, some only in their early twenties. Both Tanya and Paula were found to have inherited the BRCA1 gene.
With strength, grace and courage Tanya shares her thoughts and emotions as she wrestles with the hand fate has dealt her. Still single and childless, the preventative options for sufferers of the BRCA1 gene including a bilateral mastectomy and a complete, or partial salpingo-oophorectomy (the removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes), could permanently affect Tanya's chances of pregnancy, but decrease her risk of developing cancer by as much as 90%. Tanya must weigh the risks and benefits and make a decision about her future.
From The Feet Up is a poignant, articulate and ultimately uplifting memoir sure to give hope to women facing a similarly confronting diagnosis and raise awareness of the risks associated with the BRCA1 gene.
* I should disclose that Tanya's family home, as described in her memoir, is just around the corner from where I live. We have never met though, I'm not a 'local', only having lived in the town for a decade, but I have shopped at the family's shoe store in town.
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From the Feet Up Tanya Saad 9781459690684 Books Reviews
In this memoir, Tanya writes of both her childhood and adult experiences, neatly weaving both narratives together.
Tanya is the eldest of three girls. She was born and raised in regional New South Wales where she and her family lived next door to her fraternal grandparents. Tanya and her sisters played piano at eisteddfods, were competitive swimmers with Olympic aspirations, worked at the family’s shoe stores and helped out on their grandparents’ farm. One of the most significant events in her childhood occurred in 1990 when, just after the Lebanese Civil War ended, Tanya and her family spent three months in Lebanon visiting relatives.
At the age of thirty in 2008, Tanya Saad tested positive for BRCA1. This meant that she had inherited a gene which had greatly increased her risk of developing aggressive breast and (or) ovarian cancer.
In the period immediately before her diagnosis, Tanya lived in Canberra. She was pursuing both a career in the public sector and competitive bicycle road racing. Tanya had undertaken genetic testing as part of an hereditary cancer project after it was discovered that her father was a carrier of the faulty BRCA1 gene. Her family history revealed that a number of women, some aged in their early twenties, across several generations had died of breast or ovarian cancer. Both Tanya and her sister Paula had inherited the gene.
Tanya shares her thoughts and emotions as she comes to terms with the reality of being BRCA1 positive. Preventative options include a bilateral mastectomy and either a complete or partial salpingo-oophorectomy (the removal of the uterine tubes and ovaries). While this could reduce Tanya’s risk of developing cancer by up to ninety percent, it is a very confronting decision to make for a young and childless woman.
There’s a lot that is interesting and thought-provoking in this memoir. While I was reading the memoir primarily to learn more about Tanya’s life as a consequence of carrying the BRCA1 breast and ovarian cancer gene, I was interested in her experiences of ‘otherness’, of growing up in regional Australia where being of Lebanese heritage would ensure she stood out, and later of being a gay woman. And I was especially interested in reading how she took control of both the options she had and the decisions she needed to make.
Being confronted by BRAC1 and its consequences would be difficult for anyone. The choices are daunting, and the timeframes are often tight. I’d recommend Tanya Saad’s memoir to anyone facing these choices, but also to anyone interested in reading a thoughtful memoir by a young Australian woman who has had to make some difficult choices and who has done so with courage and grace.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
She creates images that made me want to keep reading and reading. I couldn't wait to get back to the book to hear another chapter of her journey. I was touched deeply by her honesty and insight. I felt entertained, smiling through many pages and chuckling out loud. Also flipping pages at times with a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye for the perseverance she has and the reality of prejudice, death, cancer and disappointment. This book leaves you with a feeling of strength and trust that no matter what we endure in our lives we can get through with dignity and grace and the support of our closest family and friends.
At the age of 30, Tanya Saad tested positive for BRCA1, a hereditary gene that greatly increases the risk of its carrier developing aggressive breast and/or ovarian cancer, forcing her to make difficult choices in order to preserve her health. From the Feet Up is the story of Tanya's journey from childhood to a woman facing up to an uncertain future.
The eldest of three girls, Tanya was born and raised in the small New South Wales country town of Taree by her immigrant Lebanese parents, next door to her fraternal grandparents. Athletic and talented, Tanya, and her sisters, were involved in competitive swimming with Olympian dreams and Eisteddfods (playing piano) in between working at the family's shoe store chain and helping out on their grandparent's small cattle and fruit & vegetable farm. The most significant childhood event for Tanya was a three month holiday to Lebanon taken just months after the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990 to visit relatives. Bullied in part because of her heritage during primary school, high school provided some relief but Tanya gratefully escaped the region after graduation, returning only for family occasions and holidays.
Tanya's memories of her childhood experiences weave in and out of her adult narrative. In the period before her diagnosis, Tanya was living in Canberra enjoying a high pressure career in politics while developing a competitive edge in road cycling. She maintained close ties to her parents and her two sisters, Vivian and Paula, now living in Sydney, and undertook the genetic testing as part of Hereditary Cancer project after it was discovered her father was a carrier of the faulty gene, their family history having revealed several generations of women who died of breast or ovarian cancer, some only in their early twenties. Both Tanya and Paula were found to have inherited the BRCA1 gene.
With strength, grace and courage Tanya shares her thoughts and emotions as she wrestles with the hand fate has dealt her. Still single and childless, the preventative options for sufferers of the BRCA1 gene including a bilateral mastectomy and a complete, or partial salpingo-oophorectomy (the removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes), could permanently affect Tanya's chances of pregnancy, but decrease her risk of developing cancer by as much as 90%. Tanya must weigh the risks and benefits and make a decision about her future.
From The Feet Up is a poignant, articulate and ultimately uplifting memoir sure to give hope to women facing a similarly confronting diagnosis and raise awareness of the risks associated with the BRCA1 gene.
* I should disclose that Tanya's family home, as described in her memoir, is just around the corner from where I live. We have never met though, I'm not a 'local', only having lived in the town for a decade, but I have shopped at the family's shoe store in town.
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