Genetic testing

So. I was having a really interesting conversation with our good friend Sparrow (they say she’s just a bird btw) and the subject of genetic testing came up. My husband has certain metabolic disorders in his family (siblings) so we went for genetic counselling to make sure we’re not carriers before TTC. Huge success, we’re clear.

Sparrow was interested in the cancer gene (she’s a geek) and we discussed how people get tested for this gene and take precautions to make sure cancer doesn’t effect them (Angelina Jolie had breasts and ovaries etc removed when she tested positive for this gene)

We both agreed we’d want to know.

Our question is. Would you or wouldn’t you want to test for these things and take preventative measures and why?