Poll - How old were you when dx with BC

45 at diagnosis april 2008

35 - baseline mammo

42 - skipped mammo

43 - found lump, doc said feels like cyst - mammo found calc, mast for extensive dcis - found idc in path  

You know i can't believe how relatively young everyone here seems to have been at diagnosis and with mets, expecially considering that only about 20% of people diagnosed with breast cancer are under 45. I was 41 with original stage 3 diagnosis; and 42 when diagnosed with bone mets (i am now 43). I wonder if it is down to the profile of people online often tending to be younger or if it is that the disease in younger people tends to be more aggressive?

Just a thought!

Louise

42 LCIS (without clean margins I found out years later)

47 ILC and IDC - Stage IIIC (13/18 positive nodes)

48 Stage IV - lobular mets

49

Found on yearly mammogram - age 48

Dense breast, BRCA2+

My daughter and 2 nieces have testesd positive for BRCA2 also.  The girls are under surveillance and will start having mammograms at age 25-30.  My oldest niece (age 27) has already had a mammogram. 

45 at DX

Had 1st Mammo At 35 on my Bday ;o.  Then 40 & Every year after.

BRAC-

 9 years JUDI!  How are you doing?

47 yrs old. But I was a bad girl, and had never had a mammo...or did self exam...so they think since my tumor was on the large side...it was there for awhile.

I was 44 had my mamos every yr it was never caught.I am braca neg, I will be 49 in Aug.

I was 53 and dx Stage 4 with mets to bone.  Implants prevented mammography detection. Had pain shooting thru left breast for about 3 yrs prior to dx and all tests came back negative for Ca.  Also had cardiac workup to rule out heart problems but that was okay.  Listen to your body and insist that further tests be done if your instincts tell you something is wrong.

38. Had baseline mammo at 37 that was misread.

Hi all,

34 yrs old-Stage lll -1995

44 Stage IV -Bone Mets - 2005

Both times in November almost to the day!!!

Take Care Everyone!!!

Right side: 34, almost 35, found lump myself, hadn't had a mammo yet

Left side: 51, almost 52, found lump myself again (Like Deak95, both of my dx's were the same time of year, almost to the day)

Now 57, so far no mets, keeping fingers crossed  

My daughter, age 30, finally convinced her insurance company to pay for her first mammo. Thankfully, it was clear.  

53  hysterectomy...pre-cancer

53 thyroidectomy..cancer

54 BC