How old were you?

I was 34 when diagnosed (07/21/04) with Stage II IDC, am 35 now and have just started rads.

Jen

I was 36 when diagnosed 10/11/04. In a month I'll be happy to see my 37th birthday!!!!

Heidi

36 at diagnosis. I found the lump myself during a BSE. 37 now and have finished chemo and bi lateral. Reconstruction is pending and is based on when I want to have surgery again.

I was dx at 41 with IDC (a few weeks before my 42nd birthday)....since I tested positive for BRCA2, I had a bilat mast early this year....

My mom was 47 when she was dx....that was 20 years ago and she's still going strong, causing trouble for everyone.
Donna

I was 32 and just turned 33!!!!!!!!

I was 59.5 -- screening mammography. Had them all done with the same medical group for about 10 years. Saw the film for the last four years before diagnosis -- I demanded all my films. Breast surgeon showed me where it was on the previous ones. They had missed it until it got to 4.5 cms -- still non-palpable. Low grade, lazy tumor growing away -- no nodes. But, to be fair, he said that he knew where to look.

Ladies, your mammography is only as good as the person(s) doing it and the person(s) READING it. Even before the surgery, I could never feel it.

61 and looking forward to retirement.

M2

45 at dx, just turned 47. Found on screening mammo.

I was 43 (Dec, 2004), am now 44. My first mammogram showed micro calcifications on the left side and I had to have a biopsy back in 2000. Nothing showed up on the first biopsy, but I would always complain every year about pain (scar tissue) in that area even after having normal mammograms. I went back again for my yearly complaint and the doc said to have a mammogram. This one showed up suspicious on the right side. I was dx with stage 2, 1.2cm, 1 node positive in December, 2004. Chemo started in Feb and I’m now half way through, looking forward to the end.

I was dx Dec/04,at 49, one month before my 50th. IDC, node negative, left mastectomy.
Jane H

58 when dx in Feb. Start chemo this month. Also have dense breasts (which does not mean firm and upright!!) and this also was found through microcalcifications by my radiologist, bless him, who had me on a 6 mo. watch. Stage 2b and will probably take the MA 21 clinical trial for HER2 positive.

I was 54 years old when diagnosed in 03/03. I have no idea how long I had it. It did not show up on mammo six months earlier. Had two tumors (1.7 and 1.8). I don't think I had it too long because it was very aggressive. JoAnn

I was almost 48, in November 2004, 2 weeks before my birthday. I remember saying I was way too young for this, but now I realize bc can occur in women at any age!

I was 39 at diagnosis and 40 at the time of surgery and I am 41 now.

I was 50, one month short of 51. Fifties is the peak age for BC. As my Mom was 42 I feel like I "got away" with a few trouble free years.

Hi - I was 44 at diagnosis, now almost 46! Wow, alot of really young women being diagnosed.