How old were you?

I was 40.  My first mammogram that I had to PUSH my doc to order for me, and guess what?  Cancer found.  Thank God that I pushed the subject.  I am amazed at how young everyone is.  I just had my one year mammo and I am currently waiting my results. 

51 1/2.... will be 52 in July

I was (am) 32 I was diagnosed 12/24/08 Merry Christmas

I was diagnosed in Feb 2009 at age 68. I too have noticed a lot of younger women on these boards.  But that can't be because older women are not being diagnosed; I would guess it would be because I know a lot of women my age and older who don't get on the computer the way I do.  I work on the computer every day and then I'm on the internet.  So that probably makes a difference.

I was 46 years old.

There is alot of effort underway to figure out why so many women under the age of 50 are diagnosed.   Pretty scary. 

I make sure I eat the non-hormone added milk, cheeses, chicken, and beef (when I eat beef). Who knows if that has something to do with it, but I do not want my 21 year old daughter putting extra hormones into her body. 

I am newly diagnosed and am 62.Healthy as a horse.Had mammos every year since 50.This year enlarged lymph nodes showed up on mammo.Haven't started treatment yet.

I was diagnosed last July at 63 and I have just turned 64.  I have had clear mammos since a scare in 1986 with a fibroidaenoma (sp?).   Yes, CLEAR MAMMOS for 22 years and I found a lump in the shower (3.5cm) and then an MRI showed another primary in the same breast in another quandrant two months later.   BS said both cancers had been there for many years, maybe 7 to 10 and never found, even on diagnostic mammos. 

I feel very lucky that I am still here and "only" stage 2A with it being there so many years.  In September I am having a digital mammo for sure.  Maybe an MRI too.

Caren

I was 46 when diagnosed.  I was told I had calcifications in Oct. 2008 but they looked like the b9 calcifications I had two years prior.  I still wanted them biopsied but waited until Jan. for insurance reasons.  LCIS was diagnosed in Jan. and ILC was diagnosed in March.  May 7 I had bilateral masectomies with te's.  I currently am fighting an infection so fills cannot happen, in fact we may have to have the te's removed, get rid of the infection, then start over later.  Disappointing but I did get rid of cancer!!  Have to still deal with whether to get the ovaries out as my cancer was estrogen and progesterone positive, but at least there's no chemo needed.

Chunkies:  So sorry you have to deal with this so early in life, but THANK GOODNESS you had the lump removed.  Always follow your heart.  The radiologist wanted to wait 6 months and re-do the mammos to look for changes before biopsying, but I have always been more aggressive than that--boy am I glad I pushed for the biopsy!  Hope you are doing well.

bumping up

I found my lump 2 weeks after my 42nd birthday and got the confirmation of the diagnosis a couple months later.  Took some time to see my gyn, then mammo and US and then to the breast surgeon.  I'll be 43 in December and looking forward to many more birthdays!!!

I was 43 when Dx in May. I am 44 now. I have 23, 18 & 11 year old daughters & a 9 year old son.

No family history. Lump had been there for years, they told me it was nothing, when I got the second lump, out they came. It is a good thing I yapped to have them removed.

I'm 60, diagnosed this July, when this year's mammogram looked "different".  4 rads down, 26 to go.

Mine was diagnosed 3 months after my 50 th birthday.

I found the lump 2 wks. before my 62nd birthday in the shower doing BSE.  I had my lumpectomy within 2 wks. and then radiation for 6 weeks and now am on Arimidex.  Only had pain requiring pain meds the night of surgery and 1/2 tablet following day.  Karen

Dx. at age 48. Felt my lump in July 2010 and  parted company with tumor on Aug. 16th with lumpectomy. Just finished rads. Waiting to begin Tamoxifen.