Poll - How old were you when dx with BC

65 turned 66 3 mos later.

I was 27 when diagnosed with IDC, Stage 1, right breast, 31 when diagnosed with another stage 1 in my left breast, and 32 when dx with the mets to my bones.

I was the one who pushed for scans everytime.  Waiting until 40 just doesn't seem smart!

Honeybear

28

dx at 31. Stage 4 from the get-go. I was tested for the BRCA gene because I have an identical twin sister. Thank god it was negative. She now gets annual mammos just incase.

32 just months shy of 33 december 2005 original dx 2008 dx matastetic lung, lymph, bone stage iv  

42 Stage IIB

47 Mets to bone, bone marrow, lungs, nodes

41 -- First mammo (didn't do my "first" at 40) DCIS in left, IDC in right 

Keljam1 I had micro calcifications in my left breast, initially everyone was just focused on the large tumor in my right breast, so there wasn't too much immediate concern.  My breast surgeon wanted to do a biopsy "just to make sure." Thank goodness she did, because 20 days after my diagnosis of IDC on the right side, I found out that I had DCIS on the left side. (I also had very dense breasts which didn't help with the initial diagnosis.)

I started out at stage iv at the age of 44.

37 years old

 2 weeks past my 39th b.d. It is scary to see so MANY women so young with bc!

35

DCIS found under MRI.

 BRCA-

Mother dx in her late 20's she lost her fight before turning 35.

44

Mass could not be detected by me nor my OBGYN.  Called doc for mammo and checkup due to slight discomfort in right breast.  My breasts are fibrocystic and there is always slight discomfort during my cycle, but in March and April the discomfort lasted longer than my cycle so scheduled mammo and checkup.  The odd thing is my right was perfectly fine, but left had cancer (exact opposite of where pain was in right breast).  This was confirmed by mammo and MRI. 

All medical professionals say I'm lucky that I acted since my cancer is Grade 3, but all indications show that it was caught early.  My prognosis would be worse if I waited until my annual visit in October/November 09.

My lesson in this is to continue to is to always pay attention to my body's signals and abnormal health issues!

41.

Diagnosed at Stage III.  Mammograms and ultrasounds had missed it for years.  

Just turned 33 when first diagnosed.  Stage IIb.

Local recurrence at age 37.

Stage IV at 40, mets to liver, lung and spine.