Younger women with ILC?

43 premenopausal

I had just turned 45 at diagnosis - definitely premenopausal. After three years of Tamoxification, I still get my period, but it's only about every 40 - 60 days. I was allegedly at the bottom range of "normal" for breast cancer diagnosis - youngish, but in the range where it's not shockingly young...

49 and pre-menopausal

I see there are a lot of 40 something ladies here. Do you mind if I ask you a question?



Studies have shown a relationship between alcohol and ILC in particular. I used to drink quite a bit and daily and have convinced myself that this caused my BC.



Would anyone like to say if you were a regular drinker before diagnosis?

Hi Laura,

I was dx the end of Aug. 2011 the week before my 37th birthday. The crazy thing is I had a normal mammo last May and then a lump showed up around July. The tumor grew to be just over 5cm in 6 to 7 weeks, so a very aggressive cancer. I did my fair share of drinking in my late teens and early 20's, but very limited drinking since then. However, I am a smoker (still) and don't know what effect this has had on getting ILC. My oncologist said that they have seen an increase in the number of young women getting breast cancer, however the why isn't known.

Actually, the only thing good about this is that @ the hospital, people tell me I'm so young & tiny. =D I was called back for more mammo pics @ 47.Dx'd with pre-cancers @ 48 and found ILC @ 49 following PBM. I have no idea when they would have found this had I continued with "close monitoring."

I drank a lot in college, but not much of a drinker in the past 20+ years. I smoked though. Sonyalee, I had luck quitting with e-cigs. Very do-able.

I am very sorry you're all in this club. =(

I'm 43, diagnosed on April 12th.  No family history, pre-menopausal.  My doctor said that even in your early 40s, you are still considered relatively young for ILC.  I guess most are in their 50s and 60s.

I was dx at 43 one year ago.  Drank heavily in my collage years, but do still drink probably 1-3 drinks a week.  No family history. I believe the causes of BC are very complicated. Almost like a perfect storm of events, exposures, life style choices that in the right sequence can lead to cancer. For example, I did not have my children until after after age 37. I also took the Yaz birth control pill from age 39-42. I never felt worse than while I was on that pill. I had chronic sinus infections and generally felt bad. Never thought it was due to the pill. Once I stopped it, I felt so much better until I was dx with BC 6 months later. 

49-at time of dx drink little .... Family hx of breast cancer.. The year before had an ultrasound for a pebble that came and went, next year Lcis which turned out to be 3.8mm..

Good luck to all

I am 30 years old.

46 and pre-menopausal too..

I was 33 when diagnosed with ILC.  I had 11 small tumors in my right breast.  Never had a mammogram, found the largest lump during a self check and insisted on having it biopsied.  Not a big drinker except during college, but even then not all the time.  No family history of BC at all.

I was dx at 49.  Never a drinker or smoker.  BMI was 25 or 26.  Choose not to do chemo or tamoxifen.  No rads either.  Nursed two babies a year each.  Cancer can be very random and always unfair.