How old were you?

Dx in Aug '06; age 47, about 6 weeks away from turning 48. Medullary cancer, Stage II, grade 3, 6mm, ER/PR+, Her2nu-, no node involement. Lumpectomy, then re-excision for margins, radiation, Arimidex. Had already had a complete hyster - uterus, ovaries, tubes, cervix - a year and a half prior to dx; took Premarin briefly but stopped on own.

Lousy family history - breast ca x 2, mother died ovarian ca, lots more cancer in family.

This was scary at first; now it's ho-hum, get through it, and get on with life.

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I am 46, diagnosed in Aug 06. My mother was diagnosed at 36.

first time 38 (IDC) no nodes. Lumpectomy, 6months CMF, 5 weeks rads, two years tamoxifen.

This time 54 (dx two weeks ago) (ILC) other breast. Having Bi-lateral mast with exp in 12 days.

This disease is a b*tch

I was diagnosed in March 2006 at 49.

36 (Stage I). Grandma was 85 (Stage IV), and she passed away five years ago.

I hate this diease.

August 31st, 2006 at 41.

i was 32 when iwas diag. that was in 1998 i wish i had a computor then. i live in a very small town and had nobody to talk to. i had stage 3 bc very fast growing. i had a adult stem cell transplant.

I was diagnosed on Jan 6, 2006 at age 44.

I am 29 years old and was just diagnosed with bilatral breast cancer- I am scared- always wondering if there is anyone else out there my age.

I'm a 36 yr old stay at home of 2 girls (10 and 4)-- i found my lump myself by complete accident (more like a gift from God) in June the weekend school got out for my oldest- that was a Sunday(6/11 to be exact)-- i went to local health dept on Tues (6/13) and from there was told it was very common for someone my age to have a simple cyst-- she made an appt for me to have a mammagram at the breast imaging ctr - that was on 6/15 -- i had the mammagram, ultrsound and a needle aspiration-- was told firmly that it was ONLY a simple cyst but they would send it to pathology and to call back the following Fri which i did-- they affirmed once again that it was NOT cancer and to come back in Dec for a follow up mammagram-- FORTUNEATLEY, the nurse at the health dept also had made me an appt. with a breast surgereon-- i contemplated cancelling it but thought i needed to see him to find out about having it removed--

Long story short-- my films were never sent to the breast surgeon and they postponed my appt so that there was a month between the 2 appts.--i finally got to see the breast surgeon on 7/19-- he aspirated again being that it never collapsed as it should have-- that pathology came back with atypical cells-- by then i was pregnant-- went in for an excisional biopsy on 8/10-- still i was sure it would be negative-- i remember sitting there in utter belief on my 8/16 appt confirming i had BC and that i would need a modified radical mastecomy--they were going to decide my treatment based on my pregnancy-- my surgery would be on 9/26 but by 9/9 i miscarried and lost my baby at about 2 months-- that was a TOUGH blow physically and mentally-- i moved on well thru surgery and started chemo on 11/2-- now off and on i have depression set in but overall i think i'm doing well-- the support of the bc sisters here and other support has been a tremendous benefit for me-- thank you bc sisters! (sorry, my post is so long)

I was dx on 9/13/06, just 2 days after giving birth to my 3rd child (I now have a 2 mo old boy, 2 yr old girl and a 4 yr old boy). I started chemo on 9/25/06. Don't know the size of the tumor but there are lymph nodes involved. My surgery is scheduled for Feb/Mar. I was 33 yrs young...just prematurely balding!

I was 2 days short of my 57th when they went in to biopsy and then immediately did my lumpectomy. My birthday present (on Friday, the 13th!) was the pathology report that said that no segments or lymph nodes were involved! Mine was found during a routine mammogram and was so small that even when the radiologist was using ultrasound, she could not feel it. So I was one of the very very lucky ones.

I found a lump 4/06 and was diagnosed 5/1/06 and turned 52 in August. I had a mammo done 8/05 - benign findings - come back in a year. I had lumpectomy 5/5/06 with a negative SNB and was told Stage I, would only need radiation. Six days later final pathology showed the tumor to be much larger and very aggressive. Still had 2 margins that weren't clear, mastectomy 5/26/06. A large mass was found on my kidney during routine scans prior to chemo, doctor doesn't believe it is cancer, described as a large, calcified mass. Developed hypercalcemia during chemo, having tests to rule out bone mets this week. Finished chemo the end of September and have been on tamoxifen for 6 weeks now.

I was 46 when diagnosed in 2003 (almost exactly 12 years younger than my mom was at diagnosis).