Ladies in their 30s

steph, my MO mentioned it early on when I asked about clinical trials. I believe it is open to those who are er/pr+, her2-, who are considered early stage and who will take tamox or AIs for at least 10 years.

Ok Cajun I am her2 pos but I will ask my mo about it when i see her next month anything else to battle this disease I am down for! Had my ooph and on a anastrazole going very well better than I thought

inks, my friend was dx at 25 and again at 32. Both times triple pos. She has been on a second round of tamoxifen for 2 years and now she and her husband are going to start trying. There is research that indicates that pregnancy reduces the risk for er+ gals as far as a recurrence. Hugs!

Huge congrats on finishing, woo hoo! Are you heading for rads soon? I'm so glad your daughter is supportive. Praise God for family.

I have 1 more DD Taxol. I did fine until Taxol, which I swear is trying to kill me. I am highly allergic and have relentless bone crushing pain for 5 days afterwards. If unmedicated childbirth is a 10, this is a 9 for days on end. But, I have my pink wig and party hat ready for my 9 hour infusion on 1/18, assuming I can get through the infusion without an Epi pen.

So normal to be nervous as trx comes to a close. It's sort of like, what now?

Aghie,

My exact symptoms were a feeling of heaviness in my breast and a painful lump which turned out to be cancer. Sometimes doctors will say things like "cancer is not painful" which is completely inaccurate. Please do have these lumps checked again and obtain biopsies. Sometimes doctors also tend to dismiss concerns of younger women due to the young age.

hi ladies,

It's been a long time since I posted, since I have been focus on my treatment. As a reminder, I'm 29, diagnosed 2 months after my August 1 wedding, found the lump myself. Triple positive, tumor originally 1.5 cm.

went through 6 rounds neoadjuvant chemo (TCHP) and had a BMX 2 weeks ago yesterday, with reconstruction beginning during that surgery with expanders.

I just wanted to follow up now that I have final pathology, my tumor shrunk to 5mm, clear margins, and no node involvement (they took about 3 to test, all clear). So, I'll continue Herceptin and hopefully Perjeta through October, but as of now, and after 5 terrible months, I am cancer free.

We didn't freeze eggs prior to starting treatment, and are at peace with adopting, and can finally get excited about the future. While we never know what the future holds, my doctors are all very optimistic.

I wanted to share a story with a happy ending, because I found that too many times people felt the need to share worst case scenarios that left me nervous and scared. Everyone is different, but if you trust your team and remain as positive as possible, you'll make it through.

Convos on after care will happen soon, so I'm unsure on how that will go, but for now, small (big) victories.

Wishing you all the best.

Cajun you should DEMAND abraxane. I had two allergic reactions to taxol and insisted. Abraxane works better and is a breeze.

I guess it depends on what "a lot" is. I had 2 c/s in 2 years, so that was a good bit. However, I probably already had the tumor then.

Hi Ladies,

I'm new to this thread. Dx at 33 yrs, 3/4 TC, one more to go and then my rads and then probably go on to take Tamoxifen for 5-10 years.

I have been reading that after taking Radiation, if there's a recurrence to the same breast, it will be difficult or impossible to do a reconstruction (followed by mastectomy). Does any body have any idea if there's any truth to this ?

Cesarean section. I'm having my TE swapped a year after after rads. My PS would not do it any sooner.

hi all,

Popping in to add myself to his group. I am 32, dx IDC Feb 3/16, grade 3. I don't know stage yet but have had my CT, MRI, CXR, echo, and bone scan last week. Just waiting on results. I'll be doing neoadjuvant FEC-D starting his Friday. I am just ready to get going with treatment. I was just married last Saturday and we have a daughter who will be 2 in a month. I had egg retrieval today to do embryos preservation. Anxious for my first chemo treatment.

hi Hola

sorry you have to be here just shortly after your wedding, hope all goes well with the tests.

I am 33 yrs old and I'm on my last chemo cycle next Wednesday 3/16. I'm on TC regimen, 4 cycles and then I will be starting my radiation after a few weeks.

Hi ladies,

I'm going to join the party, too.

I'm 35, diagnosed this week with ILC. I live in Australia and have three kids under 10. I read some statistics yesterday and found that in 2009 there was just over 700 women in Australia under 40 diagnosed with breast cancer, and only 22 of them had ILC, so I'm feeling quite rare!

I'm going to see the oncologist on Monday and the breast surgeon again on Tuesday and I guess we will have a plan by then, but at the moment we are talking chemo and then surgery

hi, been diagnosed with breast cancer can be the most over whelming feeling of all.

Since last November when I got diagnosed, its been like I am watching my life from outside my body. Going to doctors, taking treatments, medicines, feeling all the crazy side effects, feeling both emotionally and physically out of it.

After having done with chemo last week, I will be starting radiation soon.

It does get better eventually I like to believe. I am feeling better today than I was feeling yesterday. So there's hope in that.

Hi Liz,

I'm sorry you find yourself in this position and I hope this info is helpful for you. I did the egg retrieval on March 8th while on Ativan and they gave me fentanyl for the pain during the procedure. As well as local freezing.

Prior to the procedure I had to do gonal-f injections daily and then certrotide in the last couple days leading up to the procedure. I also took oral letrozole. Are those the same ones you will do? Although there is always a level of discomfort about giving yourself injections, it is temporary. And for us we just kept saying this is a means to get another baby which is something we had planned on trying for at this time. So we are on a bit of a delay in our plan for that, but this was our best option with the most promising result. That said, you do have other options if this is not right for you. You can certainly do nothing and hope that chemo doesn't put you into early menopause (my cousin knows a woman who had surprise twins post-treatment!) or you could ask about a med like lupron and whether it is an option for you. I am also taking those injections once a month to protect my ovaries in the chance that I might want to get pregnant again once this is all done.

I hope this helps and please feel free to message me with any other questions. Take care