Before you were diagnosed, how were you feeling physically?

It's interesting that you mention Vit D levels. In my 30s I was dx'd as having low Vit D after a physical..I bought Vit D supplements but never ended up taking them..just upped my Vit D enhanced food list--yogurt, etc.

I also came across something on one of the breast cancer sites indicating low Vit D is associated with breast cancer..I'll have to do more research into that.

As for me, I was and am dealing with extreme fatigue. I can't tell you when it started, but I had one alarming incident where, my brand new cat I adopted was hiding under the bed. One minute I'm chatting with her, the next it's an hour later and somehow I fell asleep without realizing it. That was scary!

I'm 50 and haven't hit menopause yet so I just dismissed everything as me being pre-menopausal

I had no symptoms whatsoever. I felt good, if a little tired from working full-time, full-time college student, wife, mother. All I had was a lump I saw in the mirror one day.

I’m sorry to reply to an old post. I just knew something was wrong. I felt so tired, lethargic and old, and lost all my enthusiasm for life. I spent a year having all sorts of tests to try and figure out what was wrong, never giving up. The nurse at the surgery noticed my nipple was not quite right. 5 weeks later WLE and nodalsurgery to remove 3cm estrogen rich, HER2 negative IDC (thankfully node clear). One month on and I feel like my old self - although obviously waiting for treatment that will make me a whole lot worse!! But yes, I’m 66, and I just knew!

It was a year from the time I found my lump until diagnosis. I was misdiagnosed originally. But, during that year I lost 30# very quickly, was very fatigued and was having extreme night sweats. Every one of those symptoms went away almost immediately after my bmx. However, I’m now 2 months out from bmx and am starting to feel very fatigued again. Trying to determine cause ie going back to work(I only took 3 weeks off) or tamoxifen.