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  • Raye99
    Raye99 Member Posts: 1,350
    edited December 2006

    39, diagnosed in July of 2006

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  • annm
    annm Member Posts: 210
    edited December 2006
    42, dx Sept 2006 Stage 2. Found lump by BSE in July. Routine mammogram in May missed it.

    AnnM
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  • Merlette
    Merlette Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2006

    53. In Ontario the government offers a breast screening mammogram every 2 years once you turn 50, this was my second one. The radiation tech saw the tumour right away, but noone could feel it. Stage 3.

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  • tinkermax
    tinkermax Member Posts: 269
    edited December 2006
    Diagnosed at 40 (9 days before my 41st birthday)

    now 42....hoping to get to 92!!!!!!

    hugs to all you brave warriors!
    maxine
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  • DeannaB
    DeannaB Member Posts: 27
    edited December 2006

    I was just diagnosed at 29.

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  • Odalys
    Odalys Member Posts: 2,103
    edited December 2006

    Wow, we're all so young! I was diagnosed on August 30, 2005 at age 42. The onc thinks I had the cancer for 6-7 years before it showed up on the mammogram.

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  • Aladora
    Aladora Member Posts: 42
    edited December 2006

    Just diagnosed 5 days ago on Dec 12, 2006 at 34. Modified mastectomy tentatively scheduled for Dec 28.

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  • tmo49150
    tmo49150 Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2006

    52. Discovered on an annual mammogram. No on could feel it. Everything was fine on last year's mammogram and began HRT. Both my ob-gyn and surgical oncologist say my cancer was fed by the HRT. Diagnosed 10/17 (my daughter's 12th birthday) IDC (colloid cancer) and DCIS 1.2cm, ER+, PR+, HER2-. Lumpectomy and SNB on 11/22.

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  • Ihopeg
    Ihopeg Member Posts: 399
    edited December 2006

    I am 46. I was diagnosed 11/10/06. I had a clear mammagram in March of this year. Combo ILC/IDC 16 18 nodes involved.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2006

    Just turned 48. Annual mammogram. Lumpectomy Nov.05, IDC 2 out of 11 nodes er/pr+, chemo, rads, tamox

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  • Lindaip
    Lindaip Member Posts: 39
    edited December 2006
    I was 57 (I'm 62 now). My 5 year anniversary is Feb.21st.
    Linda
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  • harvey
    harvey Member Posts: 103
    edited December 2006
    I found the lump after doing an emergency stop; the car seat belt had hurt me. See the consultant first week in Feb and had a WLD valentines day.
    I was 57 – turned 58 in May.
    The tumour never showed up on the mammogram, although it was easily seen, as it was lobular and just above the plates.
    Harvey
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  • jhmlkmorrow
    jhmlkmorrow Member Posts: 10
    edited December 2006
    I was 39 when dx'd the first time (bi-lat). dx'd with a new BC this year at 52. I thought it was all behind me, but at least I'd had good follow-up and it was caught early this time.
    kathleen
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  • BethS
    BethS Member Posts: 10
    edited December 2006

    I was/am 46 years old, Stage 2A, IDC. My mother was only 36 when she got her BC DX.

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  • ladynred
    ladynred Member Posts: 3
    edited January 2007

    I was/am 48 years old, DX in August, 2006. Stage 1, IDC. Found a pea-sized lump by myself. Turned out that I had two small tumors (but could only feel one). No family history of BC. I doubt it would have been found on mammo. Doctors told me I have very dense breasts. Lumpectomy, rads, tamox.

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  • Groovygaia
    Groovygaia Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2007

    I am 35 and was diagnosed 4 months ago. I should finish up chemo next month.

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  • msmimi
    msmimi Member Posts: 12
    edited January 2007
    How I ache for all of the young women in this discussion. You expect stuff like this when you get older.

    I am 60. What a way to enter the golden years. :-) Stage II IDC HRT- in right breast. Stage I DCIS HRT+ in left breast. HER2-. I noticed a swollen lymph node in my right armpit one morning. I do regular self exams. This thing popped up over night. No other lumps or masses could be felt, by me or all of the doctors. I recently had a bilateral mast./axillary node disect (of 15, 1 was +) on right and sentinel disect on left.(-) and won't have reconstruction. Starting chemo next week.
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  • qhlisa
    qhlisa Member Posts: 29
    edited January 2007
    I am 47, and just diagnosed this year in November.
    I will be having a double mastectomy with lymph nodes, and immediate TRAM reconstruction on 1/23/2007. Scheduled for genetic counseling on 1/12 (troublesome family history).
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  • pecola
    pecola Member Posts: 4
    edited January 2007

    My Mom was 49 + 1 day the first time and 59 + 1 week on the second primary. No matter what age you are....this disease just sucks. She has now had 2 mastectomies and is going through chemo a second time. She tried Herceptin, but had a severe allergic reaction, so if I sound grouchy about it, I guess I am - even unjustifiably so. I go 01/29 for a diagnostic mammogram, as I do every 6 months these days and am just sick to death of this disease. Maybe I am a whimp, but our family (aunts, mom, grandma, etc.) are just exhausted from it all. On the flipside, I am so grateful for the survivorship our family has had.

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  • threadbear
    threadbear Member Posts: 50
    edited January 2007

    I was, and am , 51. Diagnosed the Friday before Memorial Day 2006. I had chemo first, 4AC and 4T, mod. rad. mast., and just finished 27 rads to chest wall, axillary, and clavicle. Am waiting on path report of stereotactic biopsy yesterday. Doc not too worried, but we'll know tomorrow. Am receiving Herceptin until August of this year, and I started Tamoxifen right after Thanksgiving.

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  • SuperSurvivor
    SuperSurvivor Member Posts: 4
    edited January 2007

    I was 28 years old. I felt so alone with my DX, until I went to a support group of yound ladies. Some were younger than I was. I am still battling 13 years later. This is my 4th reccurence.....sigh it really sucks

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  • Sandraj
    Sandraj Member Posts: 12
    edited January 2007
    I foolishly went without regular mammograms. This year right at my 47th birthday, I had one that turned out to be abnormal. Ended up being diagnosed with stage 1 IDC. I thought that I would remember to have them regularly-now I know I will. I begin my six weeks of radiation tomorrow.
    In a weird way that was probably the best birthday present I could have gotten because if I had gone longer with no mammo-I would have really been in trouble.
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  • hagerich
    hagerich Member Posts: 1
    edited January 2007
    I was dx in Oct. 2005 at the age of 36. I found the lump myself and was told I was 'too young for bc' and that it was probably a clogged duct since I had just finished nursing my 1 year old. It was Stage IIIA at this point (6 nodes +). I'm now helping to start a YSC group in the Philly area and part of our advocacy is to let drs. know that bc can and DOES happen to women in their 30's (and younger!). Good luck to you!
    Kim
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  • 3ofus
    3ofus Member Posts: 254
    edited January 2007
    I had a lumpectomy at 34 and it was luckily benign. Started mammograms early due to this and am sooo thankful because it was my routine mammo that found my cancer at 44. Had mammo 2 days after my 4th wedding anniversary.
    Diagnosed 09/06.
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  • missjane75
    missjane75 Member Posts: 2
    edited January 2007

    I am 31, diagnosed on 12/9/06, grade 3 stage 2. had lumpectomy, half way through 6 months chemo, more surgery (unclear surgical margins) then rads. I found lump in shower after gym- the weights I was doing must have raised it up as it came from nowhere. Possibly had it 1yr or so. Wouldn't have known as was breastfeeding. At moment I am battling with feelings of whether I should've had a mastectomy after reading others posts who chose to, even though it wasn't recommended..I'm scared of recurrence and I have 2 small children.

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  • jamie33
    jamie33 Member Posts: 24
    edited January 2007
    i was diag 3 weeks before 26th bday (9/13)in 2000 and just got dx with a new primary on my 32nd bday.
    Miss Jane.. it is not a life sentence.
    I'm a single mom and my son was 5 and in Kindergarten the first time. when he was in 3rd grade they did a "report" on a highschool kid with cancer and the teach told me, my son proudly stood up and said "my mom is a breast ca survivor, she did chemo and lost her hair and got real sick, and radiation but she's a survivor! He can be one too!"
    I was never so proud when I heard that.
    When I had to tell him I had it again a few monhts ago, I was heartbroke. but he has taken it in stride and still gives me attitude (he'll be 12 in march). Kids are way more resiliant than we think and I get my strength to go on from him.
    I am stage 2, grd 3, 3cm mass, had a mast this time since same breast, and immediate Tram recon. You can't live for tomorrow or what if's.
    My family kept trying to push having other side done prophylacticly and I refused. I am glad i did not have mast the first time, as this time it could have come back IN the chest wall and not just against it, as it was this time. which if it was further into the wall my prognosis wouldnt' have been as good this time.
    And remember, you can chose to do it later if it is really bothering you that bad.
    (Hugs)
    Jamie
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  • eightblueeyes
    eightblueeyes Member Posts: 30
    edited January 2007

    I was 30 and still am! Can't wait for this year to be OVER!

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  • MrsShakur
    MrsShakur Member Posts: 18
    edited January 2007

    I'm am 43 will be 44 in June. I was diagnosed with IDC just this past Monday on the 15 after I had surgery on the 8th to have it remove for biopsy because it was so small 7mm. I had found this during a routine B/E. They didn't see it on the mammo but seen something on the U/S but thought it was odd and not a normal cyst. I go for my first oncologist/radiologist appointment next Wednesday. Can someone help me to understand the steps or process of all this. what is suppose to happened in order. I know I have to have a lumpectomy to take out surround tissue where the cancer was. I know there is testing, but I'm so confused and scare not knowing what is suppose to happened. I want to make sure I get the best care I can. Can somone help me on this? I don't know how I'm suppose to feel. I'm up all hours of the night thinking. I feel like I'm in limbo, just waiting for someone to shake me back into reality some sore of denial. I have cryed, but I want to be angry and feel bad if I'm angry. I want to scream but don't want to scare my family. My emotions are all over the place and I guess that's what's making this hard to deal with not having control of my emotions. I know I'll survive this I'm a fighter. I fought my burgers kidney disease when I was 28 and won that battle. I'm going to fight this and win this one. I want to take a moment to say a prayer for each and everyone one of you. I don't wish this on anyone but it makes this battle just that much easier knowing your not alone. Thank you all.

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  • RoundTwoinCA
    RoundTwoinCA Member Posts: 181
    edited January 2007
    MrsShey,

    So sorry to hear this - you're at the toughest part. Feel what you feel - cry - scream - whatever you feel. Your onc will help you feel a little better in that you will know what to expect. Surgery and then pathology - then your onc will outline a treatment plan - then you will do the treatment. That's the usual routine.

    This is a great board to be on to learn about what to expect. For now - just allow yourself your emotions - do not feel guilty about anything. You have just been dealt a blow and you should feel sad and angry. I cried for weeks - then felt bad - then my husband said "just feel your emotions - denying them won't help and might make it worse by extending your pain." He was right.

    You sound like a warrior and that will serve you well in this battle. Yes - you are not alone - we are all here - we all understand this journey - even though we each have our own stories.

    Best of luck with your surgery and treatment...

    Warm hugs to you...

    Ginney
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  • tawyna1
    tawyna1 Member Posts: 273
    edited January 2007
    mrs shey,
    dear it is normal for your emotions to be off the wall . my mom was diagnosed 2 and a half yrs ago.
    you seem like you are ready to fight this. i hope you have a speedy recovery through this. god bless
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