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  • joanne_elizabeth
    joanne_elizabeth Member Posts: 499
    edited June 2007

    55 after 15 yrs of waste of time mammograms on dense breast which did nothing but give me false reassurances.

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  • purrpht
    purrpht Member Posts: 9
    edited July 2007

    I was dx on 4/20/07, I'm 48. I'll be finishing up chemo around my 49th birthday in September.

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  • bsbroth
    bsbroth Member Posts: 15
    edited July 2007

    Initially dx July 04 at age 32, triple -, stage 2, found lump while talking on the pnone. Very supportive husband of 15 years! 11 nodes removed. Bi-lat mast and ovaries removed. BRCA 1 pos. 4 rounds af chemo, AC. Re-dx at age 35 in April 07. Stage 4 now. Very supportive husband of 18 years! Sntl. node pos. In 4th month of Taxol and Avastin. As of last Wednesday's PTscan it is totally irradicated and I am in remission. Ptscan in April showed 6 "hotspots" between armpits and chestwall. No bone, brain or major organ. Clean now. I am in the process of determining if I want to "overtreat" per Johns Hopkins opinion or stop treatment so I have something to fall back on if it comes back. I was told that this chemo is like an antibiotic. Sooner or later your system and the cancer cells become immune/non-responsive. I don't think I want to take a chance on not finding a combo that works so I may stop this treatment at 6 months, (they say it will work for around 15-18 months).

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  • Gabrielle
    Gabrielle Member Posts: 73
    edited July 2007

    44 in 1999. 52, now. I had annual mammograms from the time I was 35. All were clear. It was 15 months from my last mammogram when I felt the 5.2 cm tumor.

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  • litig8or
    litig8or Member Posts: 54
    edited July 2007

    I was dx on April, 13, 2007 and I was 38. I turned 39 on May 17, 2 days after my first chemo tx.

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  • klwinsa
    klwinsa Member Posts: 34
    edited July 2007

    I was dx'd at 50 and hope to be done with treatment at least before I'm 51!

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  • nash
    nash Member Posts: 2,600
    edited July 2007

    I was dx'd with ILC in June 2007, two weeks before my 39th birthday. Just had my lumpectomy and am waiting on final path. Will be doing chemo and rads.

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  • llivtswm
    llivtswm Member Posts: 58
    edited July 2007

    I'm 56. I had a 2cm. tumor IDC removed April 4th/07. Axillary node disection June 29th./07. Nodes were all clear, thank God. Clear margins and Nottingham score =2. I don't know what's next... waiting to talk to Doc. this Fri.

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  • misala
    misala Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2007

    I was just diagnosed a week and a half ago - I'm 35. I started seeing the surgeon in April, but he gave me a 98% reassurance that it was breast-feeding related. Now 2 1/2 months later a less-than-one-centimeter lump is two 2-3 centimeter lumps and I'm scheduled for surgery August 16th. I'm not sure how I'm going to make it until then. I've been a panicker all my life!!!

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  • BettyNorton
    BettyNorton Member Posts: 8
    edited July 2007

    Lets hear it for the old babes!! I am 70 years old and just had bilateral mastectomy for ILC. See oncologist this week to review treatment options. Your women made me appreciate all those healthy, carefree years. Hugs.

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  • Bliz
    Bliz Member Posts: 507
    edited July 2007

    I was diagnosed in June of 07. 55 years old. Stage1/grade1 9mm tumor/ IDC/hormone postiive/lupectomy/negative nodes

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  • joykeeperorg
    joykeeperorg Member Posts: 154
    edited August 2007

    Hi I'm 23 yrs old I was diagnosed on 2 Aug 07. I'm still in shock!

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  • geebung
    geebung Member Posts: 1,851
    edited August 2007

    I was diagnosed in Feb 07 - 1 month after my 50th birthday, DCIS, stage 0, grade 3 - had mastectomy & SNB in April. Had a mammogram 12 months earlier - clear - probably didn't show up due to dense breasts.

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  • WendyInCalif
    WendyInCalif Member Posts: 172
    edited August 2007
    49 though the lesion was present on my mammogram when I was 26.

    Stage 1, Grade 1.
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  • Mary-Lou
    Mary-Lou Member Posts: 2,230
    edited August 2007
    I was 49, that's why it is in my avatar..... I'm now 4 months from 52 OMG! Getting older, and happy I am still here for my birthdays!

    My very special day just for me
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  • scarednancy
    scarednancy Member Posts: 76
    edited August 2007

    I can't believe how many of us were 49 when diagnosed. Mine was 3 weeks before my 50th birthday. I don't know about the rest of you but I had mammograms every year since I was 40.

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  • jbw3843
    jbw3843 Member Posts: 46
    edited August 2007

    I was dx on 6/5/07 at the age of 51. Had lumpectomy, sentinel node removal. Presently undergoing chemo which will be followed by radiation. No family history, mammograms always normal. Found lump during SBE. 1 1/2 yrs. since last mammogram.

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  • sharebear
    sharebear Member Posts: 332
    edited August 2007
    I was diagnosed the first time at age 32. Had a lumpectomy, 28 lymnodes removed, radiation, chemo-5FU. Diagnosed again at age 44. This time I had bi-lateral mastectomy with tram flap reconstruction, 4 dose dense of adrimyacin and cytoxin and I'm currently on my 8th of 12 weekly taxotere treatments. I'll be done on September 5. I'm triple negative and BRCA1 positive. I also had an oopherectomy at age 38 due to the link of ovarian cancer with the BRCA1 gene. Found both lumps myself as they did not show on my anual mamogram. I had the mamogram in October of 06 and I found my lump in Jan of 07. It was painful and you could feel it.

    Sharon
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  • SLICKY
    SLICKY Member Posts: 13
    edited August 2007

    I was 40 when diagnosed.......43 now

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  • shrink
    shrink Member Posts: 936
    edited August 2007

    I was 66 when diagnosed. I feel lucky, if you can call it that, that my children are grown now and that I've had a full life. I hope to have at least 20 more years.

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  • CaliforniaKate
    CaliforniaKate Member Posts: 258
    edited August 2007

    I was 56. I'm now 60.

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  • robyn42
    robyn42 Member Posts: 43
    edited August 2007

    I am 42...diagnosed a week ago DCIS...will undergo mastectomy in Sept. some time.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2007

    I was dx a few days after I turned 60...great birthday gift. I was depressed enough about turning 60.

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  • KLynn
    KLynn Member Posts: 1,407
    edited September 2007

    I was 38 a month before my 39th birthday at fisrt dx in 2000 .Then recur at at 44 , just 51/2 yrs. out,in 2006 I'm now 46 and still in treatment for the same mets. Mom was 54 at first dx,in 1994 then recur 6 yrs later, at the same time of my first dx in 2000. She passed in May of 06 after a 12 yr battle. Life will never be the same. Hugs KLynn

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  • nash
    nash Member Posts: 2,600
    edited September 2007

    KLynn, I'm sorry about your mom. My mom is Stage IV, five years now, and I'm dreading the day she can't go on anymore. I was diagnosed a month before my 39th birthday, too--never thought I'd sign up for mother/daughter chemo sessions. Also sorry to hear about your mets.

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  • Curlylocks
    Curlylocks Member Posts: 1,060
    edited September 2007
    I was 41 when diagnosed, 43 now. Had a 4 cm tumour and 3 positive nodes. Mamogram 13 months prior to diagnosis missed the tumour!

    Life is good now!!

    Michele
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  • Indigoblue
    Indigoblue Member Posts: 274
    edited September 2007

    100,000 years older than the oldest rock one can dig...I think it began at 42, not diagnosed until 5l.  Dense breast. Dense mammogram...numerous tests,  no time to know, think, or experience what I had until well after diagnosis.  Triple negative what?

    What is this new site?

    Not liking it....................

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  • tawyna1
    tawyna1 Member Posts: 273
    edited September 2007

    so many different ages . it makes me realize cancer don,t care how old you are.

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  • norahs
    norahs Member Posts: 1
    edited September 2007

                  I was diagnosed at age 45,46,49 and this year at 51.  This year I am in the 4th stage.  Is there anyone also in the 4th stage with bone mets?  Please e-mail me at ed2sweet@yahoo.com

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  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 6,162
    edited September 2007

    My mom was diagnosed 6 years ago at age 61, doing well

    I was diagnosed this year at age 46.

    Sheila

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