How old were you?

I was 49, dx in 2006. Had a full physical Jan. 2006 with breast exam by Dr., no lump. Three months later, In April I felt lump on the top of my breast, and found out to have stage 2A BC. My sister had died from stage 3 BC in 1999. Now 51 and so far cancer free. Hope to stay that way!

Hi everybody!

I went for the dreaded mammogram a day before my 31st birthday last Feb. Now, as my birthday approaches this year, I'm getting rather anxious. One year anniversary coming up!

Janine

Hi I was dx 10/3 age 28 (turned 29 on 10/29) while I was 28 weeks pregnant!  I had a healthy premature (34wks) baby boy who weighed 4lbs 2oz!  I was dx Stage 3A both tumor totaled 13cm and 7 of 10 nodes positive.  Well sorry if i gave tmi!

~Evy~

I was 54 (March 2007) -- now I'm 55.

BethNY: "Time flies, even when you're NOT having fun." How true!  Not quite LOL, sort of smirking sardonically in agreement!

LeahIA -- welcome!  I too had missed mammo for 3 years, but the lump I felt (which turned out to be IDC) never even showed up on mammo -- I was grateful to be spared extra incentive to kick myself...  please don't kick yourself, anyway!  (((hugs)))

Evy178 -- is that your daughter holding her new baby brother?  Beautiful!  By the way, I don't think there's any such thing as tmi on this board.  There's another new young poster here whose username is PregnantCancerGirl -- she too was dx'd while pregnant.  My heart goes out to you both, and I'm in awe of how strong you both have been.

the day after my 50th birthday i went in to have the lump i had found 5 days earlier checked out.

i'm going to be 52 next month. 

I was 49

Wow...So many so close to their birthday's - I guess alot of us use our BDay as a reminder for our yearlys.

DX 6/14/07, 2 days before my 46th bday - on the way out the door for a fun family vacation to watch our daughter graduate from college.  Surgery 7/16...had palpable lump for over two years that the mamo missed.

I'm 40, dx 12/20/2007 (Merry Christmas!)

SMM, I was diagonosed on the exact same day, the Thursday before Christmas of 2007. Quite a day.  I am 41, a single mom with a six-year-old boy.

My aunt had bc 14 years ago (lumpectomy and radiation; she is fine now) but I had the genetic test and it was negative for BRCA-1 and -2, so this may not be hereditary at all.

I was diagnosed January 2008.  I turned 52 in October.

I was/am 59....I get mammograms every year w/o fail and have for many years because I had a lumpectomy at age 25 and another at age 45....both of those benign so I guess 3rd time is the charm (?) or 3 strikes you're out (?)

I will be half-way thru my chemo and should be starting radiation around the time of my 60th.....that'll be quite a birthday gift!

I am 55 and do have a history of breast cancer in the family. My grandmother, maternal aunt and mother have all had breast cancer.

I was 31 the first time I was diagnosed with Stage II IDC.  My son turned 1 the weekend I found out, and sat with me all through my treatments.  I thought I was finished for good with bc, but I was rediagnosed last summer at age 46.  I can tell you it's not easy at any age.  When you're younger you think of all the things you haven't done yet, and when you're older you wonder if you'll be around to finish the things you've started.  It's been harder on my family this time -- my kids are teenagers and understand more of what is happening, and of course feel it's all about how this impacts them -- and harder on me because I'm not being given room to take care of myself and recover.  There probably isn't a good time to get bc, but I'm certainly having a much harder time be optimistic this go around.