NO family history

disneyfan2008
disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Just curious how many on this site have NO family history at all of BC! none in my family nor ulcertive colitis but have that too (18 yrs)

Maybe I should start playing lotto..
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  • Cat64
    Cat64 Member Posts: 1,192
    #2
    No
    family history here. Have Colon Cancer & all sorts of other diseases, but not BC.
    Leave it to me to be the first.
    ♥ Cat
  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #3
    Cat64 said:

    No
    family history here. Have Colon Cancer & all sorts of other diseases, but not BC.
    Leave it to me to be the first.
    ♥ Cat

    None here
    No form of cancer in my family for at least 4 generation. But I'm IBC (Inflammatory BC).
  • NJMom10
    NJMom10 Member Posts: 176
    #4
    No history
    None here. As a matter of fact, after I was diagnosed, I read that 80% of breast cancer patients have no family history! A statistic I wish I had known because I let the lump go a few months thinking it was just a cyst and would go away. Because "I have no history." "I'm very healthy otherwise." and "My family lives to very old ages." I now know...never, ever wait and I am passing this advice on to everyone who says they are waiting!
  • mollyz
    mollyz Member Posts: 756 Member
    #5
    NJMom10 said:

    No history
    None here. As a matter of fact, after I was diagnosed, I read that 80% of breast cancer patients have no family history! A statistic I wish I had known because I let the lump go a few months thinking it was just a cyst and would go away. Because "I have no history." "I'm very healthy otherwise." and "My family lives to very old ages." I now know...never, ever wait and I am passing this advice on to everyone who says they are waiting!

    I had no history either but
    I had no history either but i did have fibroidcystic breast everytime i would have a mommogram they would have trouble seeing my breast but my Dr. and myself was on top of this you know yearly mammograms in 2008 i had a mri and another mammo 6 months later it really shocked the Dr. that it turned into cancer,I thought staying on top of it it wouldn't have turned to cancer but i was Diagnosed in May 2010 dcis in statue estrogen positve with 8 lymph nodes positive. MollyZ
  • cinnamonsmile
    cinnamonsmile Member Posts: 1,187 Member
    #6
    i am the first female that i
    i am the first female that i know of to have breast cancer, but i dont have a lot of females to compare to...mom, me, two cousins, two grandmothers (one of them i have no contact with). i dont know about great grandmothers. my two granpas each died of cancer.
  • Gabe N Abby Mom
    Gabe N Abby Mom Member Posts: 2,413
    #7
    No breast cancer but...Dad
    No breast cancer but...Dad and uncle with prostate cancer, their mom with cancer, her mom with bone cancer at 94.
  • sal314
    sal314 Member Posts: 599 Member
    #8
    None Here Either
    I'm the first in my family. Though there is a lot of other kinds of cancer in our history. I'm a firm believer in mutations and genetic sensitivites as a contributor.

    Sally
  • LadyParvati
    LadyParvati Member Posts: 328
    #9
    No Known Family History
    I have no known family history. However, my maternal grandmother died of stomach cancer, and my mother always wondered whether that might have begun as breast cancer and moved to the stomach. She died in 1950-1951, when breast cancer wasn't really known.

    On my maternal side, there is also a history of skin cancer, so I wear moisturizer with sun screen EVERY DAY, rain or shine, and I've taught my sons to use sun screen daily.

    Hope you all have blessed holidays that bring you peace and love.

    Sandy
  • sbmly53
    sbmly53 Member Posts: 1,522
    #10
    Family history starts here -
    I'm the first.

    Sue
  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
    #11
    sbmly53 said:

    Family history starts here -
    I'm the first.

    Sue

    Nope
    In fact, the only cancer I know of in my family was my maternal grandfather who had either prostate or bladder cancer.

    S
  • Cindy Bear
    Cindy Bear Member Posts: 569
    #12
    no history
    I have heard that 80% or so of BC cases have no family history. My friend who completed BC treatment last year, had no family history. However I wonder how many people really know their medical history.. going back 3 or 4 generations.. I don't. Also, I am wondering if the type of cancer really matters. My mother passed away in June 09 with uterine cancer age 79. My grandfather (who she bore a strong resemblance to) passed away from prostate cancer at age 78. Another uncle has prostate cancer and my Aunt remembers a great aunt or great grandmother having some type of cancer.. they thought it was stomach back then but very likely ovarian or uterine that spread.. So I think no family history gives a lot of women a false sense of security..
  • chriskaput
    chriskaput Member Posts: 109
    #13
    no
    no family history here. I am the first and happy that my daughter just may be spared from this horrible experience since it isn't in the family.
  • cruf
    cruf Member Posts: 908
    #14
    chriskaput said:

    no
    no family history here. I am the first and happy that my daughter just may be spared from this horrible experience since it isn't in the family.

    No History!
    I have no family history of any type of cancer! We have heart disease, stroke , arthritis and dementia but that's about it! HUGS!!! Cathy
  • Katz77
    Katz77 Member Posts: 598
    #15
    I play the lotto lol
    No family history. Aunt had lymphoma and my uncle has lymphoma and leukemia. He was diagnosised 2 weeks after me. Dont know anything about dads side since he left when I was around 2.
    I was diagnosised May 09 with stage 3c, her2, er and pr positive and 18/20 nodes positive. BRCA gene neg.
    I think everyone must have a cancer cell waiting for the right moment to destroy our lives. Katz
  • linpsu
    linpsu Member Posts: 747
    #16
    None here
    No family history of any kind of cancer, so BC was not even on my radar. Never read articles in women's magazines b/c I figured since I didn't have a family history, I had nothing to worry about (heart disease and stroke,on the other hand,I worried about since that is strong in my family history). I too was very surprised to learn that 80-85% of BC does not have a family history.
    Linda
  • Heatherbelle
    Heatherbelle Member Posts: 1,226 Member
    #17
    No family history here but
    No family history here but in a very strange twist of fate, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer two months after I was. I have 2 young daughters and I pray to God we find a cure before they get old enough to have to worry about it...
    *hugs*
    Heather
  • phoenixrising
    phoenixrising Member Posts: 1,508
    #18
    I'm the first for any cancer
    I'm the first for any cancer on either side and I also had no known risk factors.
  • crselby
    crselby Member Posts: 441
    #19
    no female reproductive cancers in my family
    I am the first breast cancer veteran in my family.
    Kind of reminds me of the song lyrics, "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all."
    ~~Connie~~
  • sea60
    sea60 Member Posts: 2,613
    #20
    crselby said:

    no female reproductive cancers in my family
    I am the first breast cancer veteran in my family.
    Kind of reminds me of the song lyrics, "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all."
    ~~Connie~~

    None whatsoever!
    I'm the first...and hopefully the last!
  • LGDavis
    LGDavis Member Posts: 1
    #21
    NO family history here either
    Hello, I have NO one in my family that had breast cancer either. There are other cancer's in my family like liver and I think that's it. I was told by my doctor that they are finding that you don't have to have a history of breast cancer in your family to get it. They think it's a hormonal thing. Hmmmmm. Everything is blamed on hormones.

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