age when diagnosed?

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  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #62
    59
    I was 59 when diagnosed at the end of September 2008. Will be 61 next week. MORE BIRTHDAYS!
    Pat
  • mrsziggy
    mrsziggy Member Posts: 20
    #63
    43 years old
    I turned 43 on 2/14/09 and was diagnosed on 2/17/09. Had double mastectomy and tram flap reconstruction on 5/08/09.
  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
    #64
    mrsziggy said:

    43 years old
    I turned 43 on 2/14/09 and was diagnosed on 2/17/09. Had double mastectomy and tram flap reconstruction on 5/08/09.

    59
    59 when I was dx a year ago last March 2009. Now 60.
  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member
    #65
    dyaneb123 said:

    59
    59 when I was dx a year ago last March 2009. Now 60.

    40
    I was diagnosed from my first, baseline mammogram when I turned 40 last year.

    Thank goodness I turned 40 before the recent recommendations were issued that women who are not considered "high risk" wait until 50 to have their first mammogram. I have some risk factors, but probably not enough to "qualify," and I don't want to think about what my prognosis would have been if the cancer had had another 10 years to grow.

    Traci
  • JanInMN
    JanInMN Member Posts: 149
    #66
    TraciInLA said:

    40
    I was diagnosed from my first, baseline mammogram when I turned 40 last year.

    Thank goodness I turned 40 before the recent recommendations were issued that women who are not considered "high risk" wait until 50 to have their first mammogram. I have some risk factors, but probably not enough to "qualify," and I don't want to think about what my prognosis would have been if the cancer had had another 10 years to grow.

    Traci

    Just thinking the same!
    I look at all the women diagnosed before 50, and wonder how the "professionals" could think changing the "mammo at 40" recommendation would be wise. I even worry about the women who see that and think, "well, I won't wait until 50, but I could put it off for another 6 months/1year/or whatever because of these new guidelines." I was so lucky to catch mine early!
  • Keekee
    Keekee Member Posts: 3
    #67
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  • meena1
    meena1 Member Posts: 1,003
    #68
    JanInMN said:

    Just thinking the same!
    I look at all the women diagnosed before 50, and wonder how the "professionals" could think changing the "mammo at 40" recommendation would be wise. I even worry about the women who see that and think, "well, I won't wait until 50, but I could put it off for another 6 months/1year/or whatever because of these new guidelines." I was so lucky to catch mine early!

    I was 52 when diagnosed, no
    I was 52 when diagnosed, no family history
  • bleedpink
    bleedpink Member Posts: 11
    #69
    38 yrs. old
    May 2009 dx with breast ca today I finished my last RAD yeah!!!
  • Sam726
    Sam726 Member Posts: 233
    #70
    bleedpink said:

    38 yrs. old
    May 2009 dx with breast ca today I finished my last RAD yeah!!!

    33
    6 rounds of chemo, lumpectomy...going thru rads now..HER2+
  • BethInAz
    BethInAz Member Posts: 203 Member
    #71
    54
    Diagnosed at 54 in September 09. Surgery Oct 09, Chemo from Dec thru Feb. My cancer showed itself as a dimpling of the skin - didn't appear on mammo or ultrasound. Took months to get a dx. Finally a biopsy found the C. So blessed to be able to look forward to LIFE!

    I'm so in awe of you girls who are so young and going through this. You're all very special individuals and I'm proud of you.

    Beth
  • bjmom1
    bjmom1 Member Posts: 152
    #72
    diagnosed
    I was 41 when i was diagnosed in July 2007.
  • kiki14738
    kiki14738 Member Posts: 14
    #73
    bjmom1 said:

    diagnosed
    I was 41 when i was diagnosed in July 2007.

    I was 41 late August 2009.
    I was 41 late August 2009. I had a lumpectomy and I just did my third A/C treatment. I'm stage IIA Invasive Ductal, ER+, PR+ and HER2+. I am also going through ovary suppression because my estrogen is off the charts. Have 2 kids already and just having my 42nd birthday, it will be OK not to have anymore. (The early menopause might stink) :)
    I've been looking for a board like this for months! I'm glad I found you all.

    Kim
  • jk1952
    jk1952 Member Posts: 613
    #74
    kiki14738 said:

    I was 41 late August 2009.
    I was 41 late August 2009. I had a lumpectomy and I just did my third A/C treatment. I'm stage IIA Invasive Ductal, ER+, PR+ and HER2+. I am also going through ovary suppression because my estrogen is off the charts. Have 2 kids already and just having my 42nd birthday, it will be OK not to have anymore. (The early menopause might stink) :)
    I've been looking for a board like this for months! I'm glad I found you all.

    Kim

    I was 47 in 2000 when I was
    I was 47 in 2000 when I was first diagnosed (from mammogram): small amount of invasive cancer, DCIS, LCIS. Lumpectomy and radiation in 2000. Cancer-free until 2009; diagnosed with DCIS (from MRI) in same breast. Bilateral mastectomy and immediate DIEP reconstruction. Like my mother and grandmother, I plan to live until I'm 87 (if not longer).

    Joyce
  • canoegirl
    canoegirl Member Posts: 169
    #75
    50
    I was/am 50 when diagnosed in Nov 2009. Had my first biopsi at 23, second at 36 (precancer) and the third at 42 (also precancer) Plus Malignant melanoma at 42. You'd think that the cancer dx wouldn't have come as such a surprise, but I don't think we are ever prepared.

    Marcy
  • Cairmaid
    Cairmaid Member Posts: 64
    #76
    canoegirl said:

    50
    I was/am 50 when diagnosed in Nov 2009. Had my first biopsi at 23, second at 36 (precancer) and the third at 42 (also precancer) Plus Malignant melanoma at 42. You'd think that the cancer dx wouldn't have come as such a surprise, but I don't think we are ever prepared.

    Marcy

    Age 57
    I was diagnosed in December 2009 (routine mammogram, ultrasound, biopsy...no family history) at age 57 and three-quarters. I had a lumpectomy on Jan. 4, mammosite brachytherapy (radiation) Jan 18-22 and will start taking Femara tomorrow for the next 5 years.
  • hamish1
    hamish1 Member Posts: 34
    #77
    age when diagnosed
    I was 67 when diagnosed Nov. 2009. Had a lumpectomy and removal of 12 lymph glands. Only one gland was malignant. I am now 3/4 through my chemo treatments, then I will beging radiation for a few weeks. God bless us all!
  • Keekee
    Keekee Member Posts: 3
    #78
    JanInMN said:

    Just thinking the same!
    I look at all the women diagnosed before 50, and wonder how the "professionals" could think changing the "mammo at 40" recommendation would be wise. I even worry about the women who see that and think, "well, I won't wait until 50, but I could put it off for another 6 months/1year/or whatever because of these new guidelines." I was so lucky to catch mine early!

    I totally agree with you -
    I totally agree with you JanInMN- in the UK you don't even get offered mammograms until you are 50. As a result it's seen as something that affects post-menopausal women and I don't think younger women realise that they are definitely at risk of it.

    When I first noticed a sort of thickening in the breast I just thought it was normal monthly changes due to my periods: didn't even cross my mind that it could be cancer. I think an older woman would have gone straight to the doctor and caught it at an earlier stage.
  • pinkkari09
    pinkkari09 Member Posts: 877
    #79
    37
    August 18th, 2009 DX Stage IIIc Triple Negative BC - BTW I had yearly mammos!!
    16 rounds of chemo complete
    Radical on the left with lattisimus dorsi flap, simple mastectomy on the right, both ovaries on 2-11-09
    30 radiation treatments to go.
    I have since turned 38
  • freeofit10
    freeofit10 Member Posts: 11
    #80
    Too young
    I got the news March 5, 2009 at the age of 37. I had inflammatory breast cancer and now I am in (NED).
    I wish you all the luck.
  • phynz13
    phynz13 Member Posts: 5
    #81
    age when diagnosed
    I was just recently diagnosed January 25th. I am 38 years old. Breast cancer doesnt run in my family. So I have been having some good days and bad days. I have already had one surgery last week 2/9 before my birthday. Lymphnodes are fine, thank goodness; but have to go yet another surgery because of a small section right up along my implant wall they didnt catch. So needless to say the worrying continues.I wish all of you the best of luck & health.

    Tracey

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