Do You Have A History Of BC In Your Family Or Were You The First One?

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  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #22
    GMcD said:

    There is much cancer on both
    There is much cancer on both sides of my family, colorectal, prostate, lung, melanoma but I am the first with bc that I know of.

    I'm the first and only one
    I'm the first and only one to have bc. There is mostly heart disease in my family, not cancer.
  • mjjones453
    mjjones453 Member Posts: 155
    #23
    RE said:

    Family history
    I had an aunt that had it, my mom had cancer 4 times, my sister had it 3 times and I have had it 3 times.

    RE

    family history
    I thought that I was the first one, but found out my grandmother had a sister that had breast cancer. My mom had a diagnosis a year after me. I have a lot of cancer in the family, Pancreatic, Bladder, Ovarian, Lung, and Breast. You would think that some where there is a cancer gene, I guess not discovered yet.
  • mariam_11_09
    mariam_11_09 Member Posts: 691 Member
    #24
    first and only

    diagnosed at 43. There is so little cancer in our family, only one case of colon - my great grandfather.
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #25
    RE said:

    Family history
    I had an aunt that had it, my mom had cancer 4 times, my sister had it 3 times and I have had it 3 times.

    RE

    Re, you are someone I have always admired on here and looked up to. You are a true warrior!
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #26
    RE said:

    Family history
    I had an aunt that had it, my mom had cancer 4 times, my sister had it 3 times and I have had it 3 times.

    RE

    Re, you are someone I have always admired on here and looked up to. You are a true warrior!
  • debi.18
    debi.18 Member Posts: 850 Member
    #27
    mariam_11_09 said:

    first and only

    diagnosed at 43. There is so little cancer in our family, only one case of colon - my great grandfather.

    not the 1st - hope the last
    My grandmother and aunt were both diagnosed with BC. Both are fine now. My grandmother is 90~. FYI, was tested for the BRCA gene and was negative. Hopefully, I'll be the last in my family to have this nasty beast!
  • Lynn Smith
    Lynn Smith Member Posts: 1,264 Member
    #28
    debi.18 said:

    not the 1st - hope the last
    My grandmother and aunt were both diagnosed with BC. Both are fine now. My grandmother is 90~. FYI, was tested for the BRCA gene and was negative. Hopefully, I'll be the last in my family to have this nasty beast!

    I was the 3rd one
    I was the 3rd one dx. First my mom at age 21 in 1941.She lived 60 years.My 30 year old niece was dx 2005 at the age of 30. In AUG 2009 I was dx at age 62.

    My mom had a single masectomy, my niece had a double masectomy and I had 2 lumpectomies.1 benign and 1 malignant.

    I worry about my granddaugters.I had no daughters.

    Lynn Smith
  • laughs_a_lot
    laughs_a_lot Member Posts: 1,368 Member
    #29
    Grandma
    Grandma had it and was cancer free for 20 years. She got cancer aqain at age 80 but it was not related to her bc. Her long survival rate from bc gave me a lot of hope as she survied with only a masectomy. They didn't do chemo or radiation in those days.
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #30
    DebbyM said:

    Re, you are someone I have always admired on here and looked up to. You are a true warrior!

    :-)
    Debby thank you for your kind words, we are all warriors and I count myself blessed to have found you all.

    ♥ RE ♥
  • Lynn Smith
    Lynn Smith Member Posts: 1,264 Member
    #31
    laughs_a_lot said:

    Grandma
    Grandma had it and was cancer free for 20 years. She got cancer aqain at age 80 but it was not related to her bc. Her long survival rate from bc gave me a lot of hope as she survied with only a masectomy. They didn't do chemo or radiation in those days.

    Laughs-A-Lot
    I know what you mean about no chemo and radiation.My mom lived 60 years.Just amazes me now after being dx myself and kowning chemo or radiation is almost Always done. I didn't have either with DCIS non invasive and localized 1/2 centimeter tumor.Sometimes I think t "Should I've at least had radiation".

    Lynn Smith
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #32
    creampuff91344 said:

    First
    I was the first one on either side of my family to be diagnosed. I only have one female sibling, and she has not had b/c, but died at 53 of a massive heart attack. My daughter also died of a stroke/massive heart attack at age 40. Guess I should have been more prone to have heart problems, but was blessed with breast cancer. You never know. Hugs, Judy

    I am the first one in my
    I am the first one in my family to be diagnosed with bc. It seems like most of us are the first.
  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
    #33
    Lynn Smith said:

    Laughs-A-Lot
    I know what you mean about no chemo and radiation.My mom lived 60 years.Just amazes me now after being dx myself and kowning chemo or radiation is almost Always done. I didn't have either with DCIS non invasive and localized 1/2 centimeter tumor.Sometimes I think t "Should I've at least had radiation".

    Lynn Smith

    I think my maternal great grandmother had BC
    but it wasn't talked about and there's really no one to ask anymore. My maternal grandfather had prostate or bladder cancer (again, it wasn't talked about). My bad family medical history is primarily heart disease.

    So - I have minimal, and not first degree relatives, family history of cancer of any kind. I never dreamed I'd have cancer, let alone 2 primary cancers at the same time.

    Suzanne
  • skipper54
    skipper54 Member Posts: 936 Member
    #34
    Double Whammy said:

    I think my maternal great grandmother had BC
    but it wasn't talked about and there's really no one to ask anymore. My maternal grandfather had prostate or bladder cancer (again, it wasn't talked about). My bad family medical history is primarily heart disease.

    So - I have minimal, and not first degree relatives, family history of cancer of any kind. I never dreamed I'd have cancer, let alone 2 primary cancers at the same time.

    Suzanne

    only 2nd
    I discovered, when my dad was diagnosed with non-hodgekins lymphoma, that his maternal grandmother died of breast cancer. No one knew until the funeral director told them - she was too embarassed to go to the doctor. What a waste! But people didn't talk about it back then. Two aunts, my mother's sisters, have had other kinds of cancer. It's a roll of the dice, so to speak.
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
    #35
    sea60 said:

    1st and only!
    And I sure pray it stays that way.

    No history, I am the first
    No history, I am the first and praying the last one!
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #36
    skipper54 said:

    only 2nd
    I discovered, when my dad was diagnosed with non-hodgekins lymphoma, that his maternal grandmother died of breast cancer. No one knew until the funeral director told them - she was too embarassed to go to the doctor. What a waste! But people didn't talk about it back then. Two aunts, my mother's sisters, have had other kinds of cancer. It's a roll of the dice, so to speak.

    Am the first...
    From both sides of my family. For any type of cancer.

    Kind regards, Susan
  • Heatherbelle
    Heatherbelle Member Posts: 1,226 Member
    #37
    I was the first one at age
    I was the first one at age 34. My mom at 60 was diagnosed 2 months after I was. Then my mom told me that she did have a cousin who passed away in her 40's of breast cancer. I did also test positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation.
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #38
    mamolady said:

    3 generations
    2 great aunts, one aunt, 1 sister and me! Unfortunately I have 2 daughters and 2 grand daughters...... :(

    So many of us are the first
    So many of us are the first ones to have bc. I just pray we are the last!
  • Kristin N
    Kristin N Member Posts: 1,968 Member
    #39
    debi.18 said:

    not the 1st - hope the last
    My grandmother and aunt were both diagnosed with BC. Both are fine now. My grandmother is 90~. FYI, was tested for the BRCA gene and was negative. Hopefully, I'll be the last in my family to have this nasty beast!

    As far as I know, I am the
    As far as I know, I am the first to have bc in my family.

    ♥ Kristin ♥
  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #40
    RE said:

    Family history
    I had an aunt that had it, my mom had cancer 4 times, my sister had it 3 times and I have had it 3 times.

    RE

    I'm the first!

    I'm the first!
  • Mitzi333
    Mitzi333 Member Posts: 511 Member
    #41
    Heatherbelle said:

    I was the first one at age
    I was the first one at age 34. My mom at 60 was diagnosed 2 months after I was. Then my mom told me that she did have a cousin who passed away in her 40's of breast cancer. I did also test positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation.

    Family History...
    Unfortunatley My mother, her mom and my sister had breast cancer. Other cancers... my dad pancreatic, my brother lukemia, and niece also pancreatic cancer.

    All above have passes away, except my sister, whose been in remission for several years. I also have a daughter I pray never has to experience this. I also have an older sister that has not experienced it either.

    I tested negative for the Braca 1 gene mutation.

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