Poll - How old were you when dx with BC
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41 at diagnosis, stage IIb. Will be 45 in May...
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46 Stage 3a
49 Stage iv mets bone and liver
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56. And didn't miss a mammo for the previous five years.
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April 2006 - 63 yrs with bone mets from the start. My aunt had BC around age 70. Arimidex kept me NED for almost two years. Just had a PET scan and Tamoxifen has kept me NED for almost a year.
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38-extensive bone mets from the get-go. I'd been going to doctors complaining about the pain (that I eventually learned was my spine crumbling from the cancer) for a number of years. Nobody ever looked any further than their prescription pad; most of them decided I was "depressed" and wrote out scripts for anti-depressants before I'd finished telling them what I was feeling.
I was dx'd 3 years ago yesterday.
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just turned 40 dx (started mammos at 34)
43 mets.
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35 (stage 2b...found lump on my own, was sent for first mammo) - 2000
41 (mets...again found on my own & took me months to convince docs) - 2006
My sister was 31 and pregnant when I was first diagnosed. After she had the baby and stopped breastfeeding, she had her first mammogram and has had one every year since. She turned 40 last October. Her mammo's are covered by her insurance because of the age at which I was diagnosed.
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49 Stage 1-2
54 Stage 4 mets to liver and bone
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41 - had my first (and totally clear) mammogram when I was 40. A mere 5 months earlier, found huge lump myself - appeared overnite. BCRA-.
43 - lung met
I was told they would start mammograms on my daughters by age 30.
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46 the day of my lumpectomy.....my stats are listed below.....I just turned 48 this past November and to date NED.
I was told my daughter should start mammos at 30 since Im the first ever to be dx'd with bc....yaaaaaa, what a gift to give to your kids....I was also told to talk with my son and to tell him how important it is for him to do self exams, I know its rare for male bc but why take the chance? Please dont forget your sons in this.....
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Almost 62. Had annual mammograms.
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Age 46, stage IIB.
My sister just diagnosed at 46. not sure of stage yet.
I tested negative for BRCA gene. Go figure.
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Found on annual mammogram....73
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44. Thankfully, I have been getting mammos since 35. I never felt tumor, so I'm very very thankful for mammos!
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41 original dx
43 mets
FYI, several docs told me to have my daughter get mammo's ten years before she becomes the age I was dx'd. Moot point now...she's had a lumpectomy at age 25 that was B9!!
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I was 46.
I found the thickening and lump in my breast during a self-exam. Hadn't had a mammo - was going to go in about 3 months.
The onc said my daughter should start mammos at 35. She is 14 now and I pray the technology will continue to improve so all of our sons and daughters will be spared.
Christine
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36 original diagnosis
40 mets to liver and bones
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42. The lump was dismissed as nothing the year before, so it should have been 41.
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Had lumpectomy just before turning 31. This was 24 years ago.
2nd DX was March '08 same breast 54 years old. Had bi-lateral MX.....
TOO many young ones
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Was 51 and Stage IV at diagnosis - I turn 60 this year.
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My mother was dx stage iv at age 60 (2 weeks before her 61st bday), this was Nov 2008.
I am 39, found a lump, had mammo. and ultra sound in January, and now I am in the wait 6 months for another mamo. group.
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36 with 3 young kids
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47 the first time, 48 with my second diagnosis, 369 days later. My oldest sister was 36 and we are both BRCA 2+...
Linda
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35 at orig. diagnosis, mets at age 49.
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36 was dx with IBC
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My daughter was dx at age 32.Found the lump herself.Thank heaven for a Doctor who took quick action. Lumpectomy,chemo and radiation. Recurrance age 34.Masectomy ,and chemo again. Recurrance was local.So far she is NED one year later.
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DX stage 2B at 31
Mets 380 -
DX stage 2B at 31
Mets 380 -
Baseline mammo at 35- dense breasts
Dx at 40 Stage IIIa ILC 3 tumors- 9/11 nodes +
Dx with bone (42) and liver mets (43)
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41 - the day after my birthday. 7.5cm tumor, so was probably there for years. Stage III(a).
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