Poll - How old were you when dx with BC
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39 got diagnosed earlier this month. Had first biopsy 2001 fibroadenoma (left breast), 2nd biopsy 2006 (fibroadenoma), new lumps 2011 3rd biopsy (IDC grade 2). The doctor said likely it was fibroadenoma but since the lump was growing a biopsy was necessary! Mammograms did not detect my lumps even though they were visible through the skin!
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34.My heart hurts and goes out to those who had a recurrence- this is my fear DAILY. But continue to FIGHT ON. We need to find a cure for this disease.
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58
Found lump 1 month after a normal mammo. MRI/US showed 0.9cm IDC only. At lumpectomy, also found 8 cm of DCIS. Had BMX because no study saw the DCIS, so no way to follow after the lumpectomy. (Also had chemo and on Armimdex).
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46 years old
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hey I was 34 when first dx I am now 60
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Bonnie, Blessings on you for being a BC survivor for so long. Sure gives encouragement to all of us! Your DX date says 4-7-11 so does that mean you had a new episode? A recurrence?
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54
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First: age 41 Stage 2B
Congestive Heart Failure from Chemo: age 45
Recurrence: age 50
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I was dx'ed with bc and mets to liver as initial presentation at age 30. SICK.
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33, I am now 34
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58. Good luck to those who have had a recurrence and all others fighting this disease!
Jane
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I was just diagnosed- I am 41.
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32....stage 4...mets liver and bones
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45 - Stage III
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49, three months shy of my 50th birthday.
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46 the first time. 74 the second time (not a recurrence, but a new cancer in the other breast)
Mammograms missed both - found them myself.
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53, Stage IIIc. Regular mammograms, dense breasts. I found a lump two years ago which was dismissed with an ultrasound. Just finished chemo and radiation, hoping for the best.
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39, stage IIb. The mammogram report from the year before said, "watch this suspicious area." By the following year, the suspicious area was nearly 3 centimeters!
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I had mammograms due to dense tissue from the time I was 37. For three years, that screening found nothing. I found my own lump and was diagnosed at 39. ER+, Stage 1. I recognize that is an anomaly among young women. We have got to figure out why young women are getting such aggresive cancer.
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40, but I think my 3 tumors took some years to grow.
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I was told that my recent tumor took between 8 and 10 years to grow. Odd that the yearly mammograms didn't detect anything wrong during that time.
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Reading this scares me that so many were so young when dxd. I was 47 when dxd with stage III and 59 when dxd with stage IV this past September.
I have 4 daughters in their 20's and am afraid I've also passed it onto them. I was told they should start having mammograms at 37 (10 yrs prior to mine) but I'm already pushing them now.
Marianne
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25. They wanted me to wait until 5 years prior to my mother's diagnosis, which would have put me at 38. At 25 I was stage 2 with a 2.5 cm tumor and just found that the cancer has spread to my liver --- i would have been dead by 38.
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47 stage IV mets to bones liver lungs at initial dx.
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43 stage IV from the start IDC Grade 3 just found out 2 days ago with lung mets. I'm just at the beginning of my journey through cancer started chemo 2 weeks ago.
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I was diagnosed at 43, I was kind of a thick girl and decided to go on a diet. Lost 50 pounds and discovered the tumor about the size of an egg....doctors made me feel like a criminal because i didnt feel the tumor earlier, but even with my gyn visits and self breat exams i never discovered this
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41
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Age 41: I am stage11 because I have 2 tumors. I just found out at a second opinion noone has yet done my bone scan, very scarry. Im gonna demand one asap now. May even be to late if it would be in the bones.All I can do is pray for myself AND all you ladies in this fight for life with me.0
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50
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23 and again in 2009 also had uterine CA in 2007. Wow it sucks I thought being an adult was gonna be fun.0
