Poll - How old were you when dx with BC
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I was 43 when I was first diagnosed 7 yrs ago Stage I. It was found on my 3rd routine mammogram. Neither my doctor (the week before) nor myself felt the lump.
I am now 50 and was just diagnosed with mets to my spine and right lung (found because my back was hurting, and I had a compression fracture in one of my vertabrae, they saw the mets on my spine on the MRI) . I start my first treatment this morning.
Lynne
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36 at dx
Found it myself at 350 -
Dx at 23, just 2 days before my 23rd birthday
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Kita you are only 23? I had no idea. OMG that really sucks. I sit next to a lovely girl in the chemo room who is 27. Until she started coming in, I was by far the youngest person (at 51 initially) that went in. You must really feel like a fish out of water!
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It is simply unfair for someone in their 20's! Blah! I was 45 and I was the talk of the hospital. I see now that 45 seems to be somewhat average. There are some YOUNG women here... this has got to STOP.
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Ya it's really hard to relate to people who have been able to accomplish more of their life. My daughter was 8 mo old and I was in my last semester of college. I have BRCA 2 gene and so does my mom but I hope and pray hers never turns into cancer. I just know there is a reason I wax dealt this hand, I just haven't figured if out yet. Its most unfair for my daughter... She's deserves a mom
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I'll be 25 in October... Going to celebrate my 2 yes if fighting. Maybe a weekend in Vegas or a night on my favorite beach
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Dx stage 4 from the get go at 38, first cancer hodgkin's lenfoma at 15.
Kita, your daughter is very lucky to have you as her mother, you are a wise & strong woman for your age. So many people live 20-25 years with their moms but learn little from them.0 -
37 first dx
57 mets dx0 -
43
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38
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57
The brca2+ in my family appears to cause only BC, all females, thus far, and only in our 50's, peri- to post- menopausal. All five of us. I lost my mother at age 14...she was 54.
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30 first dx
31 stage IV
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45
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30, stage iv with liver mets
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39 4 days after my b'day! "(
Stage 4!
Felt the lump when I was 37. Dr dismissed it as nothing!
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41 stage 2. 49 stage 4 spine mets. Can't believe how young everyone is. This cancer crap is BS!
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44: Stage IV Liver.
I don't remember if I posted already...stupid chemobrain. If I did....never mind!0 -
40 officially. 43 1/2 mets
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39 stage 3b
43 stage 4
I am absolutely shocked by this thread! I always thought I was young to have this but a quick scan of these posts shows me I'm average at most. What a crime that we are all between 23 and 51 (sorry if I missed someone but you get the idea).
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dx Stage IV out of the gate @ 29 in 2008
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Maternal grandmother in her early 60's
Mother at age 29---she died in 1962 at the age of 31 (I was 2 yrs old)-adenocarcinoma of the breast
Sister at the age of 56: IDC-stage 0 (triple positive)
After 14 breast biopsies, I had PBMX 4/10/12 and was found with extensive LCIS at age 52.
BRCA negtive. PTEN negative but have a missing promoter (on/off switch) discovered by Killin Methylation testing. This may help explain genetic connection to all of this breast cancer.
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60 - stage 1
61 - stage 3b
62 - stage IV
It boggles my mind how young some of you are. I cannot, even for a second, imagine dealing with this when you are in your early 20's.
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40 - stage IV from initial diagnosis! First and only mammogram I had was to view my mass.
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I was 37
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Last year at age 34. I had to fight tooth and nail to be diagnosed. None of the doctors thought it was anything to worry about. The next time a "non-traditional age" (younger) woman presents with a breast lump and the doctor shrugs her off, I'd love to stick this whole thread in the doctor's face.
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I have been working on compiling ALL 28 pages of Info on this thread! I am now done. I did not get too technical as I did this all by paper, pencil, & calculator. Also there were so many variables due to tumor size, hormone receptors, type of BC & so many other stages besides IV.
Here is what I got, (I tried to be as accurate as I could but not all the info was provided, but then it was just asked the age of first DX)
# of first time DX on all 28 pages - 761
# of stage IV - 362
# of stage IV - grade 1 - 9
grade 2 - 58
grade 3 - 109
3 youngest ages of 1st DX - 10, 12, & 16
youngest stage IV DX - 20 & 23
Age of 1st DX - 20's - 53
30's - 260
40's - 302
50's - 109
60's -34
70's + - 3
Age of stage IV DX - 20's - 20
30's - 99
40's -153
50's - 70
60's - 19
70's + - 1
Of the Stage IV DX's 1st time were 149
2end or more were 213
Me....DX at 45. 4 years after first biopsy came back B9. In same breast same side of breast, different area though.
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dx at 48, with no family history
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