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  • MontereyRobin
    MontereyRobin Member Posts: 57
    edited November 2013


    54


    My mother was diagnosed at 69

  • mjjones453
    mjjones453 Member Posts: 8
    edited November 2013


    49


    My mother was diagnosed at 81.

  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 1,068
    edited November 2013


    41 at Dx......Just turned 63 this summer.

  • margie79
    margie79 Member Posts: 2
    edited November 2013


    34

  • bren58
    bren58 Member Posts: 688
    edited November 2013


    41 the 1st time, 53 the 2nd time.

  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 596
    edited November 2013

    Bren - Would you mind telling us where the BC presented the second time and how you found it? Thanks so much!

  • AlaskaAngel
    AlaskaAngel Member Posts: 694
    edited November 2013


    Age 50 and VERY premenopausal

  • SallyS70
    SallyS70 Member Posts: 816
    edited November 2013


    70

  • bojo
    bojo Member Posts: 5
    edited November 2013


    40 1st time left breast DCIS


    46 2nd time right breast DCIS with Microinvasion IDC 3mm

  • jacksnana
    jacksnana Member Posts: 28
    edited November 2013

    63

  • corky60
    corky60 Member Posts: 453
    edited November 2013


    60

  • flat13good
    flat13good Member Posts: 74
    edited November 2013


    It was my 53rd birthday present that I wanted to return   No refunds  No returns  OH WELL  I'm 55 now.

  • jg10
    jg10 Member Posts: 7
    edited November 2013


    I had just turned 48

  • Sparklekat
    Sparklekat Member Posts: 40
    edited November 2013


    The day after my 29th birthday. It's amazing to me how many people were diagnosed around their birthdays. Maybe I am just sensitive to it, but seems like a lot of us!

  • juliaanna
    juliaanna Member Posts: 575
    edited November 2013


    Maybe we all made our annual exams around our birthdays?

  • Sparklekat
    Sparklekat Member Posts: 40
    edited November 2013


    Nope, I found mine myself and I think my annual was in January. Plus I don't get mammograms at my age, although my ob/gyn does check for lumps.

  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited November 2013


    55

  • BayouBabe
    BayouBabe Member Posts: 1,467
    edited November 2013


    44

  • soriya123
    soriya123 Member Posts: 384
    edited November 2013

    yep me too, i found that lump myself.  I have no family history so I never asked to do mammo, my primary Dr never mentioned bout   mammo to me either.  I thought I have to wait till im 40 to do mammogram.  so a few weeks a way before my 39 bday. I had planned with my girlfriends to celebrate my 39 bday n evrything, then one day in the shower i felt  that lump, went to DR, mammo,US,biopsy n.  I am scared to celebrate my birthday now.  

  • Snohomom
    Snohomom Member Posts: 3
    edited November 2013


    50

  • Sparklekat
    Sparklekat Member Posts: 40
    edited November 2013


    soriya123 you should go somewhere fabulous for your next birthday and make it a good memory!

  • Rdrunner
    Rdrunner Member Posts: 67
    edited November 2013


    44 not a sniff of menopause , sister was 57 or 58

  • juliaanna
    juliaanna Member Posts: 575
    edited November 2013


    Sparklekat,


    Mine was found by mammogram..never felt a lump. Mammogram was done around my birthday. I guess I was thinking about the BC found by mammogram, not self-exam.

  • JoanQuilts
    JoanQuilts Member Posts: 265
    edited November 2013


    34 and then 19 years later at 53.

  • Dulcigirl
    Dulcigirl Member Posts: 864
    edited November 2013


    46, still very premenopausal.


    Mom was 46 her first time.

  • edwards750
    edwards750 Member Posts: 1,568
    edited November 2013


    I was 60; Mom was 68 and sister was 64.

  • denilynne
    denilynne Member Posts: 38
    edited November 2013


    I was diagnosed a few days before my 60th birthday.

  • MarleneFlorrie
    MarleneFlorrie Member Posts: 1
    edited November 2013


    I was 43, my Mom had breast and ovarian cancer diagnosed in her early 70's.

  • Senga1
    Senga1 Member Posts: 292
    edited November 2013


    65..no history of breast cancer in family

  • naiviv
    naiviv Member Posts: 308
    edited November 2013


    52 with no signs of menopause and no family history of any cancer.

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