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  • Ladyofthelake
    Ladyofthelake Member Posts: 13
    edited August 2019

    I was 49. My mum was 61 when she was diagnosed.

  • ItsHandled444
    ItsHandled444 Member Posts: 41
    edited August 2019

    57, 1 month before my 58th Birthday. Found on annual mammogram.

  • smackan
    smackan Member Posts: 34
    edited August 2019

    53 for me

  • sammi2006
    sammi2006 Member Posts: 48
    edited August 2019

    I was 29 when I was diagnosed.

  • abeal
    abeal Member Posts: 7
    edited August 2019

    39

  • Libber
    Libber Member Posts: 45
    edited September 2019

    55. Bilateral BC. ER+PR+/her- left ILC stage 1a. TN right IDC Stage 1 b.

  • rlws
    rlws Member Posts: 37
    edited August 2019

    50, found on annual mammogram. Pre menopause


  • romashka
    romashka Member Posts: 28
    edited August 2019

    I was diagnosed at 46. Found tumor a few months before annual exam.

  • kec1972
    kec1972 Member Posts: 71
    edited August 2019

    diagnosed at 46, felt my lump 2 months after my annual mammogram which was read as normal

  • IllinoisNancy
    IllinoisNancy Member Posts: 99
    edited August 2019

    I was 49 and now I'm 62:)

  • missmom79
    missmom79 Member Posts: 90
    edited August 2019

    39 first mammogram (although diagnostic mammogram)

  • blah333
    blah333 Member Posts: 68
    edited August 2019

    35. jealous of all you older folk. this has been a giant shit stain on my life and prematurely ended my physical prime

  • manc
    manc Member Posts: 28
    edited August 2019

    I was 48

  • Turkeypoult
    Turkeypoult Member Posts: 27
    edited August 2019

    68

  • Stellawt57
    Stellawt57 Member Posts: 65
    edited September 2019

    I was 61 and it was discovered on my annual mammogram.

  • DorothyB
    DorothyB Member Posts: 143
    edited September 2019

    61 found during routine mammogram

  • Cat94925
    Cat94925 Member Posts: 2
    edited September 2019

    55

  • violet2
    violet2 Member Posts: 2
    edited September 2019

    57

  • Flower216
    Flower216 Member Posts: 87
    edited September 2019

    60

    Wasn't due for my annual mammogram for four months. The wire of my bra was hurting me. I actually changed bra until I realized that it wasn't the bra...it was me!

  • dogmomrunner
    dogmomrunner Member Posts: 501
    edited September 2019

    56

    I found the lump myself a little over a month before my annual mammogram.

  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 1,418
    edited September 2019

    73

    Found the lump myself 4 months after an all clear mammogram. I was 61.


  • Yogatyme
    Yogatyme Member Posts: 1,793
    edited September 2019

    Retired 7/1/19, turned 68 7/5/19, dx 7/29/19. Happy retirement & birthday!

  • keywestfan
    keywestfan Member Posts: 367
    edited September 2019

    One month before 85th birthday. Found lump myself. Had clear mammogram 5 months before

  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 1,418
    edited September 2019

    keywestfan, I found my lump after a recent clear mammogram. It was 2.4 centimeters and should have been picked up by the mammogram. IMHO, mammograms are only as good as the person who reads them. According to the American Cancer Society, 20% of mammograms fail to pick up cancer. Self exams are still absolutely necessary.

    Of course, 80% of cancers are found by mammograms.



  • UpstateNYer
    UpstateNYer Member Posts: 331
    edited September 2019

    I was 63 when diagnosed. No lump felt, but was overdue for my routine mammogram.

  • HoneyBeaw
    HoneyBeaw Member Posts: 150
    edited October 2019

    Same here, I found my lump 3 mts after a clear mammogram. It was 2.69 cm but because it was in a dense area could not be seen on regular Mammogram. I now only do 3 D and go to a woman's center for them

  • Karen2019
    Karen2019 Member Posts: 58
    edited October 2019

    52. Lump found on routine mammogram, literallythe day after my annual GYN visit when she didn't feel it. I hadn't felt it during self exams either, but as soon as the radiologist told me the location, I could easily find it. Two lessons learned: 1) my "concentric circles" self exams were woefully lacking (and I have since found many friends and family members who have been doing similar incomplete exams and shared my experience), and 2) I need a new GYN!

  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 1,418
    edited October 2019

    The concentric circle style is not nearly thorough enough in my opinion. One needs to kneed those puppies. :)



  • ndgrrl
    ndgrrl Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2019

    44

  • tmnicely
    tmnicely Member Posts: 1
    edited October 2019

    I was 40 after having my first mammogram done, nothing showed but when I went into the ED for chest pains the tumor appeared on the CT scan.