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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700
    edited December 2013


    so sorry, franny, and welcome. i was 52, BS said from the looks, it was eight years old!!! long story, but no family history either.

  • denilynne
    denilynne Member Posts: 38
    edited December 2013

    I'm so sorry Franny but I am glad you came to this site. You will find lots of supportive ears and loving hearts here.
    Lots of knowledge here too and people who have been where you are going.

  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 596
    edited December 2013


    So sorry Franny. We're here for you. Lean on us. Gentle hug.

  • Lillypoppy
    Lillypoppy Member Posts: 55
    edited December 2013


    41

  • Speedy4
    Speedy4 Member Posts: 44
    edited December 2013


    42

  • goodprognosis
    goodprognosis Member Posts: 195
    edited December 2013

    Diagnosed just after my birthday at 59 years old.  No family history. Dense breasts with both breasts involved.  Tumour in left breast and atypical cells in right breast.  Now just over 1 year clear.

  • rachel11
    rachel11 Member Posts: 38
    edited December 2013

    I was diagnosed at 37

  • wrsmith2x
    wrsmith2x Member Posts: 127
    edited December 2013

    44 - First time - diagnosed day before my wedding anniversary

    48 - second time - diagnosed 5 days before Christmas - four years, 1 month and three days after 1st diagnosis.

  • rozem
    rozem Member Posts: 749
    edited December 2013

    42   no family history (and we have lots of females on both sides) no risk factors other than dense breasts -

  • LuvSnow
    LuvSnow Member Posts: 138
    edited March 2014

    Lumpectomy at 23 for DCIS/ADH.  Mastectomy at 44 for IDC/DCIS/ADH.

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited December 2013

    I was/am 50-years-old when diagnosed.

  • sharlyn25
    sharlyn25 Member Posts: 15
    edited December 2013

    I was 69 at time of diagnosis.

  • RealityCheck
    RealityCheck Member Posts: 17
    edited December 2013

    47 for me

  • Nicole32
    Nicole32 Member Posts: 15
    edited December 2013

    31-No family history, currently waiting on genetic testing results

  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 695
    edited December 2013

    43

  • marty8859
    marty8859 Member Posts: 2
    edited December 2013

    49 a month and a half shy of my 50th birthday

  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited December 2013

    Welcome marty, I see this was your first post.  Sorry you have to be here, but glad to have you.

  • lovewins
    lovewins Member Posts: 570
    edited December 2013

    53

  • Horse02
    Horse02 Member Posts: 4
    edited December 2013

    I was 3 months shy of turning 47. My mom was diagnosed at 68. She is still fight 5 years later.

  • michleeh
    michleeh Member Posts: 2
    edited December 2013

    I was 43.

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited December 2013

    OMG.....so young all of you......I must be the oldest here.....other then the 81 year old mother spoken of...

    I was 75 when diagnosed in Feb 2011........turned 76 that April....showed in a routine mamm.....had calcification problems for years prior....finally developed into something......lumpectomy and Rads, am on a Letrozole  ( the devil pill).......now 78.....SE's......feel like 90......

    So sorry for all of you young ladies...so very sad......I'm old, but not any of you....so unfair....hugs

  • djhawx
    djhawx Member Posts: 1
    edited December 2013

    I  am 58 and was just diagnosed 3 months ago.   Seems like alot of women in our age group are getting diagnosed.

  • CaliKiwi
    CaliKiwi Member Posts: 19
    edited December 2013

    40, got the news 9 days before I turned 41 (which is today!)

  • rockym
    rockym Member Posts: 383
    edited December 2013

    46 for me.

  • islandmom
    islandmom Member Posts: 131
    edited December 2013

    47

  • Mardibra
    Mardibra Member Posts: 194
    edited December 2013

    44. Two weeks before my 45th birthday. 

  • LW0919
    LW0919 Member Posts: 37
    edited December 2013

    Diagnosed one year ago tomorrow at the age of 42.

  • CameraKim
    CameraKim Member Posts: 33
    edited December 2013

    46th birthday....seems many of us were in our 40s

  • mercedes24
    mercedes24 Member Posts: 3
    edited December 2013

    42 that was 4 years ago

  • FairyDogMother
    FairyDogMother Member Posts: 154
    edited December 2013

    36 my mother was 33

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