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  • Carole77
    Carole77 Posts: 4
    edited March 2014

    One month before turning 35!

  • melissa2013
    melissa2013 Posts: 3
    edited March 2014

    44

  • LakeGirl2
    LakeGirl2 Posts: 22
    edited March 2014

    44 as well.

  • cowgirl13
    cowgirl13 Posts: 804
    edited March 2014

    64

  • Debzjourney14
    Debzjourney14 Posts: 41
    edited March 2014

    60

  • beenheresince1957
    edited March 2014

    On my 57th Birthday :(

  • Scottiee1
    Scottiee1 Posts: 1,790
    edited March 2014

    5 months away from my 65 th birthday .

  • jessozzie
    jessozzie Posts: 27
    edited March 2014

    I was 83  Dx last year, my mother dx at 81 and she died 2 years ago aged 103

  • beenheresince1957
    edited March 2014

    My annual was in First week of Dec, told diagnostic mammogram was clear. Sunday before my birthday, 7 weeks later I was watching the NFL Playoffs when I reached over and pressed the upper part of my right breast and put my finger right on the 1.3cm lump.....1 week later on the 23 of Jan, 2014 I got the bad news. 30 days out from surgery now.

    Diagnosed ~Age 57

    Mom~ age 59

  • scary
    scary Posts: 91
    edited March 2014


    52

  • juliecc
    juliecc Posts: 4,360
    edited April 2014

    46.  My Onc today recommended chemo due to my age but I'll wait for my Oncotype DX score to decide.

  • maggiemaylou
    maggiemaylou Posts: 1
    edited April 2014

    31 years old when diagnosed last November.  Fighting as aggressively as possible.

  • GrumpyCat
    GrumpyCat Posts: 10
    edited April 2014

    42

  • MaDee53
    MaDee53 Posts: 18
    edited May 2014

    Age 53, at the time of diagnosis! Devistated.

  • Wilsie2
    Wilsie2 Posts: 240
    edited May 2014

    52 first time 66 2nd time

  • grammakathy
    grammakathy Posts: 126
    edited May 2014


    I was 63.

  • april485
    april485 Posts: 1,983
    edited May 2014

    bump!

  • arb2354265
    arb2354265 Posts: 1
    edited May 2014

    57

  • ktlearn
    ktlearn Posts: 4
    edited May 2014

    I was just diagnosed on April 15. Had my lumpectomy this past Monday (5/12). Just got the call that no nodes were involved, and my cancer is Stage 1. I am 54.

  • electricalwife
    electricalwife Posts: 1
    edited May 2014

    52

  • Cammychris
    Cammychris Posts: 23
    edited May 2014

    34 years old 

  • marlenet
    marlenet Posts: 114
    edited May 2014


    1 week before my 45th birthday.

  • Sunshineinky
    Sunshineinky Posts: 61
    edited May 2014

    38 days before my 45th birthday! 

  • Nunci
    Nunci Posts: 17
    edited May 2014

    33 years old 

  • basia
    basia Posts: 345
    edited May 2014

    39 the first time (but when I asked how long "they" think I've had it the answer was probably about 10 years )

    and just recently recurrence at 43

  • SusanK1952
    SusanK1952 Posts: 1
    edited May 2014


    59 yrs   ER/PR +

  • Cceandme
    Cceandme Posts: 18
    edited May 2014

    38 almost 39. Was diagnosed as stage 1 then bumped to stage 2-b after surgery.

  • janett2014
    janett2014 Posts: 2,950
    edited May 2014

    60

  • rose111
    rose111 Posts: 2
    edited May 2014

    48 first time and 53 second time.   Second diagnosis was almost exactly 5 years to the day from first.

  • andreamia
    andreamia Posts: 37
    edited May 2014

    26