I was 38 at diagnosis now just turned 40. I also had two kids before 30 and breast feed two babies, guess that didn't help my odds like they say. I sure hope someone figures this out so we can stop this.
I hope your speech went well,
HUGS
Monique

California -39 years yg
Core biopsy 1/29/07 -Benign (ya right)
Lumpectomy 2/16/07
3.5 cm stage 2A 2/21
Chemo4/3 -1 clin+ACT-6treat clinical til 4/08 
Chemo 7/17, Rads 10/3 NED
Diagnos Bone Met Femur 10/09
Radiation 10/09 Altern Meds 11/09
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I was 40 when I was diagnosed.  My middle daughter is 20 now but at the age of 16 had a tumor 3cm removed from her left breast, thank god is was not cancer.

Terri Castleberry, P'cola,FL
Lumpectomy 11/13/06
IDC dx:11/21/06
LB Mastectomy 11/30/06
Grade III, Stage II
3/25 nodes +
Triple negative
I&D debridemet 12/11/06
AS OF 10/17/2007
stage 4
er+ 2%, pr+ 1%,
HER/2 -
Carepage: TerriCastl

Basically, I thought this whole post was for anyone under 40 but you know some of us are still pre or peri menapausal even after 50.  I was 53 when diagnosed and surgery after turning 54 and still having those monthlys a year later.  Planning LAVH/BSO yet but taking forever to get the appointments I need and then to finally after all that next month, need to get them all to decide on a date.  This has taken forever!!!!! that now I  will wait til after the holidays!!!!  Stress, anguish!!!  I have a strong family history of BC and OVCA and no one tested but me.  I was uninformative negative and have 3 daughters!!!  My two oldest daughters are in their 30s and are just starting to have these  discussions with their doctors and the oldest (35) had her first mammogram.  These were all hard decisions for me and I wouldn't want my daughters having to make them!!!!

I was 36 at diagnosis.

Monika 37 DX: 11/2011 with stage IV Strong family history BC/OVCA Mastectomy 12/2011 Chemo: Cytosan, Taxol Extern Rad 33 Mets to bone and liver 03/2012 Ascites

Hi Monika and are you doing chemo right now???   hoping for a good response to your treatmets!

Tricia Keegan...From Ireland Dx July '05 IDC 3/9 nodes pos..triple positive..a/c x 4..Taxol/herceptin x 12
Herceptin 1yr ..rads x35 oophorectomy Aug '06
Currently taking Arimidex /Zometa 1 x yearly
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I was 43 when I was diagnosed.

It was suspected when I was 47. Five days before my birthday and then five days after my 48th birthday it was confirmed.  Happy birthday to me.  Still looking for a returns department to return my "gift".  I am now 49.

Tina    
dx 2/1/11 DCIS
Lumpectomy 2/27 results DCIS/LCIS Stage 0 ER+ PR+
Bi-lateral Mastectomy 4/26 with expanders 
6/3 Surgery to remove contaminated expander due to infection.
7/22/11 Surgery to reinsert the expander. 
10/11/2011 Surgery to replace tissue expanders with implants. 
 

Hi Jules....

I was 41 when diagnosed...a few months shy of my 42nd birthday...I'm 47 now!

Donna

Dx'd 5/06, age 41
Stage 1, IDC, 1.5 cm 0/5 nodes+ (yay!)
ER+, PR+ HER2+ Oncotype score 36 (ugh!)
lumpectomy, chemo, rads, Herceptin
hysterectomy, Tamoxifen, Femara, clinical trial (Neratinib)
Me and NED are loving life!

Just to remind everyone this is an old post from '07 that was brought forward and Julie no longer posts here.

Tricia Keegan...From Ireland Dx July '05 IDC 3/9 nodes pos..triple positive..a/c x 4..Taxol/herceptin x 12
Herceptin 1yr ..rads x35 oophorectomy Aug '06
Currently taking Arimidex /Zometa 1 x yearly
Carepage- survivortricia

So I was 53 when  diagnosed.  I had lost my Mother 17 mos  before, had a grandmother, great grandmother, an aunt with BC, 2 aunts with OVC, 2 1st cousins with BC.  I still was regular with my periods when diagosed.   It is scary with every age but I know worry about daughters and granddaughters!!!

 Pink Impacts Forever
5-23-06 DCIS High Grade
Strong family history BC/OVCA
denied(lost appeals)out of network surgery
10-30-06 BM SICA left,DIEP right
Nodes Neg No chemo or rads 
Revisions along with LAVH/BSO/TVT 1-23-08
Biopsies x 3 10/20/08,neg
Bone scan 2/23/11 spot on R frontal and occiptal bone
PET/CT scan 3/4/11 negative