Hi --My name is Beth Hanley, and I'm from Albany, NY. I was diagnosed with IDC breast cancer in December 2008 at 38--two years before my baseline would've been due. I had a right breast mastectomy on January 23, 2009 after an attempted lumpectomy a week before--mastectomy was needed because cancer spread to lymph nodes unexpectedly.
I got through chemo marvelously thanks to my doctors, but struggled through radiation. I've since had a clean PET scan and clean mammogram on left breast, and am now cancer-free and in remission.
My thoughts and prayers go out to my fellow sisters with this disease-you're going to be strong and win girls!!!!
Albany, NY