I'm here to say it can happen to you, and listen to your body! A year ago, I felt a lump in my breast and called my doctor. He said it was fibrocystic breast disorder, nothing to worry about. He said no tests were needed, as I was 36 and have no family history of any cancers. Then, October 7, 2010, a year later, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, stage 3a, with a 5.5 cm tumor, hormone positive, HER2 neg. I was diagnosed by a MAMMOGRAM... THE MAMMOGRAM MY DOCTOR SAID I WAS TOO YOUNG TO NEED!!! Please trust yourselves here ladies, and stand up for yourself... insist with your doctor that EVERY LUMP BE CHECKED...EVERY TIME...NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE... EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT AT RISK!
I start chemo (6 rounds of TAC) next Tuesday, November 19. After chemo, surgery will follow. Five years from now, I will be telling the story of how I beat it. :)
Camas, WA