I’m 27 and I’m getting treatment in Perth. I’ve been diagnosed with stage1 grade3 HER-2 positive breast cancer in July this year. (There is no family history.) I had surgery and just got first chemotherapy with paclitaxel and herceptin. I still have 11 more weekly chemo to go and I feel quite lonely being one of the very few bc patients under 30. It’ll be nice to talk to someone going through similarly difficult time at the moment as young women with bc may share different difficulties to the majority of the others. Please leave a comment if you are in 20s or early 30s with bc!

@youngdogmum Thank you so much for your reply. It is definitely different kind of difficulty having breast cancer at younger age. I wouldn’t say harder. It’s different. Things like changed look, fertility issue, financial/job issue are main concerns but what most worries me is that I think I may never be able to get married. I’m single and I know I will have to confront with more problems when meeting someone in the future, such as opening up about my cancer, my huge scars, uneven boobs, and the fact that I’m quite likely to get recurrence and possibly infertile. I already gives me headaches thinking about my life after treatment. On the other hand, cancer patients with young children would find going through treatment, working and parenting at the same time extremely challenging. Mums are amazing. I’m lucky enough to have work to go back to though. It’s my dream job and currently this is the only thing I look forward to. I just had my second round of chemo and I feel horrible but with my parents’ support, I’m trying to stay positive. It may be emotionally challenging to put life back together after treatment finished. Please don’t forget that you are a strong person. You have overcome effing cancer. Whatever comes in life from now, how much worse can it be? I do think it’s unfair and I have been depressed but I believe I will be a much stronger person after this. Keep in touch xoxo.

@Ashley. Have you been i touch with Breast Cancer Care WA? They run support groups and may be able to make specific connections with some younger women. Are you also interested in being put in contact with some other 20 somethings who went through BC a few years back?

Hi Ashley, I'm sorry that you have to go through this at such a young age. I'm 32 and in Melbourne, also diagnosed stage 1 in July this year. My cancer was ER+ PR+ so thankfully I have avoided chemo but I do know the awkward feeling of being the youngest person in the waiting room! Wishing you all the best with your treatment xx

Hey Ashley! I’m 27 and finished treatment in September! I’m in Qld although I followed a girl on Instagram who was 25! She’s the youngest in Perth ever treated at RPH apparently. Her username is Samantha.roza and I believe she was her2+ as well! She has had a really hard time but I’m sure she would be more that willing to meet up with you, us youngens tend to stick together!I was stage 2, grade 2 lobular er/pr+ but no her2.. diagnosed February this year, I had a mastectomy first, then did AC and Palitaxel total 8 rounds over 4.5 months and then 5 weeks radiation. I’m now using zoladex and letrozole for my long term endocrine therapy. Chemo was the hardest thing I’ve ever ever done and I haven’t had an easy life to be honest so that’s saying something. You WILL get there!!!! Trust me. I did not think I’d be here in November looking back at the worst of it in July sobbing. It is NOT easy and no one else except my husband and mother in law understand (and my two fellow breastie girlfriends) There are alot of issues that the older ladies simply don’t understand. It’s no offence to anyone on here but it’s true. We’ve had ALOT taken from us this young and I hold anger about it still, but am slowly moving forward with my life. I had two friends during my treatment similar age which really really helped, one was in Sydney and one at the same hospital as me. We all had different subtypes of BC!Feel free to reach out to me on Instagram. There’s a big community of us youngens around the world on there using #youngbreastcancer I have been unable to locate anyone this young with my subtype of lobular in Australia so completely understand feeling isolated. I detest waiting rooms now after all of the staring. However I have a wonderful story - I inspired a lovely lady aged 50+ I would say to go through with chemo! She saw me and didn’t want to do it but broke down in tears when she saw me. Ive posted a fair bit about my treatment this year on this site so have a search for anything I’ve written, but I’m not very active anymore, part of my trying to move forward and live my life now. Take care xx

@Ashley so you see the reply :)

Is there anyone under 30 in Perth recently diagnosed with bc?

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Ashley
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6 years ago
@CRM

I’ll stay strong like you.
Ashley
Member
6 years ago
@CRM

You are so young too. I go to oncology department with my mum and everyone thinks she is the patient lol.
I asked the nursing staff if there are any young cancer patients here but it sounds like there is no young female patients at the moment. How lonely?
My friends aren’t helpful either. Most of them are too immature I stopped talking to them after cancer. After hearing some ridiculous words from people I thought we were friends (words like you make me depressed stop dumping your emotions, can you not feel your nipple anymore?, you’re gonna be fine it’s not terminal illness, you have short hair anyway so hair loss won’t make much difference, etc.), I stopped hanging out with people other than my parents. I feel very lonely but I’m too scared to hear easy, careless words.
Ashley
Member
6 years ago
@youngdogmum

Thank you so much for your reply. It is definitely different kind of difficulty having breast cancer at younger age. I wouldn’t say harder. It’s different. Things like changed look, fertility issue, financial/job issue are main concerns but what most worries me is that I think I may never be able to get married. I’m single and I know I will have to confront with more problems when meeting someone in the future, such as opening up about my cancer, my huge scars, uneven boobs, and the fact that I’m quite likely to get recurrence and possibly infertile. I already gives me headaches thinking about my life after treatment.

On the other hand, cancer patients with young children would find going through treatment, working and parenting at the same time extremely challenging. Mums are amazing.

I’m lucky enough to have work to go back to though. It’s my dream job and currently this is the only thing I look forward to.

I just had my second round of chemo and I feel horrible but with my parents’ support, I’m trying to stay positive.

It may be emotionally challenging to put life back together after treatment finished. Please don’t forget that you are a strong person. You have overcome effing cancer. Whatever comes in life from now, how much worse can it be? I do think it’s unfair and I have been depressed but I believe I will be a much stronger person after this. Keep in touch xoxo.
youngdogmum
Member
6 years ago
@Ashley so you see the reply :)
youngdogmum
Member
6 years ago
Hey Ashley! I’m 27 and finished treatment in September! I’m in Qld although I followed a girl on Instagram who was 25! She’s the youngest in Perth ever treated at RPH apparently. Her username is Samantha.roza and I believe she was her2+ as well! She has had a really hard time but I’m sure she would be more that willing to meet up with you, us youngens tend to stick together!

I was stage 2, grade 2 lobular er/pr+ but no her2.. diagnosed February this year, I had a mastectomy first, then did AC and Palitaxel total 8 rounds over 4.5 months and then 5 weeks radiation. I’m now using zoladex and letrozole for my long term endocrine therapy.

Chemo was the hardest thing I’ve ever ever done and I haven’t had an easy life to be honest so that’s saying something. You WILL get there!!!! Trust me. I did not think I’d be here in November looking back at the worst of it in July sobbing. It is NOT easy and no one else except my husband and mother in law understand (and my two fellow breastie girlfriends)

There are alot of issues that the older ladies simply don’t understand. It’s no offence to anyone on here but it’s true. We’ve had ALOT taken from us this young and I hold anger about it still, but am slowly moving forward with my life.

I had two friends during my treatment similar age which really really helped, one was in Sydney and one at the same hospital as me. We all had different subtypes of BC!

Feel free to reach out to me on Instagram. There’s a big community of us youngens around the world on there using #youngbreastcancer

I have been unable to locate anyone this young with my subtype of lobular in Australia so completely understand feeling isolated. I detest waiting rooms now after all of the staring. However I have a wonderful story - I inspired a lovely lady aged 50+ I would say to go through with chemo! She saw me and didn’t want to do it but broke down in tears when she saw me.

Ive posted a fair bit about my treatment this year on this site so have a search for anything I’ve written, but I’m not very active anymore, part of my trying to move forward and live my life now.

Take care xx
CRM
Member
6 years ago
Hi Ashley, I'm sorry that you have to go through this at such a young age. I'm 32 and in Melbourne, also diagnosed stage 1 in July this year. My cancer was ER+ PR+ so thankfully I have avoided chemo but I do know the awkward feeling of being the youngest person in the waiting room! Wishing you all the best with your treatment xx

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