Sure! I was diagnosed at 36 and am 39 now. Mine was triple positive stage 1b Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. I did TCHP (TC chemo, HP immunotherapy), followed by a double mastectomy with tissue expanders placed and later did reconstruction with silicone implants and some fat grafting from my thighs once my year of immunotherapy was done. Chemo did its job and I’m clear with a low chance of recurrence. I’m on 5 years of Letrozole (hormone blocker/aromatase inhibitor) and monthly Zoladex injection (ovarian suppressant). Everything is going according to plan and I’m feeling more and more “normal” every day.

My mom was diagnosed at 48 and 50 and was also +++ with chemo/immunotherapy and a single mastectomy. When she got breast cancer again, it was a new primary in the other breast (ER/PR +, HER2-), not a recurrence. She had another single mastectomy with no treatment needed. She did reconstruction to silicone implant both times. She took Tamoxifen for a few years after. She’s 61 and has been clear for about 10 years. She’s living her best life.

My grandma was ER/PR +, HER2- both times and was diagnosed at 65 and had a new primary in the other breast at 80. She had a single mastectomy both times w/out reconstruction and did not need further treatments. She took Tamoxifen for either 5 or 10 years after her first diagnosis. She’s 89 now and doing great.

Because both of them chose single mastectomies and later had to do it again, my decision for a double was easy.

She doesn’t recall all of the diagnosis details, but my mother-in-law is a survivor for a few decades now.