Discovered a lump in my left breast while toweling off after a shower.  It was slightly sore to the touch and I began tracking it.  When I decided it needed to be addressed more directly, I discussed it with my family, and both of my daughters are in radiology, so of course they recommended I see a doctor at the soonest.  The doctor I had at the time kind of pooh-poohed it, and said that if it continued to bother me, to get a mammogram.  I gave myself a month for further observation, then decided it was time to attack the lump.  A mammogram came back negative, but I felt confortable about just letting things go, so I scheduled a biopsy.  Again my daughters encouraged having surgery to remove the lump at least, perhaps even the whole breast.  The biopsy came back positive and I was diagnosed as having DCIS, (ductile carsinoma in situ), and I scheduled surgery to have the whole breast removed.  When I called my wife Jean with the sombering news I said, "This (surgery) is going to save us a lot of money---I won't have to shop for a double-breasted suit anymore!"  Anyway, I underwent surgery the following week and had the breast and some lymph nodes removed.  That was in April of 2007, my checkups have been clear so far and I am satisfied with the results.  Since then I am doing volunteer work at the Montana Cancer Specialists Center in Missoula on Fridays as a way of helping others having to face worse scenarios than I did.  I have really enjoyed doing this and recommend it to all that may be interested.  My fam has been very supportive---when on the gurney awaiting surgery they were discussing what to have for dinner---they opted for chicken breasts!  Keep a sense of humor---!

I was told on Jan 3 2007 that I had Prostate cancer and decided to have it removed, about 3 week before that surgery I found a lump by my right nipple, I went to the doctor and had a biopsy the next day, the biopsy came back negative, they said just a watery cyst. had my prostate remove on Feb. 12 2007, 2 weeks later I went back to the surgeon that did the biopsy because the lump had grown back, He drained the lump and said if it grew back they would remove it. Three weeks later it was back, so it was set up to be removed on April 12, 2007. Thinking that it was just an outpatient surgery, just my wife and I went to the hospital, about 4 hours after going into surgery I awoke in recovery to find out they had removed my right breast and 9 lymph nodes 7 of which were cancerous. Now almost 2 years later and have been through chemo and radiation i still do not feel as good as I did before all this. If ti had not been for all the help and prayers of my family and church family i don't think I would be here today.

      I was diagnosed with Stage III  A Breast Cancer in August of 2007,but I have had a lump in my left chest since I was a teenager. It started out as a ring around the nipple. Later, I noticed a small lump about the size of a pea to the right of my left nipple. At the time I thought it was a "knot" in the muscle or that I had "bumped" it in rough play. As I grew over the years, so did "the lump". From a small marble size in my Twenties,to a grape size in my Thirties, to a ping-pong ball size in my Fourties and to the golf ball size in my early Fifties. There is a benign breast condition in young teens called,"Gynecomastia". Could this condition have caused my cancer? I don't know and Researchers probably don't know either. Obesity may also be a cause due to elevated estrogens in men.

        My tumor was 5cm,estrogen positive and 6 of 23 lymph nodes were positive. I had a left breast Radical Mascetomy in September of 2007. Chemo in November of 2007 Thur January of 2008(Taxotere and Cytoxin for 4 sessions 3 weeks apart due to a heart condition)and 7 weeks of Radiation in February of 2008. I started taking Tamoxifen in April of 2008 to inhibit my estrogen levels for the next 5 years. For Stage III A :T-3,N-2,M-0 5-year survival rate is 60%. Whoa, for a minute there I thought I was a goner! LOL! I just turned 56 in Oct. 2008. I have been overweight(by more than 100lbs) half my life. There is no history of Breast cancer in my family,as I know of yet. My grandparents on my Father's side died from cancer, but before 1950 Doctors didn't "categorize" cancers.

 I am a 46 year male with stage 3 her2 positive invasive ductal carcenoma. I happen to bump into my chest when I first woke up in the morning. I noticed a lump, It seemed wierd at the time I thought it must be a cyst of some sort. MY wife scheduled an aapt. with my primary next day january 12th of this year. He scheduled a mammogam and ultrasound, then the gave me a core biopsy and the next day he called me and said I have breast cancer. I then went into boston,ma dana farber cancer institute to get a second opinion which confirmed the diagonosis. So I already had a masectomy 2 rounds of chemo and 6 weeks of radiation. I have 9 more hercepton treatments and taking tamoxifen daily. My attitude is up and optimistic of the future. I look forward to spreading the of mbc and anyway I can help cancer patients. Sincerely Peter Devereaux