Bi-Rads 4 2cm Spiculated - Scared

Hi Cjs and welcome! We know it's a worrisome time, but posting here and reaching out for support will surely be a big help to you. Others will be by shortly to weigh in with their thoughts and advice.

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I'm so sorry you are going through this very scary time. Waiting for procedures and tests, then the results, is the hardest part of any of this in my opinion.

My mass was also discovered during a routine mammogram. The next day I went in for an ultrasound which was followed up with a needle biopsy at the same time due to what they were seeing during the ultrasound. Although the size of my tumor was somewhat smaller, the words "spiculated", "irregularly shaped", and "hypoechoic" were also used to describe the mass as well as being classified a Bi-rads 4.

I hoped for the best; but was told by some medical people among my relatives that the findings at that point were worrisome. The next day I received the cancer diagnosis from the initial biopsy results. While not entirely surprised by the diagnosis at that point, it still was a shock mentally and emotionally.

I hope your results are not a cancer diagnosis.. Only the biopsy results can tell for sure even though the ultrasound is abnormal. Try to fill up your time until the biopsy and results with as many pleasant distractions as possible. Reading on the internet will serve no good purpose when you don't even know what the reality is yet. I wish you the best; and please know that you're always welcome to come here for support

Love and prayers!

I'm glad you have the biopsy over with and that it wasn't too painful. I know you wish time could pass more quickly so that you could have the results. If it is indeed cancer, then seeing all the specialists and getting a plan in place will be a great help emotionally for you and your family.

You asked how I am doing now. In a few days it will be three years since my lumpectomy and I am glad to have passed that milestone. Physically, I am healthy and active and make it a point to exercise everyday. I do still have a seroma in my breast, but it is not painful and is gradually getting smaller. The doctors are not concerned about it. I am no longer taking anti-hormonals due to some toxic reactions I developed from them and my oncologist and I after much discussion are on the same page about that. Each case is different and many women do just fine with them.

Emotionally, I thought I powered through the first several months pretty well. It was when active treatment was over that I was surprised that I couldn't put thoughts of cancer behind me more quickly. I worried about recurrence way too much in spite of my favorable cancer profile. It seemed that I couldn't go very long without cancer dominating my thoughts. I should have been more patient with myself and realized that it all takes time to absorb. I am in a much much better place now emotionally. Life is good.

It sounds like you have a wonderful support system and I bet your daughter will be able to cope better and actually be a help once there is a plan. Even adult children have a hard time the first time they see their mother may not be 100% invincible.

Take care and please keep us updated

first see their mother isn't 100% invincible.

hi, your results sound like mine did. I had ultra guided ultra sound done pathology report came back in one day benign for malignancy and no atypia good news however I am still going to talk to breast surgeon to see if it should be removed so my chances of developing breast cancer in future will be less. This just takes over your life I cry now when I see a cancer commercial or something on Facebook where someone died of breast cancer but we gotta believe it's going to be ok either way I will be praying yours is benign too..... waiting and wondering is the hardest. If you need to talk my email is lindaerwin0217@ Gmail.com. God bless