Just diagnosed I am scared it all over my body

I'm sorry you're here because of a new diagnosis. It is scary and is worst when you first find out. It gets better when you have more information and a treatment plan. None of us has any way to guess what the rash is. Have you asked your doctor about it?

What did your pathology report say about the diagnosis? What scans or tests were used? Did you have a mammogram? Ultrasound? Biopsy?

I know it is difficult to do but try not to project or speculate about things that are not known yet. Most breast cancers are actually very slow growing, only a small percentage of women are diagnosed at stage IV(Metastatic). I think it’s about 5-6 %. No, a body rash is not a symptom of metastases. Please wait until you have your biopsy results so you can deal with what the situation actually is. Not easy, but why make yourself sick with worry when you still have only limited information? Take care.

Quit blaming yourself and quit speculating. It sounds like you don't have the biopsy results yet? Then you don't know if you have cancer or a benign condition. You're going to give yourself an ulcer at this rate. Do some fun stuff until you get your results. And then do more fun things after you have them.

Ilovewhales3 , you said they measured it as 3 inches?
I guess what we're saying is that until you get a biopsy result, you don't know what it is so it's premature. I can understand a doctor saying it probably is but they can't tell from imaging - they need to get a pathologist to look at the actual mass tissue, either from a biopsy or from a surgical excision. And final staging isn't till after surgery. Are they doing a biopsy on the lymph nodes as well?

Hang in there. It's early days and this is the hardest time - when you suspect stuff is wrong but don't know what exactly and what the plan is.

hello sweetie hang in there we are here for you try to calm down till you get results..msphil idc stage2 0/2 nodes 3mo chemo before and after Lmast got married was planning at diagnosis then 7wks rads and 5yrs on Tamoxifen. Praise God long term Survivor. Hold on get results first.

As Beesie, one of the smartest members here, says, you don't have to be brave, you just have to show up. Sorry I can't help you with advice on posting your report.

you could cut and paste from your report - just remove your name and other identifying stuff - if you got it through your patient portal. Or just type out the sentences that seem most important. We don't need the whole report. What does it say in "impressions" or "diagnosis" or "recommendation" sections?

Hi there, and sorry you have to be here, but it is a great place to ask questions.

First: By ultrasound your tumor was 3.3 cm in largest dimension, so much smaller than 3 inches, and on the core biopsy was smaller than that. Final size will be better determined at surgery (MRI is better for measurements than u/s, but if you are like me and only have MRI after biopsy and have a lot of bleeding in there (hematoma) then even the MRI measurements can be off.

Next: Treatment plan will depend on testing for hormone receptors (ER and PR) and for HER2 over-expression. HER2+ cancers will pretty much always have chemo recommended for them I am triple positive, and tumor was more than 2 cm AND I had a positive lymph node, so had neo-adjuvant chemo, which is chemo before surgery. The very good news is that treatment options are much better than they were even ten years ago, and new options are coming along all the time! The hormone receptor information should be available fairly quickly, the HER2 may take longer. For me, the HER2 only came back something like 3 days before I was scheduled for my lumpectomy! So only had a few days to wrap my head around that before getting port placed for chemo instead.

None of us want to be on this journey, but here we are. Agree with the quote from Beesie above -- just show up, one day at a time. And the beginning is the hardest. Also, pretty much every cancer center has therapists who specialize in helping cancer patients with the emotional stuff.

Keep breathing!

hospitals & doctor's offices are probably safer than grocery store right now. Moth & 2019 are right. One foot in front of the other - but don't forget to dance along the way & listen to your favorite music and do whatever you can to short circuit your anxiety.