Young women and lumps in the breast. Sloppy doctors!!!

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A girlfriend of mine is due a minor operation on Thursday to remove a lump in her breast. She found the lump during a routine self examination and ran to her mother exclaiming that she had cancer (such can be ones reaction when in fright). She went to a doctor and he told her that the lump was nothing to worry about. Now if we know anything about the issue of lump in the breast, it is that it should not be taken lightly. Naturally she was unsatisfied with that response and so she sought a second opinion. That doctor told her the same thing as the first. Still not satisfied she sought a third opinion. That doctor told her to get it checked out right away. She sought fourth and fifth opinions and they both said the same as the third doctor. Young women should not take lumps in their breast lightly so get a biopsy. These visits spanned to approximately a month. She did the biopsy and the lump is not cancerous. It will be removed as I said before on Thursday. My concern is about those first two doctors she went to. How can any doctor tell a woman not to pay attention to a lump in her breast. If my friend was a gullibly person who placed her faith in a doctors diagnosis without question she would be there with that lump which maybe would cotinue to grow and become cancerous. Have you ever had such an experience in relation to your health and the poor advice of a doctor. My doctor is very thorough and even ensures to ask about the last pap smear date and recommend that it be done routinely. As a matter of fact he was the first of the three she went to who told her to look about the lump immediately. To think there are doctors out there who are so sloppy and uncaring as the first two doctors. Have you ever had reason to second guess a doctor. Do you seek the opinions of other doctors in such a case?