AFRAID TO SEE A DOCTOR!!!!

maddygirl · New User Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

I have recently found a lump in my breast. I am really freaked out and have been for a while now. I recently have been been doing some of my own research due to getting two different diagnoses from two different doctors. I have cancer, I don't have cancer????? I came accross this and now after seeing this on YouTube I’ve really lost faith in our healthcare system: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqNjdrdVll0 Where will it all end?

brainman · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: AFRAID TO SEE A DOCTOR!!!!

Maddygirl, did either of the doctors actually do a biopsy? Without a biopsy, it is really easy to understand how two doctors could feel the same lump and look and the same scans and come up with different conclusions. Most of the time, breast cancers are entirely curable if caught early so I would encourage you to go see the doctor. I know it is frightening but in the long run it is the best thing you can do for peace of mind and long life.

I also checked out the link. While it is safe i.e. not a virus, it certainly is a joke! Too paranoid sounding to be believable. Plus it could potentially be an add for the guys book. I will leave the link but discourage anyone to believe in its message.
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Muttsmom · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: AFRAID TO SEE A DOCTOR!!!!

Even thought I have to disagree with Jim about there being a cure for Breast Cancer, the sooner it's caught the less likely it is to come back. Treatments are much better then even 5+ years ago when I was dx. The only way to be sure if it's cancer or not is a biopsy. No other test can tell for sure if it's cancer or not. My mammogram didn't even pick up the lump that me and my PCP found. GET a biopsy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Vee Smith · Moderator Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 818 Location: UK

Hello, maddygirl - where are you living? Can you tell us more about yourself? You say you have had two different diagnoses - what were they?

More breast lumps are benign than cancerous, and it can be difficult to be sure without biopsy.

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