It's best to take it all no wimpiness involved... As for drs. Everyone is different many are up front with you but not all, my first was unconcerned when he should have been - my second was an ass and scared the crap out of me. I'm grateful he biopsied the area but he was a butcher, had no bedside manner and wanted me to wait 28 days (over Christmas while he went away on vacation) to get the results. I pretty much told him hell no - got the results from my family dr. And by the time he got back I had had 2 cts, and MRI and a week later I'd met with the top guy at the top cancer center in Canada - one month later I had surgery. Fingers crossed its nothing!