'Doctor said pimple would go away - days later I was in hospital'

Tracy Rider went for a second opinion after it got worse08:18, 11 Aug 2026A mum who was told the 'pimple' on her collarbone would likely go away on its own - but soon after she was in hospital.Tracy Rider, 44, hadn't used a sunbed in more than a decade when she felt a small pimple on her chest in April after brushing her hand over her collarbone. It was barely visible, but she noticed it become itchy and get a couple of millimetres larger.When she visited her GP she was initially reassured it was 'just a small cyst' and told it would go away on its own. But over the next week, Tracy, a mum-of-two from Sittingbourne, Kent, booked to see a different doctor after she noticed the pimple becoming inflamed and scabbing.This time, project administrator Tracy was referred straight to dermatology a