Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy

I wish you were right, I really do. Unfortunately, in my wife's and my life experience, over 50% of the diagnoses and/or treatment regimens we've had from doctors have been completely wrong, to the point of being life-threatening, though usually merely irritating and wrong-headed. In today's American medical climate, there is no substitute for patient involvement, research, and advocacy for their own viewpoint. The days when we could depend on our medical establishment to do the right thing by us are sadly past.