Originally Posted by crash66

Guess you missed my point, then. If MD's have a better idea of what might happen, then why did the two distinguished respondents not have the same answer (not even close) but each presented their case as the most likely?

They gave two completely different answers, based solely on their own experiences, not on any hard science. In other words, they did exactly what any lay person would do, and has done, on this board regarding everything from their favorite saddle, to what supplements they feel help them perform better.

And yes, you guessed right--I am completely biased against taking everything a doctor says as gospel, and it may well save my career. My own experience with doctors? My first doc said I had tennis elbow, but couldn't explain the electric shocks shooting through my arm. Didn't order any nerve tests, because "why would I do that when you have tennis elbow?"

My second doc ordered the nerve tests and found compression and degeneration in the radial nerve in both forearms, and wondered why the first doc hadn't even ordered the tests.

So, yeah, I'm a big fan of docs acting like their own experiences represent the totality of possible outcomes. It's especially funny when they do so on a public forum, within minutes of each other. Let's try a little humility.