A thought this Sunday:

[cksmithy]

2. Thanks for the story. It reminds me of a

personal story regarding my own medical care, over 35 years ago, when I was in pain. All of the doctors I consulted, didn't think any surgical treatment was warranted. I finally found my ENT surgeon, who said, of course you need surgical treatment. When I told the other doctors, they all deferred to my surgeon. He was the top ENT in our city, I believe he is now retired. They would not dare to go against his diagnosis, but at the time, as a 49 year old woman, they either didn't believe me, thought I was nuts or were worried about insurance coverage and their own reimbursement.
It was very interesting to observe their opinion of my condition change from one breath to the next, when I told them who my surgeon was. "Well if that's what Dr...... recommends, let's do it."