to >>1 (and everyone who read in this board):
believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. --Buddha
>>16,
I always question things, but that's not to discard the doctor's authority. I've had bad experiences (and friends/relatives as well) with healthcare in the US, and I dare say they are incompetent at least. Besides, I'm usually confident I can understand something enough to learn it and do it. I never follow a doctor's advice unless 1. he's my father (he's a general surgeon), or 2. I understand completely the reasoning behind it. Take everything I say only as a humble opinion.