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Bob, I have heard and read different stats from various source including AMA, but I was trying to not be too critical of docs. There are some really good ones and they defintely serve a purpose. But my opinion is that they are overused. People are too wimpy in my opinion and too quick to go for a POTENTIAL quick fix through drugs or surgery or both. Don't get me wrong, I strongly believe that you should see a physician when needed, and think most people know when it is probably truly needed... I myself fit into that category a couple of years ago when I nearly died from a freak gall stone and liver condition. My situation needed the attention of a very skilled professional taking me eventually to a highly focused liver specialist before it was finally over. I am fine now, and I really appreciate the skills of that man.

Then that same year, about 2 months into my recovery, my younger daughter, 10, sliced her right hand down to the bone all the way across her 4 fingers (she did this when she fell on an empty aquarium). Her injuries included nerve and tendons damage. But, lucky for us, the surgeon on call that night for this type of injury, just happened to be one of the best in the state anyway... That was a roungh one, but again, a time in which we truly appreciated the purpose for docs. So I am not anti-doc, just anti too much doc...

It is surprising to me though that on the ad campaign I mentioned earlier, the AMA subsidiary that sponsored the ad actually gave out that stat.