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 Subject: RE: Hammertoe Surgery-Really Nervous!
 
Author: Bernie Secoura
Date:   8/9/2005 5:21 pm PDT
It is really essential to first choose your surgeon well.

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Then keep away from the opinions of those who's entire expertise in the matter is that they had previously undergone the procedure. Many of these people will take pleasure in describing the horrors which either they actually endured or thought they did. Each doctor, each condition and each procedure is different, and you can't obtain enough diverse opinions from non-professionals so as to be able to average out the comments and get any sort of accurate feeling for the reality which you might expect. Keep in mind that complainers and malcontents are very consistent in their negative approach to just about everything in their lives, and how one does during and after surgery is more of a self-fulfilling prophecy than you might think.

Ask your questions directly to your own surgeon, and insist on getting an answer which YOU can understand BEFORE, not AFTER surgery. It matters not what another doctor tell you will occur, unless you choose to switch to that other doctor.

This advice routinely ruffles the feathers of those who think that their solitary experience makes them experts in the matter. Don't let their solitary experience over-rule that which a surgeon which hopefully you have carefully selected tells you.

Best wishes on your upcoming surgery.
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