In general, when doctors disagree, follow the opinion of the majority of the experts.
But in the case of surgery, if there is uncertainty it is often better to refrain, and trust that the Healer of All Flesh will provide an alternative way to heal and strengthen you.
The majority of doctors have been wrong about things many, many times. Reply
uncertainty
doc (me) advice:
don't refrain and wait for the healer of all flesh
waiting may not seem like an intervention but it is is an intervention that can cost you your life
go back to the doc who is your trusted friend (see prior posting) and ask him (or her) -
disagreements of doctors and evidence to support for both surgery and medicine are an everyday part of the art and science of medicine
a trusted primary care doctor is worth more than their weight in gold (or whatever!)
:)
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where
Where does one get this opportunity of choice of medical experts ? If you are so fortunate to have a great surgeon, forget a second opinion. In my country you are lucky if you can get to have surgery done by any expert. And i live in an average size city. Towns outside the city have a really tough time just getting a country doctor. You are lucky if an expert has a schedule that can accommodate you. More and more experts are not taking on new patients. And also, how does a layman challenge a doctor of surgery ? And also, hospitals have significant numbers of germs that can cause infection, no matter how fine a surgeon you have. You can have great doctors and less than average nurses.
I think that the advice fits the rich and famous, more so than the common man.
Besides that, the advice is well intended but too simplified for this day and age.
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In case of doubt
What if my surgeon insists that I believe in his assessment and not other doctors?
He then performs surgery just to prove to me that he is right and I was wrong. This was evident when he visited me after the surgery and his second words were "I was right."
Even if I had doubts about this doctor; seeing his sincere soul led me to believe in him.
I have to remind myself:
Put your trust in G-d and not in mere man or the princes.
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When progress comes from the minority. Following the majority consensus may be the conservative way of thinking, but I know that improvements in practice come when someone is willing to go beyond conventional thinking. It is often I, the doctor, who must put his faith in the healing power of G-d and not in what I have been taught by the princes of the profession as dogma.