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@jepper I agree with your comments and to add to what you said, what really stuck out for me was how receptive the doctors were to his analysis. I didn't pick up any kind of resistance by the medical professionals to this guy's analysis.

Also, I have a chronic condition and this comment from the article is just so true.

"Scott’s recent thyroid surgery had taught them that getting the best care requires being proactive and extremely well informed. "

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The article did mention that he contacted a number of doctors around the country, and it didn't sound like he had a horde of them competing over who would have the opportunity to perform the operation, just the one guy at UPMC.

Plus since he had done a lot of research and "shopping around" for the thyroid procedure previously, he probably had a good idea of how to navigate the medical system to do this sort of thing.

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