Most doctors have huge egos. Ever go in to a consultation and try to tell your doctor not just your symptoms, but your perception about your own health? You usually get a curt interruption and a dismissive doctor-knows-best stare. They are the original lone rangers.
Since this discussion started I have been trying to remember the name of a book, "Neuro", "Neuros", "Neu-something". It's about 20, 25 years old. If you could use the term "tell all" with a bit of Bildungsroman thrown in.
Any neurosurgeon worth his salt is going to have an outsized ego. You have an individual's brain, in your hands, for the love of Christ, and that changes you. With pediatric neurosurgery, that increases exponentially. Parents, grandparents, siblings look at you as if you are the closest thing to God on Earth.
Musiclady may have been fortunate enough to raise a glass with the most modest neurosurgeons on the planet. I'm presuming, hoping, she never had to do so as a patient or the family member of a patient. It's a whole new world.
One example? I was discussing my case with a neurosurgeon, name doesn't matter, I asked what he would do if he were in my position what would he do. My father, sitting next to me, said that was an unfair question, I was putting the doctor on the spot. The doctor had no problem with it. He said he would set up mirrors in the operating room and do the surgery on himself.
You might want to think of Dr. Carson as Sheriff Taylor with scalpel or Marcus Welby, M.D., based upon my experience, I wouldn't.
