Originally posted by hdugger
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And they do so after doing hours and hours of research, and talking to sometimes several doctors, including but not always limited to, the experts performing these procedures, who by the way are extremely frank in telling parents all the 'unknowns' and reminding them that there are no long-term studies yet. I have never heard any parent give a summary of what they were told by their surgeon that in any way appeared to sugar-coat anything - in fact, quite the opposite. Speaking for myself, I was told about every single complication that could arise after my son's VBS surgery (thankfully none did); and I and was reminded (since VBS had only been performed for about 2years back in 2004) that at that time, they did not even have cases that were 5-10 years down the road to review.
I guess all of our experiences shape our views and opinions here. For my son, going ahead with VBS was the best thing we could have done - to this point anyway, and we are almost 10 years down the road, so based on the above I think parents get all the facts and are more than wise enough to sort facts from opinion.
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