Why am I not surprised? I may be wrong but the docs at the teaching hospitals seemed to stick together. I would be told that if doctor "so and so" says something is true, it must be so without persuing the matter. They would not accept information sent from my home town and was told that if my doctors were any good, they would be working out of a teaching hospital. If for no other reason, I refuse to have anymore spinal surgery, regardless of how I feel and decreasing level of function. Best wishes.