you the right information. so don t write them off because they are a little brusk. the second thing is he has a drug problem. that reminds you doctors are real people too. and they can bring up diagnoses people don t think of. people can advocate for themselves and gives a lot of information. and i noticed over the eight years it got better and better. but what is wrong with the show is that the drama takes over and a lot of times you are left feeling that this rare disease could really be happening to you, and it probably won t be. i have one i wrote about where somebody swallowed a toothpick and couldn t find it on any scan and made holes in every organ and then i looked up tooth picks and found out they could be found on an mri. they probably knew that but didn t want to say it because it took away the drama. now they brought up the idea of what real robotic surgery was and he informed the public.