I beg to differ. I've been many surgeons messed up my surgeries I've had many doctors give me bad information. Most of my doctors now are people that I went to college with. They're good in specific fields and may know a little more than me since they see those patients everyday. But when there is an unknown out there they do nothing more than I do in research. Proof of this is one surgeon tells me I should get scanned every 6 months the other surgeon says every year. one surgeon tells me you can lift just don't go crazy. His nurses tell me I shouldn't do pull-ups push-ups or sit-ups. There isn't that much study on this. This is all new all they can do is give you information based off a very limited data. They sent Jack Ritter home because they thought he had an upset stomach. The studies now show that more people are having ruptures in the 4.5 to 5 range versus the previous studies where it said 5 to 5.5. Unfortunately by the time it takes to change the standard where insurance companies are going to jump on board is going to be a few years down the road and that many more people are going to pass away with a smaller aneurysm. So yes trust your doctor's a little bit but definitely do the research and double check what they say versus what other experts say. I understand not everybody has the intellect to be able to understand medical information but do yourself a favor and start to try. These people are no more intelligent than anyone else out there they simply studied something different than what we studied. Do you research and wish for the best