During $2010,$ Mr$.$ and Mrs$.$ Benson provided substantially all the support, in their own home, for their son John, age twenty$-$six, and for Mrs$.$ Benson$$s cousin Nancy, age seventeen. John had $$3,900$ of income for $2010,$ and Nancy$$s income was $$2,500.$ The Bensons paid the following medical expenses during the year:

Medicines and drugs:

For themselves $$400$

For John $500$

For Nancy $100$

Doctors:

For themselves $600$

For John $900$

For Nancy $200$

What is the total amount of medical expenses $($before application of any limitation rules$),$ that would enter into the calculation of itemized deductions on the Bensons$2010$ tax return