In health care, your ability to really contribute requires credentials, and credentials require clinical experience, which (like PhD's) requires a long slog of

In health care, your ability to really contribute requires credentials, and credentials require clinical experience, which (like PhD's) requires a long slog of free labor -- making people understandably defensive about their positions. It's a world apart from coding, where if you can do it, you can do it. HCM is quite manageable, and it has a lot of research attention. With care, the actual impact on you is negligible compared to other life factors. The story is much, much worse for others who are not diagnosed, or for others with more severe diseases, or for the overwhelming majority of others who live without modern medical care at all. Death awaits us all. It's beyond silly to think that youth, intelligence, power, or luck can save us or justify our lives. Are you lucky that it's you at risk, instead of someone you love? I recommend thinking about this in terms of whether it enables you to appreciate what others are going through. Then perhaps you can build a life based on compassion, instead of self-interest.