That is right. Some patients are quick to see a conspiracy when doctors can't cure them. But some diseases are just outside the capabilities of current medicine

That is right. Some patients are quick to see a conspiracy when doctors can't cure them. But some diseases are just outside the capabilities of current medicine. It sounds like you suffer from something like metabolic syndrome. It's a deadly serious disease that's unfortunately common, and one that has no cure (as with any chronic disease). >>existential fear resulting from the balance of power between patient and doctor than anything else It's the most elemental fear of all, I think. It's the fear of one's own mortality. Would the doctor-patient relationship be so fraught otherwise?