“The list of cures I receive continues to grow. It seems important for some people to feel that they can do something about what's happening to me. Sometimes this is offered in a caring or despairing way and sometimes it's evangelical. But in all cases it feels like a frustration with the idea that things happen: the idea that we might grow old or that any of us might contract an illness or disease and not be able to do anything about it, or the idea that none of us possess control over our lives. For many people this is clearly unbearable and intolerable, so that just being is frightening - and that the only sane response is to be doing something.”