Almost-Cures
There are things that get you back on your feet again, but still leave a mark. We are constantly trying to improve the control we have over nature. Until then, we need to disincentivize stupidity and increase our knowledge base.
Types/Categories
1. Medical/homeopathic almost-cures: Medical or natural treatments.
2. Surgical almost-cures: If they remove the bad/violating body part it may save your life, but there must be a better way . . . .
3. Psychological almost-cures: Talking things over with someone might help a bit. Some one else giving you constructive criticism might help also. But after either of these partial solutions you are still left with your problem that you then need to deal with.
Examples
Treatments don't go so far as to actually cure (let you stop paying for) your disease.
Masking your problem by indulging in a more light-hearted diversion may almost-work for a while, but then . . . . guess what, you still have a problem.
Sometimes problems fix themselves (go away), . . . eventually.
Sometimes increasing your firepower enables you to turn "almost-cure" into "cure."
Sometimes you can find out for yourself what the cure (or interim almost-cure) is.
