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Almost-Cures

Treatments. Things that may get you back on your feet again, without actually eliminating the root cause of the problem.


Types/Categories:

1. Medical/homeopathic almost-cures: Natural treatments. Palliative care. "Take two aspirin and call some nurse's answering machine in the morning."

2. Surgical almost-cures: There are lots of "procedures" to choose from. Sometimes removing the offending part may be somewhat helpful.

3. Psychological almost-cures: Ignoring the problem sometimes works splendidly. Talking things over with your pet often helps. Massage. Hypnosis. Hot Bath. A daily dose of the Comedy channel.


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Treatments don't go so far as to actually cure (allow you to cease paying for) your disease. (An almost-cure for the supposed problem of "the high cost of healthcare" would be if we did look for and find cures instead of treatments for diseases.)


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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.


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Sometimes problems fix themselves (go away), . . . eventually.


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Sometimes increasing your firepower enables you to turn "almost-cure" into "cure."


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Sometimes you can find out for yourself what the cure (or almost-cure) might be. You just have to keep reading . . . .




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