Hi, Ed. When you say, "I think we are anxious to try what we think will work … " I hear the same things on the Sepsis Alliance forum. For many, it's beyond anxiety. Its desperation. Panic. I remember my reaction when I first heard my neurologist use that word "incurable." I remember the drive home: splattering rain, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and my mind unable to stop massaging that word "incurable" – maybe I did hear the doctor, right? … maybe he meant "difficult" to cure? … maybe he misread my EMG? … maybe … maybe … maybe. It wasn't until I learned to accept "incurable" for what the word meant that I started to live again. (Life. Tough, some days, to live with it, but I damn sure don't want to live without it.) –Ray