Well Said Jason :)
How many times I've been through this exact situation is amazing, scammed by people who you are meant to trust, people who are
meant to help your health, all they do is
pray on the vulnerable and sick............... :'(
I can't tell you how many times I've been presented with "ultimate" cures which are supposedly THE thing people have to do when all else fails. It's always very expensive, revolutionary supposedly, all these patients who'd given up hope swear by it.... it's always a regimen where they say we know it's expensive and difficult for you, but it's just so important to move heaven and earth to get the money together.
I think they depend on the fact that patients almost always hand over every bit of the thinking to the supposed experts, so much so that those treating them can say contradictory things or give no explanation for this or that, and the patients don't notice or care.