I feel so sorry for you. Not having anything to believe in.  No after life.  How sad!!  My husband who is 58 years old was diagnosed with tumefactive multiple sclerosis in October of 2011.  I still have whole lot to learn about the disease.  There has been no periods of "remission" for him.  He was hit hard right off the bat and has not been able to walk nor have the use of this left hand.  His periods of remission is being able to sit up by himself without falling over, he has not been able to walk by himself since his initial attack.  Right now my son has to lift him out of bed, into a wheelchair, on to the toilet, into the shower.  If we did not have an eternal and almighty God to get us through this.  And God is all about being able to do things that cannot be explained otherwise.  Like a virgin being pregnant.  I tell you it takes less faith to beleive in Jesus than it does to beleive that we all, including the earth itself, came from a one celled organism via a "big bang".      I really would love to engage in a true deep Bible study with you, not just to explain a "pie in the sky" theory as you probably think of the christian faith, but to honestly approach the study from a scientific aspect.  Every single item that the atheists use to explain evolution can be explained Biblically and it's a very interesting study I can assure you!  It's truly amazing to look at the Bible from a scientific aspect.  It includes things in that we have never even given a second thought.   And no, taking someone to a building to be healed is a bit nonsensical.  Jesus lives in our hearts and all we have to do is obey him.  He doesn't promise us a bed of roses but he is made perfect in our weaknesses.  Strength of others during times of dire trials are how you see Jesus living in others.  We survive because we have a hope within us that cannot be explained otherwise.   I wish the best for you mom and will keep her in my prayers. The best that I can do for my husband now is keep him very comfortable and let him know that I'm there for him.  It's difficult for myself and my two children but if we didn't have Christ in our lives we would not have been able to come through this thus far.    There is hope and I hope that you are able to find it some day.  I'm here if you need to converse some more.