I think that you are right on everything, except that as a melee class you
should have been skilling bind wound throughout all of your levels (what
else are you going to waste money on) Anyways... if that mob isn't attacking
you, you can heal for like 20-30 HP (skill lvl 70-130) a pop..

But i do believe you are right we need to be able to use mend on other
people... like paladins can use lay hands on other people.