HollywoodGuy
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After talking on the John Travolta thread about Jett's medical/lack of medical treatment, and mentioning how my dad's Scientologists caregivers put him on psych drugs, I thought I'd start a thread to talk about anecdotes of Scientologists we've known and how they've handled medical situations. I'm interested in hearing stories from other people.
My dad was fifty-one years older than me. When he was 77, we noticed he was getting Alzheimer's disease. It really started to progress overnight.
The only Scientologist in my family is my oldest sister, and she was the one our dad gave Power of Attorney to, so she was the one in charge of making decisions for his medical care.
One of her Scientologist friends mentioned that he knew some old lady who thought she was developing Alzheimer's, but then she went to see a naturopath, who put her on some program, and her symptoms were cured. So my sister decided to follow this friend's advice and took our dad to see a local naturopath. I think he may have had some hair test done which showed he had chronic metal poisoning but nothing acute? I don't remember the exact terms. It was suggested perhaps he get chelation therapy, if I remember correctly.
But right around the same time, she hired an ex-Sea Org member who had been on staff at Flag. This woman (let's call her Tzeitel) had routed out of Sea Org because she had multiple sclerosis. So, my sister hired this woman to move into our dad's house and be his caregiver.
Then Tzeitel decided, "I know a naturopath in Clearwater and he's really good!" So, I don't know how this happened, but my sister decided to drop the ball on the naturopath our dad was already seeing in order to do a program with Tzeitel's naturopath in Clearwater (which is all the way across the country from us!), this naturopath who had never seen or met our dad. And Tzeitel's naturopath put our dad on this dietary program where he had to take like 80 pills a day! I'm not exaggerating, it was at least 80 pills of vitamins and supplements! (It was like 28 pills per meal). It was so unpractical! Because my dad was so suspicious, so forgetful, so anxious, didn't like swallowing pills, he'd often pretend he'd swallow them and then hide them, etc.
Tzeitel used to do locationals on my dad. I think a few times, she even tried to give him Book One auditing.
It was sad, we were hoping that there was a way to cure our dad's symptoms. I wonder what would have happened if we had stuck with the other naturopath instead? I doubt anything miraculous would have occurred.
Our dad was very depressed over his condition and often very anxious. I suggested to my sister that perhaps our dad should be on psych drugs so that he could have a better experience, but she was adamant -- no drugs.
Eventually, my sister met a married couple who had just left staff at Gold (let's call them Brian and Kristen). They moved into our dad's house and gradually took over caregiving duties from Tzeitel, who eventually moved out. Brian and Kristen later made a deal with my sister to rent our dad's house and start their adult family care business, this way our father wouldn't have to leave his home and still get the care he needed and have his mortgage paid. Later, a friend of Kristen's (let's call him Dean), who had also just left staff from Gold, ended up moving into the house to work for Brian and Kristen and be another caregiver, as well as help them fix up the house to make it suitable for an adult family care business.
Meanwhile, my dad's symptoms continued to worsen. He started getting really paranoid, thinking my sister and me were imposters, thinking that his caregivers were plotting to kill him, and often times trying to escape the house.
Brian, Kristen and Dean had been longtime staff members at Gold, and they were still strongly loyal to the Church. Kristen and Dean were both OT Vs. But, they were the ones who realized the necessity of putting my dad on anti-anxiety pills. I was shocked when I learned that they put him on lorazepam. Scientologists putting my father on psych drugs!? I couldn't believe it! I researched lorazepam and found horror stories about it, so even I was a little bit concerned. But Dean explained to me that it wasn't to make their job as caregivers easier, but to make my dad feel more comfortable. There was really nothing to do for my dad at this point except alleviate his symptoms. I was so grateful that they had some common sense and that they were the ones to get my sister to relent on her anti-psych drug stance.
My dad was fifty-one years older than me. When he was 77, we noticed he was getting Alzheimer's disease. It really started to progress overnight.
The only Scientologist in my family is my oldest sister, and she was the one our dad gave Power of Attorney to, so she was the one in charge of making decisions for his medical care.
One of her Scientologist friends mentioned that he knew some old lady who thought she was developing Alzheimer's, but then she went to see a naturopath, who put her on some program, and her symptoms were cured. So my sister decided to follow this friend's advice and took our dad to see a local naturopath. I think he may have had some hair test done which showed he had chronic metal poisoning but nothing acute? I don't remember the exact terms. It was suggested perhaps he get chelation therapy, if I remember correctly.
But right around the same time, she hired an ex-Sea Org member who had been on staff at Flag. This woman (let's call her Tzeitel) had routed out of Sea Org because she had multiple sclerosis. So, my sister hired this woman to move into our dad's house and be his caregiver.
Then Tzeitel decided, "I know a naturopath in Clearwater and he's really good!" So, I don't know how this happened, but my sister decided to drop the ball on the naturopath our dad was already seeing in order to do a program with Tzeitel's naturopath in Clearwater (which is all the way across the country from us!), this naturopath who had never seen or met our dad. And Tzeitel's naturopath put our dad on this dietary program where he had to take like 80 pills a day! I'm not exaggerating, it was at least 80 pills of vitamins and supplements! (It was like 28 pills per meal). It was so unpractical! Because my dad was so suspicious, so forgetful, so anxious, didn't like swallowing pills, he'd often pretend he'd swallow them and then hide them, etc.
Tzeitel used to do locationals on my dad. I think a few times, she even tried to give him Book One auditing.
It was sad, we were hoping that there was a way to cure our dad's symptoms. I wonder what would have happened if we had stuck with the other naturopath instead? I doubt anything miraculous would have occurred.
Our dad was very depressed over his condition and often very anxious. I suggested to my sister that perhaps our dad should be on psych drugs so that he could have a better experience, but she was adamant -- no drugs.
Eventually, my sister met a married couple who had just left staff at Gold (let's call them Brian and Kristen). They moved into our dad's house and gradually took over caregiving duties from Tzeitel, who eventually moved out. Brian and Kristen later made a deal with my sister to rent our dad's house and start their adult family care business, this way our father wouldn't have to leave his home and still get the care he needed and have his mortgage paid. Later, a friend of Kristen's (let's call him Dean), who had also just left staff from Gold, ended up moving into the house to work for Brian and Kristen and be another caregiver, as well as help them fix up the house to make it suitable for an adult family care business.
Meanwhile, my dad's symptoms continued to worsen. He started getting really paranoid, thinking my sister and me were imposters, thinking that his caregivers were plotting to kill him, and often times trying to escape the house.
Brian, Kristen and Dean had been longtime staff members at Gold, and they were still strongly loyal to the Church. Kristen and Dean were both OT Vs. But, they were the ones who realized the necessity of putting my dad on anti-anxiety pills. I was shocked when I learned that they put him on lorazepam. Scientologists putting my father on psych drugs!? I couldn't believe it! I researched lorazepam and found horror stories about it, so even I was a little bit concerned. But Dean explained to me that it wasn't to make their job as caregivers easier, but to make my dad feel more comfortable. There was really nothing to do for my dad at this point except alleviate his symptoms. I was so grateful that they had some common sense and that they were the ones to get my sister to relent on her anti-psych drug stance.