My dad was at my house & took a call. I overheard him talking about a study & he was feeling better. I asked him about it. He gets $40.00 every time they give him an injection. I asked what is the injection & he doesn’t know. He said, “it’s a cure for babies” immediately I’m getting 🚩 I’m starting to ask him more questions & he thinks I’m crazy! This is the man that taught me to question everything, demand good customer service, call everyone until you get the problem solved. He was proactive getting checked out & a stint, because his dad died young from heart disease. But he’s always been a tight wade & if he can get a dollar he will. I always thought my mom would go first because her health is bad. Now he’s letting his trusted doc give him unknown injections. He went in a restaurant last week to place an order and almost passed out. Had to pull over on the way home. He got home & my brother had to come over to poor him a soda. He drink it, went to sleep and threw up later that night. The group doing study said it was probably a 24 hour bug. My dad is 78, rarely sick & never missed work even when he was a functioning alcoholic. In fact he still works! He still doesn’t see the dangers. He said several times, I got another $40.00. 40 bucks is nothing compared to the medical bills he might have. It’s certainly not worth your life!
****Anyone heard of a clinical trial like this? It sounds like a vaccine for babies. IDK, they haven’t tested any other vaccines so why start now?!
Wow, sorry to hear this. You may need to be the pro-active one now, as CasuallyObservant has said. Also, if you want it to stop immediately (or if the doctor's office isn't cooperating or telling you they can't speak to you due to patient privacy) you can threaten the whoha out of them by stating your dad is elderly and unfit to make such decisions and you will see them in court.
It is unlawful and unethical to take advantage of an elderly person. If there is any chance that person doesn't understand what they are agreeing to (and clearly he doesn't, as he doesn't even know what the study is about) then you should have a lawsuit on your hand. Leverage that (if need be). Hopefully the doctor's office will help you and explain what the testing is. It DEFINITELY sounds fishy, especially if it's being conducted at a primary care type doctor's office. Good luck and let us know what happens. Your dad is a danger on the road. He could kill someone. How important will that $40 be to him then?
I agree 100% actually my dad is in his right mind. He’s probably not telling me everything because he knows I don’t trust the entire system. If I called his doctor office & caused a stink I’d have a family war. It’s not that I don’t care. You just can’t win an argument with some people even if you care.
Oh, I understand. I was hoping you could appeal to his conscience about other people, if all else failed. If he won't see the problem with taking unknown substances that may (likely are) responsible for these new health issues he's having, then maybe he would care enough about the fact that if he had an episode behind the wheel, he might hurt somebody. He's not just a danger to himself at this point. He was lucky enough to be able to pull to the side of the road before, but that doesn't mean he'll be that lucky again. If he actually to cause an accident, I hope you'll raise a stink with the authorities and get that program shut down. And let any injured party know so they could sue the bewhosits out of that doctor, et al. Good luck.