cancer
Christian Science & Terminal Cancer
Geoffrey D. Roberts describes his father relying on a paid practitioner after a cancer diagnosis, getting treatment too late, and dying in June 2020.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Everybody does it."
A former Christian Scientist describes finding signs of breast cancer at 42, choosing a mastectomy, and a church member’s whispered reply: “Everybody does it.”
I Had Prostate Cancer
An anonymous former Christian Scientist describes how a son’s insistence led to a prostate cancer diagnosis and the radiation treatment that cleared it.