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    Default Mastectomy surgery petition

    I received this today from my cousin, who is a nurse. I have signed this petition, and urge all of you to do so as well.

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    It's nearly 25 years since my surgery - and they nearly had to "throw me out" after five days. It's not just about the surgery - - - it's about the diagnosis too!

    Subject: mastectomy surgeries- link for petition



    Subject: Fwd: mastectomy surgeries

    From a
    nurse:

    I'll never
    forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to
    go home
    with the drains, new exercises and no breast.
    I remember begging the Doctors
    to keep these women in
    The hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but
    their hands were tied by the insurance companies.
    S o there I sat with my
    patients, giving them the instructions they needed to take care of
    themselves,
    knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was saying, because
    the
    glazed, hopeless, frightened look spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank
    You they
    muttered.

    A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in order
    to
    remove cancerous breast cells/tissue.
    If you know anyone who has had a
    Mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain
    afterwards.

    Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an
    outpatient
    procedure.
    Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital
    for 2 days after surgery.

    It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very
    important . Please take the time and do it really quick!
    Please send this to
    everyone in your address book..
    If there was ever a time when our voices and
    choices should be heard, this is one of those times.
    If you're receiving
    this, it's because I think you will take t h e 30 seconds to go to vote
    on this
    issue and send it on to others.
    You know who will do the same.

    There's
    a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient
    Protection Act which will require Insurance Companies to cover a
    minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy.
    It's about
    eliminating the 'drive-through mastectomy' where women are forced to go
    home
    just a
    few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still
    groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still
    attached.

    Lifetime Television has put this bill on their Web page with a
    petition drive to show your support. Last year over half the House
    signed
    on.

    PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the Web site below. You
    need not give more than your name and zip code number.

    http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php


    This
    takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and family,
    and on
    behalf of all women, THANKS



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    Signed

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    signed

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    Default Re: Mastectomy surgery petition

    signed

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    Signed. It's important.

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    An internet petition isn't going to change anything. Insurance companies don't give a shit. They've got the greatest gig in the world - scare people into giving you tons of money every month, count on most of them not needing any of it back, and scrape pocket change for the rest who do. They're making a fortune for doing virtually nothing at all. An internet petition isn't going to mean anything to them.

    This particular issue is frightening though, I agree. I'm looking at a double mastectomy at some point in the future (my breast cancer risk is so high it's better to just remove them first) and I'm terrified. I can't imagine being sent home so soon afterward.

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    Signed. The US healthcare system is disgusting. They maximize profits by making shorter stays, which can result in death. This is bullshit.

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    Here's what Snopes has to say about this bill: http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/mastectomy.asp

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    signed...even though I agree with Yekhefa that it prob. won't help...it only takes a second so even the chanch that it might is worth it.


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