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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