Say No To Drive Through Mastectomies
March 12th, 2008 Categories: Health and Wellness
A friend of mine from the area has asked me to pass this important information on about Breast Cancer on behalf of all women. Please read carefully and sign the petition and say NO to Drive Through Mastectomies!!
From a nurse:
Ill 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. So there I sat with my patient giving them th e instructions they needed to take care of themselves, knowing full well they didnt 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 womans 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 afterward. Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure. Lets give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery.
Mastectomy Bill in Congress
It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important! Please take the time and do it really quick!
Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill - Important legislation for all women.
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 youre receiving this, its because I think you will take the 30 seconds to go to vote on this issue and send it on to others you know who will do the same.
Theres 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. Its 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 wit h 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/petitionthanks.php
This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS.
