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07-14-2007, 05:07 PM | #1 |
Slave to Max 'n Abbie Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 1,529
| Mastectomy Bill --Please read 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. So there I sat with my patient 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 h ospital 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 you're receiving this, it's 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. 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 sometime s 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/breastcanc...gnpetition.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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07-14-2007, 05:30 PM | #3 |
~Izzie~ My Lil' Sweetie Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: So. California (Santa Clarita)
Posts: 2,348
| Just signed the petition......Insurance companies need to be more aware !!!!
__________________ Don't Worry, Be Happy |
07-14-2007, 06:57 PM | #4 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,090
| Thank you for posting this link, I signed and hope others do also. I remember what my mother-in-law went through and at that time hospitals kept you as an inpatient several days. I can't imagine this being an out patient procedure, it's scary to see how healthcare has fallen in the US because of insurance companies demands. |
07-14-2007, 07:10 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA
Posts: 4,327
| Someone recently sent that to me in an e-mail. I signed it also. But "Thanks" for posting that bren for others to be aware of and sign.
__________________ Rudy, Zoey & Buster's mom (Dawn) Rest In Peace my precious Gracie girl & Lucky buddie Dogster:http://www.dogster.com/dogs/382659 & http://www.dogster.com/dogs/497315 |
07-14-2007, 07:29 PM | #6 |
All Dogs Go To Heaven Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: By The Lake
Posts: 2,727
| I signed it. Thank You.
__________________ Jeanie I am @ the Lake Jackson, Maggie, Sunshine, Bailey, Rocky, Emmie & Jack |
07-14-2007, 07:37 PM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: n.c.
Posts: 600
| Thank-You, I signed the petition.
__________________ Uma, Yoko and Yannis' Mom |
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