Let's make this positive news

Gus · Let's make this positive news

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 c are 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.

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 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/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html

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

cathyromine

I signed, thanks Gus

colou

I signed too, thanks Gus, will send to lots of people.
Connie