Amanda Auerbach
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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 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! 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 a few
seconds 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 Actwhich 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 support. Last year over half the House signed on. PLEASE!!
Sign the petition by clicking on the website below or copy/paste into
your browser. You need not give more than your name, state, zip code, and
e-mail.
http://www.mylifetime.com/community/my- ... r-petition
This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and
family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS
