Republicans try to make mastectomy a drive-thru procedure -- don't let them

[Guest Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names]

>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

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 Patient Protection Act of 2007 - 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/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.

 

This measure was introduced way back when the Republicans controlled

Congress and they killed it EVERY TIME.

 

While signing an on-line petition may be fine, the best thing to do is

to contact your representatives and senators and ask them to get on

board with this bill. Of course, if you are represented in Congress

by a Republican, don't count on much support from them.

 

In the House: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 -- H.R.

119

In the Senate: S 459