[Fwd: Mastectomy Bill.....please sign]

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…The page on

the Lifetime site where

you sign the petition is as follows: (It’s a little hard to find

otherwise)

http://www.lifetimetv.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/breast-cancer/petition/breast-cancer-petition

And…I cant

help but wonder if these

insurance bean-counters are all MEN who’ve never had a woman they care

about go through this…

HUGZ and

spread the Word !

Kayt

Subject:

FW: Mastectomy Hospitalization

Bill

(Written

by a surgeon)

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 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 th ose 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. Just click on

the petition link on the right.

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.

~Peace

~Lexie

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