Proposed
Mastectomy Law Change

(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 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.

This Mastectomy
Bill is in Congress now.. It takes 2 seconds to do this and is
very important. Please take the time and do it really quick!
The Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill is 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.mylifetime.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/breast-cancer/petition/breast-cancer-petition

This
takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends.
(Verified
on SNOPES - http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/mastectomy.asp )

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1691

Thanks, Forum Sisters!!

Happy RVing!

Joella