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From: Jeff German [mailto:jgerman@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:59 AM
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Trisha Hurlock; tlandry1@...; Heather Faucher; Bada Hebron; Beth
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Subject: Fw: Fwd: Mastectomy IMPORTANT-please read]


Something important for you to consider. 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 really quick!

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 petiti on by clicking on the Web site below.



http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
<http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpe tition.php>



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




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