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Stacey S · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:00 am Post subject: BE MY BRA

I wouldn't normally post this type of thing...but I received this in my e-mail box this morning and I looked it up on snopes.com to make sure it was true and it is!!!
Please take the time to read this and sign the petition....in all likelihood this could be very near and dear to one of us!
Thank you in advance....Stacey~

Be my bra
> 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 the 30 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 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 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, state, and zip
> code.
>
>
> (http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
>
> 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, THANK YOU.
> >>>

momof3_MOD · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:04 am Post subject:

Thank you Stacey for adding this topic, the article and the petition! Now this is a petition that I WILL sign! Wink

How sad is it that these women have to go through something like this and then be sent home before they know how to fully take care of themselves? Insurance companies do help sometimes, yes, BUT for the most part they SUCK and they are only looking out for themselves!!! I signed...lets help give these women the 2 hospital days, care, understanding, rest and everything else that they need after going through something so tramatic!

Ephesians 2:10 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:20 am Post subject:

Thank you Stacey! This is a much more worthy cause than the other petition circulating.

I have a friend that's a nurse. She spends the first night after surgery in a hotel room with patients that don't have someone to take care of them at home. These patients should be able to stay in the hospital.

I hope lots of people sign this petition.

momof3_MOD · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject:

WOW E! Your friend sounds very sweet! Does she do this out of the kindness of her heart or is this something she gets paid for? Not that it matters...its still very sweet and thoughtful!

I agree...they should have a hospital stay. When I got my apendix taken out I was in the hospital for 3 days and that was just an apendix I wasnt getting a part of my outer body removed!!! I just dont get it!

A good friend of my moms has breast cancer and has had a mastectomy and is starting her 3rd or 4th round of kimo again! Her youngest dd is 13 and they dont know if this will help again b/c her cancer is spreading. Please keep her in your prayers! She is one of the sweetest women Ive ever had the pleasure of knowing and I worry about her. Thanks! Smile

Ephesians 2:10 · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:41 am Post subject:

momof3, my friend works for a doctor. But it still takes a special person to be able to stay with a patient and take care of them all night. Very Happy

momof3_MOD · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject:

Queen Bee · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

Wow. Amazing. This is beyond necessary and should be completely within a woman's rights as a patient. I will go and sign now.

momof3_MOD · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject:

WOW! Great to see you back QB! We've missed ya! Smile

Queen Bee · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks I hope I can stay connected more often so I can get here to post! Congrats on the mod position Smile

momof3_MOD · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

I hope you can too! We've missed ya! Thanks! I hope I can do a great job for Jessica! Smile

Take off some of her stress...she has too much!