From a nurse:
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> 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.
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> I remember begging the Doctors to keep these women in
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> The hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but their hands were tied
> by the insurance companies.
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> 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.
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> A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in order to remove
> cancerous breast cells/tissue.
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> If you know anyone who has had a Mastectomy, you may know that there is a
> lot of discomfort and pain afterwards.
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> Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure.
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> Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days
> after surgery.
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> It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important .. Please take the
> time and do it really quick!
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> Please send this to everyone in your address book.
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> If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this
> is one of those times.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the Web site below. You need not
> give more than your name and zip code number.
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> http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
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> This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and
> family, and on behalf of all women,
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> THANKS!
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~Tracy

• NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION