Subject: Breast Cancer

this will take just a mintue. Please pass it on!
>> > >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 CongressIt takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important. Pleasetake 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 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.  Just click on the link below.

http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html

and on the right side of the page click on petition and VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!