Mastectomy Legistation I WANT EVERYONE TO SEE THIS

[JitterbugPerfume]

There is a bill called The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, sponsored bt Rose De Lauro (sp?) which will require insurance companies tocover a minimium of 48 hour hspital stay for mastectomy patients It is about eliminating "drive through " mastectomies where women are sent home against their DR wishes still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes even with drainage tubes still in place


This happened to a friend of mine , and she suffered so....


There is a petition at


Lifetimetv.com

to be presented to Ms De Lauro (sp?) Please sign it , do your part

On behalf of my friend Michelle, I thank you

[AnnabelLee]

1. Here's a link

to the petition

http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/bc/pledges/bc_mast_pledge.html

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. Thank you AnnabelleLee

for the link

[MaryBear]

11. Done.

Thanks to both of you, for the push and for the link.

[Maeve]

51. Also signed

[Rose Siding]

59. done

thanks

[KCDem]

60. kick!

:kick:

[LiberalLibra]

62. Done

...

[caledesi]

2. I will. Thank you for the info. I don't do "drive-thrus"

[buddhamama]

4. thanks Jitterbug

signed

this is important

:kick:

[stevedeshazer]

5. I'm a guy, and I support you

Going to the site now.

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. Thanks to all of you

Please help keep this thread KICKED so every one can see it

I don't want it to simply fade away

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. Kick

nt

[Ilsa]

8. Done. Thank you. n/t

[jpgray]

9. Signed it

thanks for the PM, would have lost it in the candidate bashing. ;-)

[David Zephyr]

10. Thank You, JitterbugPerfume!

My mother chose to have a radical mastectomy in her late seventies. My aunt did the same just one year earlier. They did survive, but were allowed to stay in the hospital due to their ages.

Having witnessed first hand the severity of this operation, I can not imagine how our current insurance-controled health care system can rationalize turning women out to the streets after such a life altering and dangerous operation.

JitterbugPerfume, thank you for bringing this to our attention and AnnabelLee, thank you for providing the link where we all can do something positive.

:hi:

[soup]

12. thank you for letting us know.

Petition signed and a personal message added.

I am shocked and absolutely furious that anyone would think a woman could go through this major surgery and spend less than 48 hours in the hospital recovering. I'd sure like to see anyone in a decision making position on this go through it and then be told they can't be in the hospital any longer because the insurance won't cover it.

I spent FIVE days recovering in hospital after my mastectomy. FIVE. and Even Then they wanted me to leave the drain tubes in when I went home. (couldn't do it. knew I couldn't handle it, so they removed them.)

Damn insurance companies. :grr:

and JitterbugPerfume- I'm so sorry your friend Michelle was abused this way. That's exactly what it is - abuse. I cannot begin to even imagine having to leave the hospital that soon, or what she went through without that very necessary after-surgery care.

I hope she's doing well, give her a hug for me, would you?

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. I sure will , and a (((((HUG ))))

FOR YOU

[tridim]

13. I used to work for Lifetime

Lots of good hearts there. I'm off to sign the petition, and to see if they're still using my petition form code.

[AnAmerican]

14. Signed and kicked

n/t

[Az]

15. Petition signed

Rights fought for. Thanks for the heads up.

[brook]

16. Signed...

Forwarded - and kicked. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

[twilight]

17. signed and stated ...

This is cruel treatment for any man or woman. My cat gets treated better by the local vet. If you'd like his name & # let me know!!

:kick:

[JitterbugPerfume]

19. I has an uncle that died of breast cancer

This is not just a womans disease

[twilight]

22. I know!

Montel Williams had a double mastectomy ...

Its no joke!

:kick:

[havocmom]

20. Thanks for the info and the link

signed petition and sending info to my email list

[Coffee Coyote]

21. very happy to help!!!

My grandmother is 84 and recently underwent this procedure. Her age is the only reason they kept her more than a day. Even then, she was home too quickly, tubes and all.

All women, of all ages and backgrounds, deserve REAL health care, especially for the most serious of illnesses.

:kick:

[jiacinto]

23. Thanks

That's a good bill and I hope it gets passed.

[sreadtx1979]

24. This is an important issue

My mother had breast cancer 6 years ago. Luckily she had good insurance and the cancer went into remission.

[Terwilliger]

25. signed!

It seems terrible that our leaders would allow those kinds of things to happen in the first place

[ButterflyBlood]

26. thanks

signed

[shugah]

27. signed

i can't believe we have to fight for a minimum such as this! it makes me sick in my soul to have to sign such a petition. is there any humanity left in this cold, cold world?

ah, there is! thank you, JitterbugPerfume, for bringing this to my attention. people like you continue to give me great hope.

to your friend Michelle, and to you for caring as much as you do-- heartfelt thanks and sympathy

[dmr]

28. JitterbugPerfume, I definately will sign this

Women's health issues always get the short end of the stick. Profit motivated insurers care nothing about our well-being.

[Lugnut]

29. Done...

I hope Rep. DeLauro is inundated with petitions in support of this legislation.

[cmd]

30. Done

Thank you, Jitterbug.

[Oilwellian]

31. Signed, sealed and delivered

Thanks for the heads up.

[WilliamPitt]

32. Done

[susanna]

33. Signed...

...and thanks. BTW, love your handle!

[JitterbugPerfume]

34. Thanks nt

[Purrfessor]

35. Add me....

to the list of those who have signed the petition.

[Psychoblues99]

36. The sooner we get insurance jerks out of the medical practise

the better off we will be. My Doc always tells the insurance jerks, "And when can you see this patient? He/She is in room xxx in the xxx Hospital. His/her care is totally in your hands now and I will testify on their behalf should you fail to administer proper healthcare advice." I hear your call, JBP, and you can bet I will do my best to expose and correct this. Thanks for the heads up. I've been fighting for this since the early 70's. It's time we got it resolved.

Psychoblues

Dems Gotta Keep On Truckin'.,.,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,,.,,.,..,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,,..,,.,.,.,.,.,,...,.,.,,.,.,,..,.,.,,.,.

[CBHagman]

56. What a great doctor you have!

He sounds like one in a million.

By the way, they have been trying to put this reform through for years now. I know the effort started during the Clinton administration, so that gives you an idea of how much of an uphill climb it's been.

Also, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)is a cancer survivor herself. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer but seems to have made it into remission and has stayed there for years.

[juajen]

37. Done

I also added my bit to protest pushing women out of the hospital bed twenty-four hours after giving birth!

[Khephra]

38. signed!

:-)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

39. Done and signed.

Thanks for alerting me to this thread, Jitterbug.

[Gloria]

40. Signed....sealed...and delivered...

eom

[NNN0LHI]

41. The boys had better read this too. Male breast cancer is very common

More common than many imagine. This could effect any of us! Thanks for the post JBP.

Don

[proud patriot]

42. Signed

:hi:

[RMJ]

43. signed

and sent on to my email list.

:-)

[Liberal Christian]

44. Signed

and kicked :)

[Mandate My Ass]

45. signed

and a kick to the top.

[Kenneth ken]

46. signed

kicked

[Isome]

47. Signed...

*hard kick*

[theHandpuppet]

48. Let Every DUer Support This Measure!

... from a fellow DUer who gladly signed this petition!

[Crowdance]

49. Done!

No way are mastectomy patients ready for home until DAYS after surgery.

[Mairead]

50. done

I think we need to remember, though, that 'drive-throughs' like so many other, similar things --big military budgets, no safety net, no unions-- are in place because they're good for business and the elites, not because they're good for us.

And when we vote for so-called 'moderate', pro-business candidates, we are voting to continue these harmful policies. We are voting against our own interests. We are voting to have fewer rights, poorer health, more poverty, and fewer options.

Petitions like this mean nothing compared to our votes. Petitions whisper 'oh please don't'. Only our votes can say 'stop!'.

For the Goddess's sake and our own, let's be clear about what our choices really mean.

[underpants]

52. Signed and a kick for the sisters

"Drive-thru" that's sick.

[KeepHopeAlive]

53. Signed

Thanks, Jitterbug, for providing this important information.

[Desertrose]

54. signed!

Things have got to change!!


Peace
DR

[JitterbugPerfume]

55. Thank you

my heart is bursting with love and gratitude for all of you dear people

[Wickster]

57. Signed and Sent to my Email List

Thanks for posting.

[obietiger]

58. done

I'm a little late in getting to this but just signed petition.

[LWolf]

61. signed.

:kick:

[myrna minx]

63. Done.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

[SammyWinstonJack]

64. Signed the petition

:-)

[FlaGranny]

65. Signed the petition.

BUT my advice to everyone, for whatever reason you've been admitted to a hospital, get the heck out of there as fast as you can. Hospitals are not healthy places to be. There are shortages of nurses in many of them. Hospitals are the BEST places to aquire infections.

A friend recently had a hysterectomy, at age 28, and came home from the hospital with bed sores!!!! Evidently, she was in a lot of pain and was given lots of pain meds. No one made sure she was turned over regularly. The hysterectomy has healed. The bed sores are still healing a month later and still causing misery.

[madmax]

66. Thanks for posting this

signed! :loveya: