Masectomy Bill!!!

katcarasella · 04-14-2008, 07:39 AM

Please read this and go to the Website Link to sign!!

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 30 seconds to do this and is very important .. Please take the time and do it TODAY!!
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.
I'm posting this here 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' wh ere 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.

http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcanc...gnpetition.php

This takes about 30 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS.

Forgivenmom5 · 04-14-2008, 07:52 AM

Kat I won't be going home the same day but I will be going home the next day. I will go in to same day surgery at 6 AM. Surgery is at 8 AM. I will later be moved out of same day surgery to a room and spend the night. I probably will go home at 10 or 11 AM the next day and I will still have tubes. Nurses at my doctor's office are complaining about this and say that Insurance companies around here are trying to change to same day. I think that is why it is done through the same day surgery facility. Then my doctor tells them I need overnight. The nurses say it should be 3 or 4 days.

Janet · 04-14-2008, 08:06 AM

Been signed and passed on...thanks!

teri88 · 04-14-2008, 08:14 AM

Isn't that the most ridiculous thing ever? My mom came home with drains in and everything. It's horrible! Thanks for putting this out there.

katcarasella · 04-14-2008, 08:24 AM

Debbie,
Please don't get me started on the $$$$$ insurance companies, I've been to to Hades and back with them. My husbands' life sustaining meds cost $400 per day, he had to have Flolan pumped into his main artery 24/7 and insurance wouldn't pay, and the hospital couldn't release him without the pump going constantly because he'd die without the Flolan. Anyway to make a long story short, The VA wound up footing the bill, thank the Lord.

You know my prayers are going to be with you before, during and after your surgery. I'm sure you'll do great, and you have a wonderful family to help you recuperate. I know everyone here is pulling for you, just don't try to do too much after the surgery, let yourself be pampered until you bounce back.

to you Debbie!
Keeping you in my Prayers

DianaB · 04-14-2008, 08:26 AM

I didn't realize that this surgery was an over night stay. That's certainly not enough to recooperate after a surgery like that!!! I signed the petition too!!!!

Forgivenmom5 · 04-14-2008, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DianaB

I didn't realize that this surgery was an over night stay. That's certainly not enough to recooperate after a surgery like that!!! I signed the petition too!!!!

Diana some places are sending patients home later the same day.

DianaB · 04-14-2008, 04:25 PM

Same day? That's awful!!!

Tink · 04-14-2008, 06:43 PM

My cousins wife went home the same day after her radical mastectomy. She developed a staph infection and was back in the ICU within days.

It's absolutely too soon. I wonder what the allowable stay is after a "ballectomy"? LOL If men had to go through it you'd bet it would require a much longer stay and pampering.

judy · 04-17-2008, 07:58 AM

Debbie,

It's coming up soon, and my prayers are always with you. At least they're keeping you overnight. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Thanks Kat - I'm going to sign this right now.

Forgivenmom5 · 04-17-2008, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by judy

Debbie,

It's coming up soon, and my prayers are always with you. At least they're keeping you overnight. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Thanks Kat - I'm going to sign this right now.

Thanks Judy

04-14-2008, 07:39 AM	#1
katcarasella KAT'S KRAZY KORNER Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,031	Masectomy Bill!!! Please read this and go to the Website Link to sign!! 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 30 seconds to do this and is very important .. Please take the time and do it TODAY!! 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. I'm posting this here 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' wh ere 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. http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcanc...gnpetition.php This takes about 30 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your friends and family, and on behalf of all women, THANKS. __________________ A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. Kat

04-14-2008, 07:52 AM	#2
Forgivenmom5 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,409	Kat I won't be going home the same day but I will be going home the next day. I will go in to same day surgery at 6 AM. Surgery is at 8 AM. I will later be moved out of same day surgery to a room and spend the night. I probably will go home at 10 or 11 AM the next day and I will still have tubes. Nurses at my doctor's office are complaining about this and say that Insurance companies around here are trying to change to same day. I think that is why it is done through the same day surgery facility. Then my doctor tells them I need overnight. The nurses say it should be 3 or 4 days. __________________ ~Debbie~

04-14-2008, 08:06 AM	#3
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Been signed and passed on...thanks! __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

04-14-2008, 08:14 AM	#4
teri88 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 808	Isn't that the most ridiculous thing ever? My mom came home with drains in and everything. It's horrible! Thanks for putting this out there. __________________ TERI Of course I'm in shape. Isn't round a shape?

04-14-2008, 08:24 AM	#5
katcarasella KAT'S KRAZY KORNER Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,031	Debbie, Please don't get me started on the $$$$$ insurance companies, I've been to to Hades and back with them. My husbands' life sustaining meds cost $400 per day, he had to have Flolan pumped into his main artery 24/7 and insurance wouldn't pay, and the hospital couldn't release him without the pump going constantly because he'd die without the Flolan. Anyway to make a long story short, The VA wound up footing the bill, thank the Lord. You know my prayers are going to be with you before, during and after your surgery. I'm sure you'll do great, and you have a wonderful family to help you recuperate. I know everyone here is pulling for you, just don't try to do too much after the surgery, let yourself be pampered until you bounce back. to you Debbie! Keeping you in my Prayers __________________ A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. Kat

04-14-2008, 08:26 AM	#6
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	I didn't realize that this surgery was an over night stay. That's certainly not enough to recooperate after a surgery like that!!! I signed the petition too!!!! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

04-14-2008, 04:25 PM	#8
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Same day? That's awful!!! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

04-14-2008, 06:43 PM	#9
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	My cousins wife went home the same day after her radical mastectomy. She developed a staph infection and was back in the ICU within days. It's absolutely too soon. I wonder what the allowable stay is after a "ballectomy"? LOL If men had to go through it you'd bet it would require a much longer stay and pampering. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

04-17-2008, 07:58 AM	#10
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	Debbie, It's coming up soon, and my prayers are always with you. At least they're keeping you overnight. I'm sure you'll be fine. Thanks Kat - I'm going to sign this right now. __________________ *Judy*

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