From: "Eugene Krabel" <ejkrabel@alltel.net>
To: "Distribution
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:56 AM
Subject: Fw: Petition
----- Original Message -----
From: "hwigert" <hwigert@bbc.net>
To: "Teri Wigert" <twiger@educ.state.wy.us>;
"Wanda Syring"
<wanda@amigos-gmc.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Fw: Petition
Subject: 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 Congress. It takes 2 seconds to
do this and is very important .. Please take 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.
<http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastecto
my_pledge.html>
This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON
to your friends and family, and on behalf of all
women, THANKS
To: "Distribution
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:56 AM
Subject: Fw: Petition
----- Original Message -----
From: "hwigert" <hwigert@bbc.net>
To: "Teri Wigert" <twiger@educ.state.wy.us>;
"Wanda Syring"
<wanda@amigos-gmc.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Fw: Petition
Subject: 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 Congress. It takes 2 seconds to
do this and is very important .. Please take 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.
<http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastecto
my_pledge.html>
This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON
to your friends and family, and on behalf of all
women, THANKS
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| Cancer Petition: Urge the End of "Drive-Through" Mastectomies! received from Eugene Krabel |
| Email from Eugene Krabel |
| Sign the Petition Join Lifetime and Grammy-Nominated Performer Jewel, 16 Million Viewers and Bipartisan Political Leaders to Urge the End of "Drive-Through" Mastectomies! |
In January 2007, Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Representative Rosa
L. DeLauro (D-CT) reintroduced the Breast Cancer
Patient Protection Act of 2007 (S. 459/H.R.758). The
bill would allow a woman and her doctor to decide
whether she should recuperate for at least 48 hours
in the hospital or whether she has enough support
to get quality care at home following this emotionally
and physically difficult surgery.
Last fall, as part of the network's Stop Breast
Cancer for Life campaign, Grammy- nominated
singer-songwriter Jewel, joined by Lifetime
executives, delivered more than 12 million
signatures to Congress calling for an end to the
cruel practice of sending women home without a
sufficient recovery period, sometimes just hours
after their mastectomy.
And since then we have collected nearly 5 million
more!
Sign the petition below to urge Congress to pass the
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 (S.
459/H.R.758) to ensure no more women are forced
to experience a "drive-through" mastectomy.
and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Representative Rosa
L. DeLauro (D-CT) reintroduced the Breast Cancer
Patient Protection Act of 2007 (S. 459/H.R.758). The
bill would allow a woman and her doctor to decide
whether she should recuperate for at least 48 hours
in the hospital or whether she has enough support
to get quality care at home following this emotionally
and physically difficult surgery.
Last fall, as part of the network's Stop Breast
Cancer for Life campaign, Grammy- nominated
singer-songwriter Jewel, joined by Lifetime
executives, delivered more than 12 million
signatures to Congress calling for an end to the
cruel practice of sending women home without a
sufficient recovery period, sometimes just hours
after their mastectomy.
And since then we have collected nearly 5 million
more!
Sign the petition below to urge Congress to pass the
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 (S.
459/H.R.758) to ensure no more women are forced
to experience a "drive-through" mastectomy.
