Mastectomy and A Woman's Need to Heal
It's interesting how sometimes people forget how important the recovery process is when women have a mastectomy. What happened to the bed side care, the time when support came around at a time when women needed it?
I remember being in a hospital bed next to a woman who had just had a mastectomy and the support she received was incredible. Support people were by her bedside offering her the support that she needed at a time when the removal of a breast or breasts is a sudden change in lifestyle. A woman's life can be turned upside down, not just because she has cancer but because suddenly she doesn't look like the person she once was…
The bedside support, the after care and not having to rush through a process when the after surgery care should be there. Women shouldn't be shoved through the door like a machine, going in one side and out the other just to keep those hospital beds free.
The healing process should be allowed to happen without a woman having to go home with tubes still attached and while they are still groggy from the anesthetic. This is a very dangerous practice because anything could happen…
Why put the woman's health further at risk when she could have a minimum of 48 hours to start the recovery process…
A friend sent me this in an email and asked me to send it out to as many people as I could. But instead I have chosen to put it up on Women's Health Information because I believe that all women should have a say in how they want to be treated if they were in the same situation…
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.
If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times. If you are reading this it's because I think you will take the 30 seconds to go and vote on this issue and send the link 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 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_mastectomy_pledge.html
This takes about 2 seconds. Please pass this link on to your friends and family.
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