A very important issue

This came by my e-mail and I am NOT going to frame this in the light of politics. Simply put this is a crying shame and I hope that it never happens to anyone I care about. This is the text of the e-mail:

From a nurse:

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 patients, 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.

The balance of the e-mail continues with a plea to complete an online petition. I do not know how effective these on-line petitions are, but at the very least register your support for the concept. Perhaps the vision of pure numbers may help.

http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php