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A New Form of Breast Cancer

July 27, 2010 By Debbie Leave a Comment

New kind of Breast Cancer – DO NOT DELETE. Please forward to all of the women in your lives, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, friends, etc..

In November, a rare kind of breast cancer was found. A lady developed a rash on her breast, similar to that of young mothers who are nursing.

Because her mammogram had been clear, the doctor treated her with antibiotics for infections. After 2 rounds, it continued to get worse, so her doctor sent her for another mammogram. This time it showed a mass.

A biopsy found a fast growing malignancy. Chemo was started in order to shrink the growth; then a mastectomy was performed; then a full round of chemo; then radiation. After about 9 months of intense treatment, she was given a clean bill of health.

She had one year of living each day to its fullest. Then the cancer returned to the liver area. She took 4 treatments and decided that she wanted quality of life, not the after effects of chemo. She had 5 great months and she planned each detail of the final days. After a few days of needing morphine, she died. She left this message to be delivered to women everywhere:

Women, PLEASE be alert to anything that is not normal, and be persistent in getting help as soon as possible. [Read more...]

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Proposed Mastectomy Law Change

May 28, 2010 By Debbie Leave a Comment

This is an e-mail just forward to me by a good friend. I am in shock! Please read, vote and pass it on to everyone you know. It is a matter of life and  death not only for women, but for everyone they love and who love them, their husbands, children, fathers, and friends.

Proposed Mastectomy Law Change

(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.

This Mastectomy Bill is in Congress now. It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important. Please take the time and do it really quick! The Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill is 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.

http://www.mylifetime.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/breast-cancer/petition/breast-cancer-petition


This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON.
Filed Under: News, womenn Tagged With: breast cancer, mastectomy bill, patient protection act, women

Happy Mother’s Day!

May 8, 2010 By Debbie Leave a Comment

I would like to wish all the moms and their families a fantastic day. Being a mother is the most difficult role and JOB in the world.

Think about it: All the famous inventors, founders of this wonderful country such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and so on –all of them had mothers      who did something do help shape their  children to become the men they were. That is not to say that mothers are totally responsible for the way their children turn out, on the contrary!  All we can do is love and guide our children and then just hope for the best that they will make the right choices.

And thanks to those women who raise other people’s children – children who are adopted, or were in foster care for one reason or another – those children were given a second chance at life by good women.

So to all the w omen , whether you became a mother by giving birth, by adoption, or just taking care of other people’s children such as foster mothers —MAY YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY!

YOU REALLY DESERVE IT! As for me, my two adult children will be visiting and that is all I need.  I consider myself blessed. May G-d bless all of you too……

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Mother’s Day

May 2, 2010 By Debbie Leave a Comment

I just decided to make a page and dedicate it to mothers everywhere. When I think back to my childhood and my mother, tears come to my eyes.

There are no words sufficient to describe what a good mom is!  That is why I decided to do this.

Now, Erma Bombeck is a fantastic funny lady and a wonderful writer. I found some poems she had written and I put them on the page.

I am a mother of two adult children and I remember the difficulty I gave my mother even though I was a good child.

I  commend all working mothers who work OUTSIDE of the home  and I also admire

those moms who call themselves “stay at home” moms. It is a tough job.

I sincerely wish you all a wonderful Mother’s Day. We all really deserve it!

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