written by a surgeon:

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 this20to 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.mylifetime.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/breast-cancer/petition/breast-cancer-petition

This takes about 2 seconds. PLEASE PASS THIS ON to your 20 friends.
SNOPES CONFIRMS THIS AS FACTUAL MATERIAL. The bill was introduced in
the past but did not come to a vote.

Grateful for even the mean people. . . .

Today I have to go to an arbitration and defend myself against a client who is unfairly demanding a refund from me of legal fees paid to me. Her claim is for $44,000.00 on a case that she only paid me $2,000.00. How is that a refund? I dunno. But today practicing my program I have spent far too much time being angry at her unfairness and not enough time looking at what was my part in it. Okay I have to admit that I admired this client for a number of reasons. Instead of keeping her a client I tried to make her my friend. And when the friendship suffered the legal work suffered. This woman is incapable of friendship and she is lonely. I allowed my own ego to be stroked at her over-dependence upon me for friendship. So whatever the outcome, I am praying for her relief and happiness. I am praying for acceptance today of God's ultimate decision and that I should trust in his infinite wisdom. For these things I am grateful.