Comments on: Women Over Fifty—A Call to Action

By: hotflash

hotflash — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:37:33 +0000

It sounds awful I know.

But then this kind of discrimination has been happening in other forms for years and we, as women, have accepted it.

Have a Cesarean and if you get next to no drugs for the pain because you need to breast feed and have to be up walking around looking after a baby right away. Have a Hysterectomy, which as my Ob/Gyn said is basically the same operational trauma, and you get to lie around for days. Although that was 8 years ago, maybe that too is a drive by now.

Women’s bodies are worshipped and abused.

Now if men had their testicles removed …

By: Breast Augmentation Surgery

Breast Augmentation Surgery — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:00:53 +0000

Wow…

Thanks for the this very informative article. I just signed the petition as well.

By: Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:52:02 +0000

i agree, we really need to get rid of this. we really need to be able to recover after such an experience.

By: Heidi Caswell

Heidi Caswell — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:42:06 +0000

Home same day?!!!! I’m all for recovering at home at long as you have proper support. However, I knew one woman who had hers done while an inpatient, and still had problems dealing with the whole thing, drainage, etc. Her niece came in to stay with her and help. Not everyone has someone to help recover at home. I think it should be a case by case choice.

By: Pat Montgomery

Pat Montgomery — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:11:19 +0000

This is a terrible practice to support. Women need physical and emotional support after that kind of surgery. We should all stand up and say NO

By: Gregory Anne Cox

Gregory Anne Cox — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:05:14 +0000

Eileen,
Thanks for sharing this petition drive. Who in their right mind but someone who has never undergone this surgery or known someone who has, would push for this kind of cruel treatment? The more of us who talk about this and blog about it the better it will be for our sisters, mothers, etc who will face this surgery. Obviously when women get talking change happens, we’ve seen it over and over. So please women, yak it up about this and sign to show your support for a min. 2 day stay.
Greg

By: Joyce Mason

Joyce Mason — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:49:22 +0000

Petition signed, and I, too, am anry. Skimping on breast cancer treatment is a travesty. The organ that nurtures life deserves more than a McMectomy, and women are not cars. Is there a parallel proposal for testicular cancer? There shouldn’t be … in either case. “Mismanaged care” continues to trickle down and take its true costs in people’s health and emotional lives. Health care reform can’t come a moment too soon. I hope we as women in the wisdom years can find our groove on how to help make it happen. Perhaps refusing to give into this kind of proposal is a beginning.

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:30:31 +0000

I am honored to sign this petition!

By: Beverly Mahone

Beverly Mahone — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:39:43 +0000

I just signed the petition. Thanks for bringing it to the attention of your readers. It’s appalling to think insurance companies are trying to cut corners at the risk of their patients.