Written by a surgeon,

I’ll never forget the look in my patient’s 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. 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

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Someone wise once told me that in order to fall in love, you must be able to risk everything including getting your heart burned. He once told me it is about jumping and leaping with presumably good faith with the person you will be trusting. Now, if that isn’t risky business to partake in, I don’t know what is.

Is it worth it? Risking everything on the line for a chance at love? I am sure most of you have heard “It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all”. I guess this fool had some rose colored glasses because I’ve also heard,

“It’s a thin line between love and hate”.

Breaking down of all of the years of wisdom bestowed upon me, I have conducted this bittersweet symphony, “It is better to risk everything in the hopes of falling in love but if it doesn’t work, you can look back and smile but still end up with a broken heart or some serious heart burn”.

After reading Sinosoul’s review (quick excerpt to follow),

How does previous night’s dinner make you late to work the next morning? When you must explode with something fancy in the toilet.

Doesn’t exactly fulfill my thoughts of the perfect romance. I can’t believe against all of my better judgment ESPECIALLY after hearing all those: spicy, steamy, fiery, and somewhat explosive details, I went in for a tryst at Jitlada.

I digress, I went to Jitlada because I was hoping to fall in love.

Image via Sinosoul

Deep Fried Shrimp with fried basil leaves. Very crispity crunchity and oh so remarkably savory with a hint of heady earth. This was one of my favorites.

Image via Sinosoul

Looking back on my experience with Jitlada, I should have read between the lines and noted all those red flags better. *Cough* Gold Standard where the Jitlada stand nearly burned my tonsils off. I could have prevented some major heart burn and other kinds of burn (which I won’t mention because frankly it involves splashing milk on my bunghole to control the BURN).

Did you know milk helps coat the stomach to prevent irritation?

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Thai Iced Tea also help aid the burn. I needed a lot of Thai iced tea after the spicy raw blue crab salad.

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Fried chicken with tumeric. Yes, Jitlada you gave me heartburn, but I can still remember your taste on my lips.

 Dining buddies for the evening.

www.deliciouscoma.com

www.bsideblog.com/

foodwoolf.com

gastronomyblog.com

eatdrinknbmerry.blogspot.com/

teenageglutster.blogspot.com/

oishiieats.blogspot.com/

foodshethought.blogspot.com/

starchymarie.blogspot.com

dailygluttony.blogspot.com/

lifewithawhisk.blogspot.com

weezermonkey.blogspot.com/ (awesome pics!)

infinitefress.blogspot.com/

wanderingchopsticks.blogspot.com

Hehe pink boxers.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised an Army soldier in eastern Afghanistan who drew media attention this month after rushing to defend his post from attack while wearing pink boxer shorts and flip-flops.

In fact, Gates said he wants to meet the soldier and shake his hand the next time he visits Afghanistan.

“Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage,” Gates said in remarks prepared for a speech in New York.

“I can only wonder about the impact on the Taliban. Just imagine seeing that: a guy in pink boxers and flip-flops has you in his cross-hairs. What an incredible innovation in psychological warfare,” he said.

Army Specialist Zachary Boyd, 19, of Fort Worth, Texas, rushed from his sleeping quarters on May 11 to join fellow platoon members at a base in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province after the unit came under fire from Taliban positions.

A news photographer was on hand to record the image of Boyd standing at a makeshift rampart in helmet, body armor, red T-shirt and boxers emblazoned with the message: “I love NY.”

-Yahoo

A salute to our soldiers this Memorial Day weekend! And the hot guy in the pink boxers.

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