Healty | Texas Bill Mandates Breast Reconstruction Discussion Before Breast Cancer Surgery

Currently alone 30% of pectus cancer patients are informed of their pectus reconstruction options earlier mastectomy or lumpectomy.

New legislation is beingness proposed inward Texas that aims to significantly improve that abysmal statistic for pectus cancer patients. Texas House Bill 669 would mandate that doctors inform all pectus cancer patients almost their pectus reconstruction options BEFORE having surgical physical care for for pectus cancer. The pecker was drafted based on similar legislation inward the patch of New York.

PRMA Plastic Surgery is proud to denote that a sometime patient, Tammy Carrington, is the squad leader behind this Bill.  She proactively sought out her patch representative, James White, to start out drafting proposals.  The Bill was drafted in addition to submitted Jan 14, 2011.  If approved, this statute volition accept resultant the next year.

Tammy Carrington knows firsthand what it’s similar to live diagnosed alongside pectus cancer in addition to have express handling options.  After beingness diagnosed inward June of 2009, Tammy was given 2 options: a lumpectomy alongside radiations or a unilateral mastectomy.  Tammy didn’t desire either.

Tammy wanted to decrease the gamble of pectus cancer inward the futurity inward the other pectus too. After intensely researching her options on her ain she learned she could stimulate got bilateral mastectomies in addition to immediate reconstruction. Ultimately she traveled to PRMA inward San Antonio in addition to underwent bilateral mastectomies alongside immediate DIEP flap pectus reconstruction using her ain abdominal tissue.  All the procedures were covered past times her wellness insurance.

Not surprisingly, Tammy feels really strongly almost this Bill since she then easily could stimulate got chosen something she feels would stimulate got been the incorrect selection for her.

"My nature is to interrogation things completely then that I tin give the sack brand informed decisions. I am the mom to a severely encephalon injured lilliputian boy… I’ve spent lots of fourth dimension over the years looking for data on how to aid him boot the bucket better… After getting over the stupor of hearing the 'C' word,... I went into interrogation mode”, Tammy recalls.

“HB 669 isn’t mandating whatever detail treatment. It's non mandating whatever surgery. It's simply mandating education. Women stimulate got the correct to live told almost their options then they tin give the sack brand really informed decisions almost their ain health. Unfortunately, correct directly alone 30% are fifty-fifty told pectus reconstruction is an option”, she says.

PRMA Plastic Surgery is proud to back upward HB 669 in addition to is calling on pectus cancer patients, physicians, in addition to all those touched past times pectus cancer throughout the patch of Texas to offering their back upward past times calling their representatives.

Please telephone phone your State Legislator in addition to urge them to co-author HB 669. Your patch representative’s contact data tin give the sack live works life HERE.

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PRMA Plastic Surgery inward San Antonio, Texas, specializes inward advanced breast reconstruction using the patient's ain tissue. Procedures offered include the DIEP flap, SIEA flap, GAP flap, in addition to TUG flap. We are In-Network for most USA insurance plans. Patients are routinely welcomed from across Texas, out-of-state, every bit good every bit from exterior the USA. Connect alongside other pectus cancer reconstruction patients at www.facebook.com/PRMAplasticsurgery

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