Medicare and mastectomy

I will be the first admit, I don’t know what it feels like to have cancer or go through all the treatments that cure you of cancer.  Thats not to say I don’t see the effects of it or the emotions is brings out in people.

I work at company called Close To You and we work with breast cancer patients on nearly a daily basis.  Some are fresh out of surgery, while others are years out and are multi-year survivors.  Some are in their 20’s and 30’s and others are in their 60’s and 70’s.  No matter where they are, it can be a rollercoaster of emotions.  Something I have learned from the years is that you actually have the choice of how you are going to deal with it.

We see cancer patients that are just angry and mad at the world becuase of the situation they are in.  You know, I might be in that boat as well, if in the same situation.  We have had patients come in for fittings as mad as can be, but here is the cool part.  When our ladies fit them, talk to them, and treat them like a normal person, that mad feeling melts away and they open up and are actually some of the sweetest people.  That one thing everyone should know, dealing with cancer can bring a wide range of emotions, anger being a common one.  Past the anger is a person dealing with a lot of things, treat them with compassion and you will get more out of that relationship than you could have ever imagined.

Actually, that is a good life lesson everyone can use.

Now, to what I orginally wanted to mention. Medicare….  oooooo…   I know, that brings a wide range of emotions also.  I wanted to pass on information that I don’t if to many mastectomy patients know about.  Medicare does cover for breast prosthesis and mastectomy bras.  Medicare will cover one prosthesis every other year and 6 bras a year; three every six months.  So if you are on medicare and need these products, you can get coverage for them.  If you have questions you can call our store and talk to our certified fitters about coverage or about specific breast prosthesis and mastectomy bras.

www.ctyonline.com ; www.closetoyoustore.com

We would love talk to you about this or any other questions you might have.

Take care!

Baylor Hospital healthcare screening for men

Here is a short list of basic general life truths about men:

1.  If you buy a man a present that plugs in or runs off batteries, they will like it.

2.  If a man is watching sports on television, its not the best time to ask how you look.  We are not capable of watching sports and listening to someone else talk.  At all!

3.  If you need a new outfit or have already bought a new outfit and need to tell us, do it after dinner.  We are more easy going then.  Also refer to #2.

4.  Contrary to what you might think, ductape can be used to fix almost anything.

5.  Men never, ever, ever get sick.

Now as you read this short list, you think to yourself “fix dinner and then go shopping.”  No….  thats now what I am telling anyone.  Any woman that has a man knows that number 5 is not neccessarily true.

Women know that men do get sick.  Women also know that when men are sick, we are babies.  Big babies!  The world is going to end, time stands still, we need our mommies!!  I know a guy who was sick once, so sick that he got out of bed and couldn’t get back in bed.  Why you ask, because he tried to walk and couldn’t.  He decided we would just lay on the floor…  in the hallway…  in his underwear…  and wait till some came to pick him up.  Yes, men are babies.

So women, here is your chance.  Tell your man to help himself.  Baylor Hospital is sponsoring a Baylor Men’s Health Day.  So tell your man to go.

They are having a Men’s Health Day at each of the Baylor Hospital’s in the dallas area.   Baylor Dallas, Baylor All Saints, Baylor Grapevine, Baylor Garland, Baylor Plano.

So women, send you man to the health day and make them get a check up.  They will love you more for it!  And while they are getting there health checked up on, you can have a shopping trip!  Just remember rule number one when your out.  Its a win win for both of you!

Take care!