September 21, 2012 - Thermal Imaging

I met with Jenny at the Longevity Center.  Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging, or Thermography, creates images that illustrate heat patterns in the body.  The thermal images are analyzed for abnormalities, which may be signs of disease in the body.

According to their brochure, "Annual thermograms allow you to map changes in the body's heat patterns over time.  They can alert you to any deviations from your norm.  Mapping your health annually helps to detect changes often before disease even develops.

Inflammation is a precursor to many diseases, such as cancer, arthritis, heart disease, stroke, diabetes.  Inflammation can be reduced through dietary changes, nutritional supplements, antioxidants, detoxification, stress-reduction, acupunture and more. 

Measuring inflammation through thermal imaging is a proactive, preventative method for detecting diseases.  It significantly improves your chances for longevity and good health."

No pain. No pinching. No smashing my breasts into that vice.  And the end result will be the same or better because it will show more of your body, not just the breasts.

So I set my baseline.

With breast therography, I will need to go back in the first 3-4 month period because active cancers double in size and heat approximately 100 days apart.  If there are any increased heat patterns and/or vascular changes from the first breast scan to the second, additional modalities will be requested by the interpreting doctor.  If there are no changes, annual thermal scans are appropriate.  I think I'll go back once more in 6 months, and then make it annual.

The cost was $195 for the first visit, and then $125 for each subsequent visit .  It was not covered by insurance.

On Monday, September 24, 2012, I got the results already.  The doctor reported a normal scan.  I had good thermal symmetry with no suspicious thermal findings.  There was a bit of lymphatic congestion, but this can be remedied through massage to get the blood flowing. 

All in all, very happy with these results! 

Non-invasive, no radiation, no pain.  Highly, highly recommended.

So, why don't hospitals use thermal imaging machines?  My guess is that they paid so much for, and have an adequate supply of radiation machines. 

Let's all follow the money trail.

I have family, friends, co-workers who have been affected by cancer.  And because of them, I read, and I learned. 

Please visit the Longevity Center for your next mammogram. 

http://www.longevitythermography.com/