mammograms vs thermography

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Hi Maracuja,

 

I'd read about this as well when researching all I could about breast

cancer prevention. On one site (Annie Appleseed?) I read an article

that talks about why thermography is viewed with suspicion in the

medical world for use in early detection of breast cancer. As I

understand it, thermography is an accepted medical diagnostic tool -

just not for scanning breasts. However, for scanning breasts, doctors

are used to mammograms which detects lumps. At that point, a

treatment plan is devised - lumpectomy, radiation, etc.

 

What kind of a treatment plan would a doctor suggest upon seeing a TH3

in one breast and a TH2 in another? These EARLY EARLY changes,

(detected by thermography) in the breast may not be cancer but it is

information the woman can use to go forward - maybe to revamp the

diet, use progesterone cream. Doctors do not prescribe preventative

options such as these because they not trained to do so. The author

of the article states that this is the weakness in thermography for

mainstream medical. The weakness is in it's strength. How's that for

irony?

 

My good friend just had a conversation in the waiting room of a

clinic. The woman next to her claimed that mammograms are a tool to

prevent breast cancer. So women are being taught to wait around until

a lump appears before doing anything about anything. No advice on

diet or exercise, or excess estrogens in the water. Just wait until

the boom is dropped.

 

Unbelievable

Janet

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It is so sad, Janet - makes me livid. I used to argue with a dr about that - he would always suggest it, among other tests, and when I refused, he said I would HAVE to when I was 50! WHAT?Instant rising of hackles! The medical version of, "Do you want fries with that?" Change doctors!Our govt funds mammograms - touted as free yet WE pay twice - taxes and cancer. When a friend was 40 she found lumps herself, no funding until 50 and she could not afford the mammograms herself. I suggested that she change her diet and stop smoking and take a good oil like flax or EPO in case it was benign cystic breast disease. However, they now fund it for 40 year olds so I am so darn glad my friend was so darn poor! The cigarette money she saved then, spent on good food, probably saved her life as I have no doubt it wasn't cancer at that

stage.Recently CNN reported that there is less leukaemia in daycare children. (Puke!) So let's ensure our children leave home on day one - anything to separate parents from children, as if current economic pressures aren't enough!Apologies for rant.Maracuja--- On Mon, 2/9/09, lostrin <lostrin wrote:lostrin <lostrinRe: mammograms vs thermographyoleander soup Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 5:26 AM

 

Hi Maracuja,

 

I'd read about this as well when researching all I could about breast

cancer prevention. On one site (Annie Appleseed?) I read an article

that talks about why thermography is viewed with suspicion in the

medical world for use in early detection of breast cancer. As I

understand it, thermography is an accepted medical diagnostic tool -

just not for scanning breasts. However, for scanning breasts, doctors

are used to mammograms which detects lumps. At that point, a

treatment plan is devised - lumpectomy, radiation, etc.

 

What kind of a treatment plan would a doctor suggest upon seeing a TH3

in one breast and a TH2 in another? These EARLY EARLY changes,

(detected by thermography) in the breast may not be cancer but it is

information the woman can use to go forward - maybe to revamp the

diet, use progesterone cream. Doctors do not prescribe preventative

options such as these because they not trained to do so. The author

of the article states that this is the weakness in thermography for

mainstream medical. The weakness is in it's strength. How's that for

irony?

 

My good friend just had a conversation in the waiting room of a

clinic. The woman next to her claimed that mammograms are a tool to

prevent breast cancer. So women are being taught to wait around until

a lump appears before doing anything about anything. No advice on

diet or exercise, or excess estrogens in the water. Just wait until

the boom is dropped.

 

Unbelievable

Janet