I was wondering if anyone has problems with getting mammograms. I got one ayear ago last October. I used to go to a trailer for one which only had one x-ray machine in it so it didn't bother me. As of a year ago last year our insurance would not cover this type of mammogram so I had to get one someplace else. This building was a nightmare! Not only did they do mammograms,but also CAT scans and MRI's. I could feel these machines just waiting in the waiting room. I felt like I was hit by a wave of electricity, and got nauseated. I managed to get the mammogram done, but was sick for several days after that. Now my doc wants me to get another mammogram this year. I told him what happened to me but he said that I have to get it done anyway. Iwill be 50 this year. To let you know, I was exposed to DES while in uteroback in '54, and I also have MCS. Any way out of this mess? There is no history of breast cancer in my family but I know that I am at risk because ofthe DES. Thanks for
any info you can give me. Joyce --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
Joyce - don't have any more mammograms is my opinion. X-rays are not
good for you unless they are being used as treament. I remember once having a dental X-ray and feeling bad afterwards - although I had been feeling really good beforehand. Also, remember those X-ray machines in shoe-shops we used to have to put our feet in as children to see the length of our feet? Well they were banned because of the risks to health! Sarah -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Soos [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Monday, 8 March 2004 1:43 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [eSens] mammograms I was wondering if anyone has problems with getting mammograms. I got one a year ago last October. I used to go to a trailer for one which only had one x-ray machine in it so it didn't bother me. As of a year ago last year our insurance would not cover this type of mammogram so I had to get one someplace else. This building was a nightmare! Not only did they do mammograms, but also CAT scans and MRI's. I could feel these machines just waiting in the waiting room. I felt like I was hit by a wave of electricity, and got nauseated. I managed to get the mammogram done, but was sick for several days after that. Now my doc wants me to get another mammogram this year. I told him what happened to me but he said that I have to get it done anyway. I will be 50 this year. To let you know, I was exposed to DES while in utero back in '54, and I also have MCS. Any way out of this mess? There is no history of breast cancer in my family but I know that I am at risk because of the DES. Thanks for any info you can give me. Joyce --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links |
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-- THERMOGRAPHY AS MAMMOGRAPHY ALTERNATIVE Dr. Frank A. Charles, N.D. Page 24 Fall/Winter 2001-2002 Carolina Health & Healing magazine (now called Integrative Health & Self Healing magazine) www.integrativehealthandhelaing.com There probably isn't a person in America who has not been touched by a loved one who has battled breast cancer. Medical science has not yet learned how to prevent breast cancer but improvements in early detection promise a greater chance of survival. One of the most exciting and recent developments in the early detection of breast cancer is in the field of advanced medical Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging or DITI. Several new dramatic improvements in DITI technology, coupled with patient awareness and new medical warnings concerning overuse of ionizing radiation from x-rays, are pushing DITI into the breast- screening arena. DITI now offers the advantages of being totally painless, totally safe, low in cost, and effective at any age. You may be asking: "If DITI is so great, why haven't I heard much about it? Why hasn't DITI been utilized more for breast screening if it offers all these advantages?" PRESENTING DITI Medical DITI has been used extensively in human medicine in the U.S.A., Europe and Asia for the past 20 years. While the technology lost favor some time ago because of cumbersome equipment, difficult protocols and unrefined technology, events are rapidly changing. New ultra-sensitive, ultra-resolution DITI devices have many doctors and researchers believing that DITI exams could prove to be a simpler, less expensive and more effective complement to mammography than other newer imaging methods. Recent concerns about mammography and the benefits of a new DITI manufactured by a company from Australia, have resulted in DITI imaging centers in other parts of the world now being able to offer this technology to women interested in taking control of their health. PROBLEMS WITH MAMMOGRAPHY Until recently, mammography was considered to be our only option in breast screening. That is rapidly changing as experts in the field of ionizing radiation are questioning the long- term cumulative effects of these types of procedures. The truth about mammography is that it may not be as safe or effective as once believed. Many informed experts are now questioning the detrimental effects from cumulative radiation. The fact is that this area has not been properly researched, especially considering the multiple-exposures being absorbed by many individuals and the cumulative effects of radiation from mammography, dental and other radiation sources. Based on 40 years of research on the effects of low-dose radiation on humans, John Gofman, M.D., Ph.D., a renowned authority on the health effects of ionizing radiation, estimates that 75 percent of breast cancer could be prevented by avoiding or minimizing exposure from mammography and X-rays. Dr. Gofman believes strongly that there is no "safe threshold" for exposure to low level-level ionizing radiation. Another potential concern about the mammogram is that it may, on occasion, even help spread an existing mass of cancer cells. During the procedure, considerable pressure is placed on the woman's breast by the mammography technologist as the breast is firmly squeezed between two flat plastic surfaces. Dr. Lorraine Day, a pathologist and breast cancer survivor, and other researchers have raised concerns about the negative effects of breast compression. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Academy of Sciences admit that mammography promotes cancer. Their justification for continuing to endorse mammography is that the incidence of cancer is small in relation to the number of early detection cases. However, Dr. Charles B. Simone, founder of the Simone Protective Cancer Center and a former clinical associate in immunology and pharmacology at the NCI, says that earlier detection has not resulted in longer life when the data is really analyzed. Here are some other comments on mammography: "By the time a tumor is large enough to be seen by a mammogram, it is usually 8 years old, has approximately 500 million cells, and is approximately an inch long." Lancet, Oct. 10, 1992. "If all American women between forty and fifty were screened yearly by mammogram, 40 out of every 100 cancers would be missed." New England Journal of Medicine, 328:176 1993. "Half of all breast cancers in women under 45 are invisible on a mammogram."American Health, 1994 MORE ABOUT DITI DITI has been recognized as a viable diagnostic tool since 1987 by the AMA Council on Scientific Affairs, by the ACA Council on Diagnostic Imaging, by the Congress of Neurosurgeons in 1988 and by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabili-tation in 1990. DITI works differently than tests such as x-ray, ultrasound or MRI. Those technologies can detect changes in tissue structure only, because they are anatomical tests. Tumors must be formed, dense and of a certain size to be detected by mammography or ultrasound. DITI is unique in its ability to show physiological change and metabolic processes that are strongly indicative of breast abnormality. DITI can detect subtle changes in breast temperature that indicate a variety of breast diseases and abnormalities. Once abnormal heat patterns are detected in the breast, follow up procedures are recommended to rule out or properly diagnose cancer and a host of other diseases such as fibrocystic syndrome and Paget¹s disease. Breast tumors always involve increased vascularization and blood flow as part of the body¹s immune response prior to tumor formation. Identifying this increased vascularization and abnormal hypothermic patterning is what gives DITI earlier detection advantages over mammography and other tests. Many of the so-called false positives of DITI breast screening are often true positive findings of angiogenesis (increased blood supply) preceding actual tumor development. Detection in these early stages is unreliable by conventional means, often due to the fact that the tumor has not yet developed any mass or sufficient density. For younger women in particular, DITI offers a major advantage. In women under fifty, where tumor-doubling time is significantly increased, mammography is not nearly as effective. The faster a malignant tumor grows, the more infrared radiation it generates. This makes detection by DITI in young women highly probable and accurate at an earlier stage than other types of screening. Non-cancerous masses show different patterns than cancerous masses under DITI screening. DITI therefore has advantages in screening for cancerous versus non-cancerous growths. It is possible and highly probable that with increased use of DITI, many women could be spared unnecessary invasive testing and radiation exposure. While other more traditional methods such as MRI and ultrasound are being developed and touted as new advancements in screening, they are much more expensive and are still limited to structural changes even though they may deliver an improvement in sensitivity to smaller tumors. WHO SHOULD HAVE A DITI EXAM? DITI is for any woman who would rather not undergo the discomfort of mammogram radiation if not necessary. DITI is especially appropriate for younger women between 20 and 50 whose denser breast tissue makes it more difficult for mammography to pick up suspicious lesions. It is appropriate for women who are outside of the mammogram screening guidelines due to surgical procedures, breast implants or other contraindications. The DITI session can provide a clinical marker to the doctor or thermographer indicating that a specific area of the breast needs particularly close examination. A DITI exam takes 15 minutes, is pain-free and establishes a baseline from which other exams can be compared in the future. If an abnormality is found, your doctor can then plan accordingly and lay out a program to further diagnose and /or monitor you until other standard testing is positive. This allows for the earliest possible treatment. DITI's role in breast cancer and other breast disorders is to help in three ways: early detection, the monitoring of abnormal physiology, and the establishment of risk factors for other developments of cancer. When used with other procedures, the best possible evaluation of breast health is made. It is in this role that thermography provides its most practical benefit to the general public and to the medical profession. It is certainly an adjunct, and not a competitor, to the appropriate use of mammography. In fact, thermography has the ability to identify patients at the highest risk and actually increase the effective use of mammography imaging procedures. For more information on DITI, or breast screening centers utilizing the latest DITI technology, please contact the author. Dr. Frank A. Charles, N.D. is President of the Vision Medical Group /VMG, Inc. a medical equipment supplier and consultant to the health care industry for DITI and other biological medicine technologies. He can be reached at 1-888-352-8570. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< A Consideration: X-Rays and Your Health In 1965, the British Journal of Cancer published the first study indicating that medical x-rays are a cause of breast cancer. In 1969, I entered the nursing profession. In the past thirty-two years, the "cure for cancer" is still "just around the corner", and little has changed, except that more women, and younger women are diagnosed with breast cancer. In 1997, I was introduced to John Gofman, MD, PhD, while researching an article I was writing for Womens Health Month. According to Gofmans study, seventy-five percent of all recent, current, and incubating breast cancer cases are caused by radiation. Gofmans research, published in his book, Preventing Breast Cancer, givesus much to look at and consider. Gofman contends that the resistance to new ideas is one of the major obstacles that keep the public, and women especially, poorly informed about prevention. While we know that good wholesome, organic food is health promoting, we also need to consider the impact of drinking pure water, reducing stress, and getting good exercise. We have to consider the impact of environmental poisons, poisons in food, and the increasing amount of EMF exposure. Specifically these factors co-act with x-rays to make things worse. Much of this research is addressed in the work of Samuel Epstein, MD, of the University of Illinois at Chicago. This is where education and prevention step in. Radiation doses and disease risk can be reduced significantly without reducing the quality of the diagnostic process. This is important because breast tissue is very sensitive to ionizing radiation. Ultrasound and thermography are screening methods that reduce exposure to ionizing radiation. According to Gofman, "if we care about preventing breast cancer, we will establish a relentlessly positive program of measuring and recording x-ray doses, so that physicians and patients will know if the United States is succeeding, or not, in the one known action guaranteed to reduce breast cancer rates." Dr. John Gofman is Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cell Biology at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, former director of Biomedical Research at Livermore National Lab, author of three scientific monographs on x-ray health effects, and chair of Citizens for Nuclear Responsibility. The X-rays and Health Project web site is www.X-raysandhealth.org <http://www.x-raysandhealth.org/> ################################################### Check the sites below regarding the location of a qualified breast thermography center nearest you, this information can be found at the following link. If your state or region is not listed on this page, we are not aware of a qualified center in your area at this time. http://www.iact-org.org/thermographer_links.html Thermography is currently an unregulated industry in the U.S.. Consequently, there are no laws governing the levels of training and experience necessary to provide this service. The doctors and technicians listed on this page have all been certified by recognized thermographic professional associations. This list is provided as a starting point for anyone seeking this important service. Other centers may also exist that are not on this list. However, please be sure to check on the credentials of any and all thermographic technicians and interpreters to avoid visiting an untrained or poorly trained provider. Some helpful links on choosing a qualified center - http://www.iact-org.org/unqualified_thermographers.html http://www.iact-org.org/new_thermography_technologies.html http://www.iact-org.org/thermography_guidelines.html If these links have not answered your questions, please resubmit your question to [hidden email] and we will respond to your email within 72 hours of receipt. |
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