Thermography

Thermography is infrared imaging that does not use any radiation! It is used a lot for breast screenings and has detected breast cancer at an earlier stage than mammograms. It can also detect early signs of skin cancer. Since Todd’s tumors are near the breast he wanted it done instead of the radiated sugar that comes along with having a PET scan at this point to check on things. The images are not specific with dimensions but note irregular findings.

On January 4th, 2019 Todd had his full body Thermography done. There was no real prep work, just to avoid lotions, working out and recent showers. The process took about 30 minutes with over 30 images. I got to sit in the room with him which was nice to be there without any harmful radiation. Plus I could also see the infrared screen, not that I knew what it meant but the images are pretty cool. On this particular image above, I expected we would see bright red in the left armpit area and was surprised that it was not as much as I thought it would show up.

A few days later we were sent the written report, which like most scan reports was a little difficult to read with their verbiage. There were a few things reported that we were already aware of: The “underlying dental inflammation” on the left side, I had mentioned before that in the beginning, Todd canceled his last dental appointment to go to a walk-in clinic to have the initial visit for his armpit. The other concern is the lymphatic drainage dysfunction, that we would have assumed was going on given the tumors. At the end of the report, it stated that “There is no finding from a thermal perspective that is worrisome for remote metastases.” Yay, initial thought…we must be doing something right!

Todd’s doctor’s appointment was a couple of weeks later and she confirmed what we could interpret from the results. She would like Todd to have the scan repeated every 3-4 months. There is some concern with the dental issues and recommended a dentist out of town that is a wellness dentist and they use the ozone therapy during their dental procedures. So that was our next step to set up that first appointment for February 4th.

If you need to have a mammogram done, we hope that you will at least do a little research on the harm that they can do and consider paying out of pocket for the thermography instead. I know I will definitely be choosing the thermography! And if you are local we met with Katie with Thermography of Brevard, she is wonderful! Katie and her business partner Shelly are both breast cancer survivors. I absolutely love that they have made the choice to do this with their lives to help others. It is so awesome to see people overcoming obstacles and helping others with their journey. To read more about Thermography and Katie & Shelly, click the link below.

http://thermographyofbrevard.com/