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Barbara2 · 08-02-2010, 08:45 PM

Hi, Jackie,
I really doubt very much that the collar had anything to do with your recurrance of brain cancer and then breast cancer. I guess there is no way to really know. There are so many reasons why people get cancer, I just want to believe it was not the collar!

I, like you, am a dog lover, as is my husband. I believe our schnauzer knew of my cancer before I did. She sniffed the lump area on my breast for no good reason one night before I knew of my cancer diagnosis, but I was aware of the lump the doctor was keeping an eye on. At the time, I had a feeling that she (the dog) was aware of something in that location that was different, somehow. Unfortunatly, she was right.

I hope you have been blessed with another animal friend. The quote on our August calendar (dog calendar, of course!) next to the picture of a dog, says: "No other animal loves you more than they love themselves."

08-02-2010, 08:45 PM	#3
Barbara2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Dakota. Posts: 621	Re: Dogs as Cancer Detectors Hi, Jackie, I really doubt very much that the collar had anything to do with your recurrance of brain cancer and then breast cancer. I guess there is no way to really know. There are so many reasons why people get cancer, I just want to believe it was not the collar! I, like you, am a dog lover, as is my husband. I believe our schnauzer knew of my cancer before I did. She sniffed the lump area on my breast for no good reason one night before I knew of my cancer diagnosis, but I was aware of the lump the doctor was keeping an eye on. At the time, I had a feeling that she (the dog) was aware of something in that location that was different, somehow. Unfortunatly, she was right. I hope you have been blessed with another animal friend. The quote on our August calendar (dog calendar, of course!) next to the picture of a dog, says: "No other animal loves you more than they love themselves." __________________ Blessings and Peace, Barbara DX Oct 02 @ age 52 Stage 2B Grade 3 Mastectomy "at least" 4.5 cm IDC 1+node ER+61% /PR- Assiciated Intraductual component with Comedo Necrosis Her2+ FISH8.6 IHC 2+ 5 1/2 CEF Arimidex Celebrex 400mg daily for 13 months Prophylactic mastectomy Estradiol #: 13 PTEN positive, "late" Herceptin (26 months after chemo) Oct 05: Actonel for osteopenia from Arimidex. May 08: Replaced Actonel with Zometa . Taking every 6 months. Accepting the gift of life, I give thanks for it and live it in fullness.