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Sherryg683 · 08-03-2010, 09:59 PM

My shitzu did the same thing, he started sniffing my right breast before I was diagnosed. Now this is a dog that is very anti-social and doesn't like to be petted and for him to suddenly be in my lap sniffing my breast was weird. Of course it was my right breast with cancer. About a year after treatment, about a month before I was to have my scans, he started sniffing my right breast again. I was so upset , I just knew the cancer had returned and he was detecting it. Thank God his nose was not correct, may I was just dribbling food on my shirt or something...sherry

08-03-2010, 09:59 PM	#6
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	Re: Dogs as Cancer Detectors My shitzu did the same thing, he started sniffing my right breast before I was diagnosed. Now this is a dog that is very anti-social and doesn't like to be petted and for him to suddenly be in my lap sniffing my breast was weird. Of course it was my right breast with cancer. About a year after treatment, about a month before I was to have my scans, he started sniffing my right breast again. I was so upset , I just knew the cancer had returned and he was detecting it. Thank God his nose was not correct, may I was just dribbling food on my shirt or something...sherry __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!