In addition to doctors, nurses, high-tech treatments, family, and friends, cancer patients have another ally in their care and survival--a pet. The Washington Post reports testimonials from breast cancer survivors about how their pets helped them cope with cancer. The cancer survivors even made a calendar featuring photos of themselves with their pets (see the calendar photo gallery here).There are some common themes in the way the women talk about how their pets have journeyed with them through their cancer. "Just their warm heartbeat lying next to me was incredibly healing," says Connie Reider, who finds purpose in a workshop she teaches for cancer survivors called INscape, the Healing Art of Photography, and finds comfort in her Portuguese water dog named Splash.
The organization behind the calendar project is Critters for the Cure.
(Photo by Carol Guzy - Washington Post)
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