He yelled at my doctor

Shefali O'Hara
3 min readAug 21, 2019

And helped to save my life

As I mentioned in this article, about my cat Snoopy, she correctly diagnosed me with cancer before my doctors did. She was my “cat scan”.

Over 15 years ago, she and I were in our new home in Texas. I missed Colorado, and I am sure she did too, since she grew up there. But we comforted each other by cuddling together. She would lie with her head on my right breast while I…

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Shefali O'Hara

Cancer survivor, writer, engineer. BSEE from MIT, MSEE, and MA in history. Love nature, animals, books, art, and interesting discussions.