Ask the cancer patient (again)

[Cicero]

I read them for the articles sniff

(Not that I have seen one for years).

[Cicero]

And the tests were all clear.

[Gary_Robson]

@Cicero

And the tests were all clear.

Congratulations! Fantastic news.

[VOW]

@Balance

It doesn’t help that I don’t really know how to describe the odor. It is very distinctive, which makes it recognizable, but also makes it hard to compare it to anything else. The best I’ve come up with is that it’s something like dirt and dead flowers, which is neither the most encouraging imagery nor all that precise.

Advanced cancer is said to have a “dead mouse” smell to it. It IS hard to describe, and I have noticed it a few times in my life. If I were to meet someone with that smell today, I probably wouldn’t say a word, but I would expect to hear sad news soon.
~VOW