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Colin McGreal

Colin McGreal

The Chatty Ladies Cancer Club

No one really wanted to be part of the Chatty Ladies Cancer Club. In fact no one ever knew they were members of the Chatty Ladies Cancer…

9 min readNov 19, 2022

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The Chatty Ladies Cancer Club

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I envy all of you.

Riding home in an Uber, I feel liberated. Walking cane between my legs, masks over the faces of my wife and driver, I am surrounded by…

5 min readSep 9, 2022

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I envy all of you.

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The diminishing juggernaut.

This is a long post to explain my silence of the past couple months. It has been a summer of confronting unexpected and unwelcome…

7 min readAug 9, 2022

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The diminishing juggernaut.

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Show Up. Follow Up.

Marissa tries to hold a poker face as she scans the anxious crowd before her. It’s not easy. Her natural resting face speaks of compassion…

8 min readApr 14, 2022

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Show Up. Follow Up.

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A tale of two Jerrys and a gummy.

“ Fauci should be indicted for crimes against humanity. These masks don’t do anything”

6 min readApr 2, 2022

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A tale of two Jerrys and a gummy.

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A Haiku to Blood Clots

Last Sunday morning I woke up to find my left arm, with the chemo line, inflammed and red. A call to my oncologist and we were immediately…

2 min readMar 19, 2022

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A Haiku to Blood Clots

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Updated LinkedIn profile for Cancer.

Cancer Recliner Jockey

2 min readMar 16, 2022

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Life without me.

A hushed voice. “Oh No.”

6 min readMar 11, 2022

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Life without me.

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First Day Chemo Jitters.

Guido, our beefy hoodie-wearing Uber driver, picked us up on a sunny Monday morning. It’s Brooklyn. He really was named Guido. He drove a…

6 min readMar 9, 2022

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First Day Chemo Jitters.

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Dr. Google vs Dr. Goldenberg.

“Oh, no, no, no. Do not look at Dr. Google.” Dr. Goldenberg advised, shaking his head in an amused but weary expression.

8 min readMar 7, 2022

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Dr. Google vs Dr. Goldenberg.

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Colin McGreal

Colin McGreal

Writer, designer, illustrator, lover. He had been completing a novel about learning to cook to win the love of his three stepdaughters when cancer interceded.

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