Glenn Deir
Freelance contributor
Glenn Deir is a retired CBC journalist and author. His memoir, Sick Joke: Cancer, Japan and Back Again, was shortlisted for the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards.
Latest from Glenn Deir
First Person
All I want for Christmas is to eat solid food: A throat cancer patient's wish
After Glenn Deir's surgery this summer, he lost the ability to chew and swallow food. As his recovery proceeds, his culinary world is opening up far beyond the liquid supplements that have kept him alive.
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First Person
Doctors couldn't operate on my tumour, but this robot did — and it may have saved my life
Glenn Deir has special thanks for the robot who operated on his tonsil cancer.
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