Gregory Carroll, PhD

Coping with losses, one lesson at a time

For many head and neck cancers, radiation treatment can be brutal but beneficial.

Dismissing or minimizing patients' doubts and worries can make them feel worse.

A poem about anxiety when facing high-risk cancer.

Writing about this disease helps me heal.

Signs of worry and hope as seasons slowly change

Before cancer surgery, my wife and I get a second opinion and then a third. Here's why.

On feeling low and flying high after cancer surgery

For more than a year, the pain and restricted movement in my jaw are diagnosed as a common joint disorder, but a loss of hearing changes everything.

A slow-motion ride with high-tech images.

Reflections on the wonders — and the hierarchy — of modern hospital care.

A poem about a two-year encounter with advanced cancer of the head and neck.