Gillian Deacon
@gilldeacon
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CBC radio host. Bestselling author. Musician. Mother. Curious.
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As many have done before me, I kicked a little cancer ass today🖕🏻👊🏻💃
Hug a nurse for me, would ya?
#nursesrock
🙏✨ @ Toronto, Ontario
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If you’ve been wondering where I am, or what life can feel like with long COVID, I have written a little bit about my experience. Thanks to
@CBCToronto
for publishing my story
#LongCovid
#longhaul
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10 years ago today I was diagnosed with breast cancer, for the first time but not the last. Damn grateful to be here, today & every day. This tree of 1000 paper cranes from briangrant4856…
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Thank you to the wonderful team of chemo nurses, professional and otherwise, who have taken such good care of me through this crap. Adios chimio! 👋🏻🥂gigi_grant5🙏😇 @ Sunnybrook Health…
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Two little words hardly cut it. But they must be said! Thank you.
.
@gilldeacon
, host of CBC Radio's
@CBCHereandNow
, is back in studio after months away for cancer treatment. She wanted to share this with you.
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Saying goodbye to this mop today. Chemotherapy is the next step for me, starts next week. By my accounting that gives me time for at least four haircuts. Stay tuned. Sorry cancer, you…
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So I took some time off the air
@cbchereandnow
@cbctoronto
because I wasn't ok. Now I am ok and I'm back. This is what happened in between. And what I learned in the process of, well, processing.
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It’s chemo day
#3
& the sun is shining☀️🙌🏻❄️
❤️ full of amour thanks to so much kindness & friendship surrounding me. Golden toque, let’s get to work💥✨🥊💪🏻
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It’s an incredible feeling when, as
@mattgallowaycbc
said, the city has your back. I am overwhelmed by the love & kindness & support flowing my family’s way rn. Thank u
#Toronto
🙏💕✨
Thank…
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I guess it’s true that post-chemo hair grows back a little different... Happy St.Patrick’s y’all🍀
Sun is shining & I feel lucky to be alive. Still healing & resting up for radiation.…
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Bit of a rough stretch recovering from surgery. But this wknd I got a surprise infusion of the best possible medicine, all the way from Boston, 1st time I’ve seen this boy since late…
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Badass socks✅
Positive vibe gotch✅
Evil eye necklace ✅
Talismans of strength✅
Book, headphones, notepad✅
Chemo ready💪🏻 @ Toronto, Ontario
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Research shows hills seem less steep when you have a friend to climb them with. This is my solidarity posse, good bald friends all.
Hill, climbed✅ @ Toronto, Ontario
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Battle garb, round 2🥊
Adding golden toque for extra liver boosting charm (liver balked last week so round 2 was postponed...)
Also niece & nephew heart charm❤️, that’s serious power right…
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Aaaand cheers to the golden toque (& possibly that milk thistle I guzzled all week...) Liver cooperated today. This girl is fulla poison ☠️🙌🏻 Onward to health!💃 @ Toronto, Ontario
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I take this as a sign... the drugs are working🥊💥
Also, that it’s time for my next haircut 🙌🏻
#mohawkhereicome
@ Toronto, Ontario
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I will be back on air soon,
#Toronto
Thank you for the messages of concern. And thank you to the great team
@CBCHereandNow
holding the fort in my absence.
Take good care of each other:)
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Feeling the ❤️ thru my radio this week. Thank you for all the welcome back tunes! Let’s hope I remember how to do this... 📻 🎶❤️🙏
#backtowork
#Toronto
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Last dance with Mary Jane. Ok, sort of. More like last drink of the devil’s milk. Golden toque *and golden top for the occasion.
💪👊💥⚡️ @ Toronto, Ontario
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There are so many robins & cardinals out my window right now and it is making me happy. That is all. Simple pleasures feel important right now.
#SelfIsolation
#natureheals
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Almost forgot!
#2
💇♀️
(Chopped a little more than I’d planned. But again, who cares...)
#pixieisnext
@ Toronto, Ontario
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Because I have been off sick in the past
And because there are so many kind people in the world, especially who listen to CBC radio
And because I have been off the air recently…
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I’m taking some time to be with my family and with myself.
I was starting to fall apart so I pressed pause on the daily whirlwind.
To step back. To remember. To reflect.
To process.
To watch the wind move through the trees.
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Soooo sad about this news. And more than a little scared. Thank you all the good fights you fought
#RIPRBG
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The red light goes on again for me tomorrow afternoon
@CBC_TOCommunity
#Here
&Now
Feeling lucky to be going back to work! Here’s why: @ CBC…
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Maria littlebirdsalon=😇 So many post-op hair washes when I couldn’t bathe or move my arm. And now she’s taking me into baldness, one stylish step at a time.
#brigittebardottoday
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Best tweet I've seen all day! :)
Anyone else try to make the CBC logo when frying pierogies or is it just me?
#cbc
#pieorgies
#dinnertime
@cbc
@CBCHereandNow
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@mattgallowaycbc
Thx mucho my friend. And also for unleashing the tidal wave of love & support from Toronto’s kindest hearts. This big town feels downright cozy right now 🙏💕✨
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Congratulations
@mattgallowaycbc
you will be a champ in the
@TheCurrentCBC
chair. And think of all the extra sleep you’ll get! 😉
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And because I don’t want those kind people to worry that anything is wrong with my health…
I’m sharing an update from an otherwise quiet and private place.
My father died recently and it has been hard.
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My dad was quite a storyteller. So this
#FathersDay
weekend, my first without him, I’m filling some of the silence with a story of my own. Thank you
@globeandmail
@itsmarkmedley
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Shocked & disappointed as I arrived
@TorontoPearson
from out of country last night along w 100’s of other travellers, that customs officials made *no mention of self-isolation. Prime opportunity to educate and mandate
#SocialDistancingNow
@GovCanHealth
#missedopportunity
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Something I've been wanting to say:
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Game changer🙌🏻
This incredible cookbook was a gift from a friend. Truly helpful, healing and magical (book and friend in equal measure). 🙏❤️😋 @ Toronto, Ontario
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Beautiful day in a great city with a wonderful friend.
#backonthebike
🙌
#Toronto
#summer
#Roncesvalles
@ Lake Ontario
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She did it again! 🧚🏼♀️💇♀️🙌🏻
Maria littlebirdsalon 💕 @ Toronto, Ontario
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Just posted a photo @ Toronto, Ontario
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Beam me up!
@TourCNTower
did super cool things with today's sunshine
http://t.co/4av2WgSDVI
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A peak at the reality behind the golden toque...
#thisgirlisondrugs
#onlyhalfmycollection
#cancerkillers
👊 @ Toronto, Ontario
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He was truly one of the greats in radio land. An unforgettable voice goes quiet, but remains in so many hearts.
#RIPStuart
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Have waited so long for this message.
🎉🎉🇨🇦😅
#mybabyishomefromspain
#shouldersunclench
#2weekstillicanhughim
@ Toronto, Ontario
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look, we're all on the cover of the new yorker! it's like a where's waldo for grownups
@NewYorker
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“The first book I bought with my own money was Margaret Atwood. Because I had good public school teachers.”
#GillerPrize2019
winner Ian Williams
#Reproduction
@ Toronto, Ontario
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Dammit. So so sad to lose this fiercely bright light. Ing Wong Ward you were truly one of a kind. You made me smarter, you made me laugh, you rocked such killer boots racing around town in your wheelchair at top…
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ok so it won't unfold quite like this, but man this is a delightful treat today. the best laugh-cry you've had in a good long while
#hanginthere
#wellbetogetheragain
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Ok listening to kids’
#CoronavirusPandemic
questions on
@metromorning
is making my morning bright✨
Well done
@davidcommon
et al!
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That's my kid playing guitar with the Prime Minister looking on. reggordon
@_alexanderstew
@justintrudeau
#proudmamamoment
😍🙌🏻 @ Taste Of The Danforth
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I think we should do this every day at lunch, whaddaya say
@RealJeffDouglas
?
You've never heard Amazing Grace like this before!
@RealJeffDouglas
and
@gilldeacon
treat us to this soulful duet for
#MusicDay
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When your dear estaspalding sends you a WonderWoman voodoo doll from New Orleans & it feels like all will be well ☺️ @ Toronto, Ontario
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Today marks 100 years of radio in this country. A century of sharing stories, intimacy with those near and far, feeling connected through song and sound. Now that’s something celebrate 📻🇨🇦🙌
#radio100
#happybirthdayradio
🎉
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Self Isolation Report
Day 9:
Aaaand that makes 3. My
#Boston
boy is back! All his crap is back in residence, I’ll have to wait 14 days for him to come out of his own
#selfisolation
nearby.
My wolf cubs are safe.…
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I'm dusting off my pen for Mr Arsenault. Wanna join me?
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Breaks my heart MT
@megunder
: On Sunday we asked a very handsome guard for a picture w my friend RIP Nathan Cirillo
http://t.co/9Q89yWCRyG
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@geetamehta0
@cbcradio
@jkwan_md
i address all the physicians on our program by their first names, just my familiar habit
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Thank you millyrocklobster for healing your mama with fresh ginger tea
#realfoodpower
#chemosucks
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Self Isolation Report
Day 14:
Today marked the end of asking kind neighbours for groceries, but otherwise the staying home continues. Trying to think like Hugo, for whom everyday is just another good day.
#stayhome
…
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She’s heeeeere!! Welcome
@joshnamaharaj
for a long-awaited *in-person edition of
@CBCHereandNow
#KitchenHelpDesk
🙌
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My boy, ready to head back to school in America. 👍🏻 @ Toronto, Ontario
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My
@cbcradio
colleague Mary Ito shared her extraordinary
#Covid19
story today
@TheCurrentCBC
Listen. With tissues. She's amazing.
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😪
My final time in the
@CBCHereandNow
studios with my pal
@gilldeacon
. She’s one of the finest broadcasters you’ll ever meet - and it was an honour to learn from her and call her my friend. I’ll miss our antics but I’m really looking forward to working with the
@GOtransit
team!
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So many rockstars make this show happen every day and I miss being together with them! Thanks for making it all work,
@marinadelwray
🙌🥇
Our show is a team effort. You can thank technical director
@marinadelwray
for all the great music, and smooth sound. She is one of the few of us who has to be at the CBC building.
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So many of our public health officials are rocking it and deserve kudos and endless thanks.
I don't know about you, but I think Canada's Chief Public Health Officer
@CPHO_Canada
Dr. Tam is in the perfect place. She is brilliant, calm, and I have not seen her even remotely flustered yet. I cannot imagine how tired she must be, but she continues to rock it.
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I *deeply loved this movie.
Must-See cinema, Canada. Just opened but indie films don’t last long in theatres unless we support them. Don’t miss it! 🎥🍿💖
#thegrizzliesmovie
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Heartbroken for my city today. But confident its great qualities of caring & community will…
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Self Isolation Report
Day 7:
One kid safely back in Canada. The other coming tmrw, we hope. Sun shone, video hungout with lovely friends. And took a good long moment to be grateful for these little flowers and all…
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If your heart isn't already breaking for teenagers during the pandemic, it will be when you see this. Liv McNeil better get an A+ in her film class
@esaevents
;)
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Never been more proud to work for Canada's public broadcaster. Kudos
@CBCMusic
#TheHipInKingston
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Somewhere through this schmozzle of airport traffic on the busiest travel day of the year a beautiful Boston boy is about to emerge and make me very happy😍❤️
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I keep wanting to look somewhere else to make myself feel better, but there's no solace to be found
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Happy
#WorldRadioDay
y'all
Love this medium. Love this gig
@CBCHereandNow
And it all started with my first radio crush, The Loop.
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That soar in your spirits when you leave work and notice there’s still light in the sky🙌🤸🏼♀️🎉
#springisinfactcoming
#butfirstasnowstorm
#torontoweather
@ Roy Thomson Hall
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The best back-to-work gift from my ole radio pal robert_fisher_politics
Thanks
@politicsfisher
🙏🥤💃
#greenjuice
#radiofuel
#gillsludge
@ CBC Toronto
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Couldn’t put it down. Exquisitely beautiful (& sooo funny!) exploration of death makes you think about life. In all the best ways. Remarkable. 👍🏻👍🏻 @ Toronto, Ontario
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There is no better hug than the one from the boy getting off the bus after a month canoe tripping in the Canadian north.
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An important origin story. One a lot of
@BodyBreak
fans likely never saw coming. Thank you for this, Hal Johnson.
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When you're in a
#NYC
cab listening to local radio jocks discuss
@Raptors
being awesome & serious threat to LeBron.
#hometownpride
#wethenorth
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Raisins in butter tarts are an (unpleasant) interruption, as in golf is a good walk interrupted.
#buttertartsmackdown
@emmawaverman
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What she said👇
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Just saw
#WonderWoman
. Feels like I need to have a daughter so I can a) name her Diana then b) take her to see it again.
#pattyjenkinsrocks
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I've enjoyed hosting
@CBC
radio but clearly I'm cut out for the engineering department
Of course
@gilldeacon
made a pinhole projector from stuff she found in the office
@CBCHereandNow
#SolarEclipse
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Self-isolation Report
Day 1 (ystrday...):
Pretty manageable. Sun was shining, spring in the air. Muffins were baked, trying to find some charm in the confinement. Stress level fairly high, gotta work on that.…
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When a friend understands just what kind of week you've had & says it all with socks. 👭
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Self Isolation Report
Day 3:
Things have gone decidedly off the rails. In a fit of boredom-induced vanity I attempted to tame my weirdo curls with a new flatiron gizmo and I now look like Andy Warhol. Hoping tomorrow…
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Been working on a podcast
@cbcradio
series about finding someone important from your past and reaching out to say thank you for their part in your life. Aaaand it's here! I Just Called To Say Thank You launches today
@CBCHereandNow
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