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Kelly Diaz ~ MyTPen

My Journey with Multiple Myeloma

Welcome to MyTPen, where you will find poetry, essays, and a personal account
of what it's like to go through treatment for Multiple Myeloma.

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The Undetectable Villain

This short post will definitely be primarily medical in nature. It required some research on my part so that I could attempt to explain...

Getting Under My Skin

If you haven’t eaten at Slim Chickens [https://slimchickens.com/], you’re missing a treat. It’s quite possibly my son Keifer’s favorite...

Side Effects and Mediports

I have never had an anaphylactic reaction to any drug. Anaphylaxis, according to what I have read...can be life-threatening...

The Scale Conspiracy

I believe it is possible that the scales in doctors’ offices are all calibrated for some nefarious purpose.

The Awaited Word

Yesterday afternoon I received the anticipated phone call from Nancy, RN, at the Stephenson Cancer Center with some enlightening...

A Setback with a Positive Spin

I feel like I’ve experienced my first true setback…but then…not really. What a ride this has been! I’m so glad to have all of you along with

A Covid Perspective

The same people selling the fear are the same people selling the measures to combat that 'fear.'

Greetings from OU Medical

Just a quick note to say hello from Room 2 of Interventional Radiology Outpatient Services. I am prepped and ready for a second bone...

Chemo Brain

Did you know there is an actual medical condition called “Chemo Brain”? If you google it, you will find a good deal of information...

Next Step: The Harvesting

Yesterday afternoon’s visit with Dr. Joudeh was significant for me. In fact, I made a few notes about it in my symptom calendar because...

The Numbers Keep Dropping

Dr. Joudah has returned from family leave because the results from my 22 January lab tests were posted on the patient portal today. The...

Numbers Update - Normal Range!

Just a quick post to update you on a few things, namely, that my numbers continue to be good. As you can see from my most recent labs,...

The Latest Numbers

https://www.myeloma.org/types-of-myeloma That is a very good web page from the International Myeloma Foundation explaining the disorder,...

A Little Chemo Goes a Long Way

This has been a busy week already for treatment. Yesterday I had my Velcade injection, and I’ll have another one on Thursday. Today I had...

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Romans 8:38-39

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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