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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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A Quick Update from the Sooner State

This morning I was up an hour before the sun. I didn’t set an alarm. I just woke up and looked at the clock at 4:56 and figured I might...

The Big Push

Here we go, folks! It’s finally time. I say finally, but it’s really only been five months since I started chemotherapy. For many, it...

Brodie and John

I need to tell you about this special animal and how much he means to his family, but especially to John.

Random Thoughts - Volume I

24-26 April, 2021 Every morning when I look in the mirror, the periorbital condition under my eyes, commonly referred to as dark circles,...

Definitely a Monday

Sometimes I don’t have answers. Sometimes I don’t know what questions to ask. Monday, 19 April, was one of those days.

In the Wee Hours of the Morning

3:46 a.m. Tuesday, 5 April, 2021. Amber, the charge nurse in the Infusion Suite, took care of me yesterday during my 5-hour Darzalex...

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...

On the Verge of a Daunting Fortuity

This afternoon I, along with my sister Shelly, met Dr. George Selby, M.D., for my consultation at the Stephenson Cancer Center. We both...

“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity”

It was Saturday evening following a successful certification dive in the Gulf waters near Panama City, Florida. One of Roy’s and my...

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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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