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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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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...

A Visit to the Beach (and a brief update)

Take a stroll with me along Navarre Beach late on a January afternoon when the temperature is near 70 degrees. That’s what it was like...

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...

Welcome to the Infusion Suite

As you step out of the elevator on the second floor of the medical center, you enter an open waiting area for the lab with the check-in...

Multiple Myeloma by the Numbers

Understanding this relatively rare disorder begins in the blood with the plasma cells, a type of white blood cell found in the bone...

The day I became radioactive

On the morning of 23 October, I arrived at the medical center with my significant other, John, around 10:00 for a positron emission...

First Chemo

Just a short note to say I had my first chemo today. The regimen for multiple myeloma has one of the most complex schedules of...

And so we begin...

Recently I learned that I have multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in my bone marrow. Considering my family history, the...

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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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