The Deppman Family Website

When I met with my oncologist yesterday to discuss my future chemo treatments, I suspected right away that he had been talking with Nietzsche. He entered the room with a benign grimace, my medical chart, and a pencil from the Oberlin bowling lanes. Looking up from the pullulating numbers he observed me carefully.
– You’re still [...]

June 10, 2009
For the last couple of months I’ve been receiving post-surgical, i.e. adjuvant, chemotherapy. After several treatment delays due to low white and red cell counts, my oncologist started giving me a biweekly shot of Neulasta to stimulate the bone marrow and produce white cells. This has been working and I’ve had only minimal [...]