Dave
Mar 25th, 2010 by Lori Puente
Dave 2007
Dave grew up in Long Island and attended Cornell University. He became a successful Telecom Engineer in the 80s and 90s. After the Telecom industry tanked in 2002 he reinvented himself and got into the wireless internet business working for all the usual companies as a consultant and subcontractor. Eventually, that parlayed into the job he has now and facilitated our move from the east coast to the west coast.
Dave is an amazing person, who is bright, thoughtful, smart, and a wonderful provider for his family. This was an exciting change for us, and to suddenly find ourselves thrust into this health crisis was the last thing on our radar. But then we are certainly not unique in that regard.
Dave was treated for his Multiple Myeloma at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the Myeloma Institute. We began the week of Thanksgiving 2008 and completed everything September 2009. He is currently on a “maintenance therapy” at home (in California) of weekly Velcade infusions, Revlimid (15 mg, 21 days) and Dexamethasone weekly (he’s off the Dex now, June 2010). He has worked full-time throughout.
