About David Lee (Member Name Dvdlee) by dvdlee

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About David Lee (Member Name Dvdlee)
Submitted by dvdlee on August 04, 2004 at 11:59 am

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About David Lee (Member name DvdLee)

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Thought I'd experiment and create a bio page using the recipe section.

Age: 48
Birthday: Oct. 6

Home: Houston, Texas

E-mail: DvdLee007@yahoo.com

Marital Status: Partnered for 14 years, no children

Cooking/Baking Experience:
I have always enjoyed cooking and baking for my pleasure and my friends. My kitchen life began when I was 10 or so when my mother was bed-ridden from surgery for a summer. I was assigned "head cook" for the family -- my other brothers (3) also had assigned duties (the only time I have had someone assigned to clean up the kitchen and be a assistant!).

After than, I usually cooked 1 meal a week (usually Sat.) to give my Mom a break, and because I enjoyed it. The family knew it might be something different though! Our basic cuisine was "standard Southern", but sometimes I would make something "exotic" like Chicken Paprika.

I really began to cook after a trip to Paris (8 days) in my late 20s and experiencing truly great cooking. I enjoy baking and cooking equally, and have made most of the major "kinds" of baked goods at least once from scratch (puff pastry, pies, breads, etc.). However, there are some things I have discovered I don't really enjoy doing -- can do it, but just not my thing (pies mainly).

My Life Story:
My father was a Southern Baptist Minister (I'm now a Methodist), and my mother was a work-at-home mom. Born in Nashville, Tennessee where I lived until my parents moved to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee(!) 60 miles south of Nashville, just north of Alabama. (Hated it.) Attended Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN and earned as BS in Music, Education and was certified to teach Music and History.

After graduation, I moved to Fort Worth, Texas and earned a Masters in Church Music. I put myself through college and seminary by working lots of different jobs! After graduation, moved to San Antonio where I served two different churches, one as Minister of Music/Youth, the other as Assistant Minister of Music. At the 2nd church (a very large church with around 15,000 members) I also supervised the church print shop. This was back in the mid-80s and I led the way in computerizing the church office and the print shop.

I then moved to Houston and served a church as part-time music director and began working full-time in the graphic design industry (computer-based). I went to work for Price Waterhouse as the Senior Designer for marketing materials and proposals. After a merger with Coopers & Lybrand I also assumed the role of World Energy Webmaster for the internet site. Once that site was up and running I was invited to join the Global Web Team as a Client Relationship Manager (web strategy consultant & project manager). That job involved a large amount of travel (around 60%), but I telecommuted from home when in Houston.

In the summer of 2000 I began to experience health problems which my doctor and I though were ulcer or gall bladder related. It was difficult to nail anything down because the symptoms were intermittent and usually happened on the road. I began to lose weight (because I couldn't eat) and get extremely tired. In October I collapsed and was taken to the hospital in a coma (which lasted 2 weeks). It was discovered that I had advanced liver disease and only had around 5-10% liver function. For the next four months I was in and out of the hospital from complications from the liver condition (around 9 - 10 weeks in the hospital). I finally stabalized when I could finally tolerate some of the medication to control the condition and demanded that my doctors allow me to self-regulate my diuretics. I became stabalized and then was able to be put on the waiting list for a liver transplant.

In late 2003 I was diagnosed with liver cancer which increased my my priority listing for a transplant. In March 2004 I had a cancer treatment which 'nuked' the tumors and 'bought' more time for me on the transplant list.

On June 10, 2004 I received a call that a donated liver was available and flew to San Francsico for the surgery (total time between call and flight departure was 90 minutes!). The transplant operation went very well and I am still in the recovery stage. My life will return completly back to normal very soon, except for the medications I will need to always take. Hopefully, I will return to work in Dec. or Jan. 2005.

The friends I have made on the Circle have been a wonderful help and support to me -- their care and compassion have dramatically affected my life and my future. (Besides how my baking has benefited!)

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