HOWDY!

[Guest guest]

Howdy all....I am finally back online! It is a long story but one that

has guaranteed that I will NEVER own another Gateway or E-Machines computer!

I lost the video output, which on a Gateway built PC is integral to the

motherboard. I sent the PC back under warranty (had to pay roughly $25.00 to

ship it out) in early November only to receive it back way after it was

promised...and they didn't fix it!!!! They (for some unknown reason)

re-installed Windows, but apparently never checked my complaint as it had

right on the tower (Unit tests OK)!!! To make a real long and infuriating

story a bit shorter I wound up spending roughly 7 hours on the phone and was

disconnected each & every time after an hour or so! What makes that even

better is that they don't have a toll free customer support phone number! I

gave up dealing with those SOBs and gave it to a kid that works for the

business across the street from my garage, as he has been repairing

computers for quite some time. Turned out it has a bad motherboard (which I

was sure of myself) and I wound up paying to fix it myself.

I know I just dropped of the face of the planet in October, but it has

been rough lately. My headaches are back and worse than ever...I even set a

new record for the number of days straight with one (52)!!!! I can get no

help from any Dr's, as they tell me to go to the E.R. when they become

intolerable, but the going to the E.R. is going to land me in jail for

choking the shit out of someone one of these days as you usually have a 3-5

hour wait just to be seen, than get to deal with a Dr. that treats you for a

migraine (EVEN though you beg the shit out of him to look into your medical

records as migraine meds don't do a dam thing!) or treats you like a drug

seeker. It is to the point now that the only way they'll ever get me to the

E.R. again in my lifetime is if I have to be carted in, I just can take it

no longer.....and I know I will really hurt the next ****** ****** that

treats me like that again! Add to that I know I get pretty depressed every

year about the same time,and that seems to get a little worse with each

passing year. I almost get to the point where I don't want to see or talk to

anyone. I deal with this right through the winter, but get a few breaks here

and there. I tried seeing a psychiatrist but all she cared about was dumping

more meds on my plate and making sure she could fit in as many people per

day as possible. In over a year of seeing her I don't think she ever saw me

for more than 5-6 minutes. No one can accomplish much in that short of a

time frame!

On top of that I slipped off of the edge of a step and landed real hard

on my tailbone and now it hurts like living hell whenever I move my legs or

sit. I went to my Pain Management Dr. and he told me there is not a single

thing they can do for it, but if it still hurts in a month he will give me

an injection. I don't know how I'm going to make it until the month point,

but it can't come soon enough.

I also got " Nailed " and hard in mid-October with a head cold, and (due to

mini-football lasting until the 1st week of November as we made the

" Super-Bowl " ) by the time I realized it had a nasty head & chest cold. I had

to reschedule my RD appointment as I couldn't even get out of bed (let alone

drive) and wound up going through 2 Z-Packs within 3 weeks before that all

started to clear up. That I did to myself, but coaching is about the only

thing that I can afford to do that I truly enjoy anymore.

Christmas was nice, but once again went by way too fast. The boys were

both surprised and it was a very enjoyable day. Aside from that.....not too

much is any different hear. I've managed to avoid the resort so far this

year and plan to keep it that way as if I have to suffer, I'd much rather do

it at home. I don't mid the resort once your " in " , but I can tolerate

everything up until that point any longer.

I hope everyone else is O.K. and I should be back to participating fully

again.

Have a good one, Kirk.

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