Well, I'm finally back online (for how long I don't know).

a couple weeks ago I nearly died from serotonin syndrome which was caused by the medications prescribed by the VA.

Last week after a 2 year wait I finally had the shoulder surgery at the Madison VA, but due to complications from an old shoulder injury, they were only able to correct the rotator cuff tear(s) and not perform the main surgery, which was to correct the multi-directional instability.

so right now I'm in recovery mode for the rotator cuff tear(s) which will take many months for a full recovery.

The serotonin syndrome caused a major change in my pain medications, which were changed again (this time for the better I think) 7 days ago.  which means I'm now permanently taking Morphine and Oxycoden for my old spinal injury, as well as Cervical spondylosis  which is  a degenerative change in the bones and intervertebral disks that over time will directly effect the spinal cord. so for those who wanted to know why I'm on the high end pain meds, there you go..  it has nothing to do with the shoulder injury, but it does help with the pain.

The VA also screwed up my Army Disability Check, by cutting it in half, which is why I had no internet or phone for a bit, and why I was not able to process orders.  I do not know how long I will have to deal with this screw up, but nothing moves fast in the VA system other than billing.

I will try very hard to contact everyone who is waiting for an order to be filled. verify they still want the order, and process the order. (which I could only do with an internet connection and my software)

due to my lack of an income, we still need donations to pay for the hosting fee's each month.

as for some good news...   I should be able to add a few new items to the UZI flats, such as AK PARTS KITS and a couple other fun items, just like the old days.

these orders will be processed daily so the is less of a chance to have another long delay.  my next big personal issue will be the power bill.  because the VA cut my check by $800, I'm not able to pay little things like power, water, food etc..  

So when Obama starts talking about how good his economy is getting better, trust me...  HE IS FULL OF sh*t!!!!

The other major project I'm working on is fighting for my full disability again.  they were quick to turn me down without bothering to look at any of the facts, but sure were quick to screw up my disability check.  once that is raised to the correct rate (and it will), things will be calming down here a lot.

now, if you have any questions, even on orders, please contact the Moderators.  they typically know what is going on (far more than is posted here), and may be able to contact me quicker.  today I had 5,000 emails to start reviewing..  so it's going to take a while.

the Moderators here do a lot of work, answer a lot of questions, post a lot of data, and overall keep the site running while I'm either recovering from surgery, or the VA.  and they do this all for the love of the site. 

It's because of the moderators, and those who donate each month to keep the website operational due to the high costs of the dedicated server that keep this site running.  without their dedication this mass resource would no longer be here, so thank them for their hard work...  they do it all for free.

once again...  that is my update...  a lot of crap for just 30 days, and I still have 6 months to a year of recovery, so I'm not going to be shooting a lot of rifles this year for the weaponeer channel videos.

any comments, questions etc...   post them below.

Glad to have you back boss! You were missed. Thanks for the kind words. I do love this site and the friendly people. The huge source of info is a perc.

Boss,

Good to have you back... and a BIG KUDOS to the moderators for keeping the site chugging along.

Hey Boss, any updates on how it is going on your end???

Frankly it's been a bit rough...  The VA has totally screwed up my disability checks, so for the last 3/4 months I have been forced to live on approx $700 per month (which is not possible).

I lost my power, phone, and internet.  and I'm very close to loosing everything I own (all because the VA of all things).

My shoulder surgery was a failure, so the two year wait for surgery, fixed nothing, and the VA put me back on PT (I spent much of 2011 in PT), and the PT staff are shocked, because they know they cannot do anything else with me.  which sucks...

Due to the serotonin syndrome, they changed my meds from tramadol to Oxycodone, and recently cut much of the Oxycoden and added morphine, and last week doubled the morphine.

so that's been screwing with me in a big way, plus I had lost my internet, phone, TV and power, and I have the internet and power for the money of May (I think).

today was to be my day back to work processing orders, but I have been really sick all day long..    and getting sleep with the new meds means getting 1 ot 2 hours sleep at best a night

My plans are to start processing the orders again Tuesday unless something else goes to hell (again)