A Personal Message To All My Readers - Sincere Apologies For Unavoidable Disappearance
Hello everyone, I am so sorry for my sudden disappearance of the past (nearly) 2 months. I was trapped in a hospital + physical rehab center due to a foolish accident with no internet access…
It all starts on the morning of July 11th. As this dope fills a small jug of water…spills a bit…slips and goes down…..HARD.
Picture this if you will……….a 6′ 7″ 500lb man twisting and turning all the way to the floor. Not a pretty picture is it. Yea, I suppose I was “lucky” to get out with ONLY a torn ligament in one knee. No surgery needed, but a few weeks of hard rehab.
The good point if there is one would be losing 75lbs in a little less then 2 months; NICE!
The bad points are obvious……again I’m very sorry for not being able to keep in touch. Now there are 2 specific bad points to point out…
1. The sadly ironic point is this all started just THREE DAYS after the popular post entitled ” Blog Comment Tip - Respond To Comments Or Risk Losing Subscribers ”
Oops. No, not to make excuses because I AM beating myself up over this, but those that read it and agree with it, should also agree that things like this at least somewhat fall under “acceptable terms”.
(I know what the initial response will be to this, and it will be covered in an upcoming post 
)
And just ONE DAY after the important post entitled ” Guest Posts Wanted - Affiliate Marketing And Social Networking ”
which also received a few comments. ALL comments have now have responses and thank you. If I did happen to miss yours (there were about 50), I’m sorry and please let me know.
2. Email - this was bad. Somehow I received 2200+ emails in a mere five days. YIKES! I got hurt on July 11th and by the 16th my inbox was “returning to sender”!
Aye Curumba.
If you happened to send me an email between July 16th and yesterday, Sept. 4 I did not receive it. I am truly sorry for this as well and can only ask that you resend if possible.
Well, I believe that is all for this rather humbling experience. Once again, my apologies for what happened and a big thank you to those that have stuck around to read this 
Dennis
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September 5th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I understand how you feel. I never had an internet business when I had my accident which left me in hospital a long time.I did end up losing a bunch of contacts that were important because I was gone too long.
In the end I made new contacts but I wish I had the old ones to but thats life.
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September 5th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Welcome back, Dennis! We missed you and are so glad to see you back on your feet!
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September 6th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Hey Bruno, thanks much for the comment and understanding. I’m glad you didn’t lose to much and hope things are better now.
I gotta say you’re Johnny on the spot leaving a comment within minutes of posting..my kinda blogger!
I hope to see you around more often
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September 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Thanks Patty! I’m glad to be back, I’ll tell ya
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September 6th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Hi Dennis,
I was wondering what happened to you! Glad to hear you are ok and doing well! It is nice to see you back in business again.
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September 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Hi Tara! Thanks for keeping track of me, it’s not common and greatly appreciated.
As for getting back to business, I’m finding it easier said then done, but workin’ on it
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September 6th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I did miss your posts but figured you were going on summer vacation like some people do!
Hope you are feeling better, glad to have you back!
Karen
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September 6th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Wow, I am so sorry Dennis, and believe me I can relate to how helpless you must have felt, especially after that post about comments and guest posts, it would have driven me crazy not being able to access the blog, but believe me, I am sure that most of your readers are like me, I knew something must have been wrong, and I was worried, and not once did I think, what an a-hole he just disappeared.
I am very glad you are okay and yes it could have been a lot worse.
Welcome back and No Worries!!!
JR
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September 6th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Hi Karen, thanks so much, it’s always ral nice to be missed!
(Especially when I don’t owe money lol).
In regards to vacation disappearances and those similar. I can honestly say, I guarantee I would never *voluntarily* disappear without notifying my readers.
My personal belief is that ’s just rude, especially with a business related blog.
No worries here!
Thanks again and I hope to see you ’round more
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September 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
JR - Oh brother I tell ya what. It was about the second day (when the pain meds were kickin’ in) when I, D’OH! O’GOD.
What’s worse is, towards the end of my rehab stint, I actually DID have access to a computer there…problem was, you had to sign up for a certain time slot and only had 30 minutes.
I knew it would take longer then that to write this post the way I wanted it.
Thanks for the reassurance though, always appreciated
Psst - nice name, heh
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September 7th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Thank the gods you’re back, Dennis… my comments have plummeted!
On a serious note, I’m so sorry to hear you’ve been suffering, but relieved that you’re on the mend. You’d been so busy just prior to your disappearance - what timing for an accident, tho how typical of life - but, I’m sure you’ll soon regain the momentum you’d built up.
Welcome back to the circuit, mate.
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September 7th, 2008 at 5:13 am
LOL So good to be missed! Thanks so much for the welcome, but you made one slight spelling error… it’s c-i-r-c-u-s
I regards to serious, it will take a bit of timer to get into full swing, but one thing I learned from this (which is not really evident in the article) is I can not and really do not want to go as much as I was…
… up to 18 or so hours a day.
Congrats on the new site!
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September 7th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Good to see you back and looking forward for more posts from you! And of course, we’re knowing that you are doing okay now and you’re back to “normal business”.
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September 8th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Thanks James, I hope to see you around more often!
Sorry I’m a little late here, you got caught in my spam filter.
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September 9th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Glad you’re on the mend, Dennis. Sounds like your summer (at least the second half) was not so great.
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September 9th, 2008 at 9:50 am
No, Not so great. But it did teach me a valuable lesson or two.
Thanks for stopping by
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September 20th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Hi Dennis, You’re Back !!!!! I just noticed that you’ve been back for 2 weeks… was wondering where you had vanished to… I thought maybe that you had retired to an island where hoola girls serve pina coladas for breakfast… Glad to see you’re back and on your feet again!
Talk Soon…
Regards, Pete
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September 20th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Hey Pete! Thanks for stickin’ around, I really appreciate that.
I was far from hoola girls but it’s a dang goo idea, I tell ya what LOL
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October 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Just wanted to prove that I did come over to read the post, unlike those “other” people. lol Sorry you had to go through it, but losing 75 pounds,… man, that’s sweet!
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October 30th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Very true Mitch, unfortunately 10lbs a week or so is really not the norm when you’re not under care like that. LOL
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Mitch Reply:
May 3rd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
@Dennis, I remember when you originally wrote this; how are you doing now?
I also remember back in 1991, I was going through a depression and I was losing 7 pounds a week for, well, about six weeks, until my body decided it had enough and started to turn on me. Course, I wish now that I could just get it to perk up and drop like that again, this time doing it on purpose, but you know how that goes.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
@Mitch, Yep, if I could afford the time of 3+ hours per day 6 days per week for the gym (which is what I had then), no problem.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 am
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February 1st, 2009 at 8:27 am
At least you don’t get any surgery dude,. i guess that’s hurt a bit… btw welcome back…
sincerely,
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February 2nd, 2009 at 9:00 am
Yikes Dennis! I followed the link from today’s monthly article round-up (today’s email subscription article). Sometimes I forget there is a person on the other end of the posted blog entry. Thanks for sharing your story.
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm
@Colleen - Kennewick Real Estate,
Hey Colleen, first off thanks for actually following links! I know how rare that is
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You raise a very good point. We jump from blog to blog so often, we all tend to forget there’s a real live human behind the scenes.
This is one reason why I feel it’s important for bloggers to have a true personal blog online.
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April 17th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Hi Dennis,
I missed this post so I missed hearing about your accident. Glad to see you back at what you do best here.
“Picture this if you will……….a 6? 7? 500lb man twisting and turning all the way to the floor. ”
WOH!! Looks like now I can imagine. Before this and without seeing any likeness of you anywhere in the blogosphere, I had thought you were looking like a well built muscular guy. LOL. (but seriously why won’t you put your pic on your about page)
Peter Lee
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Dennis Edell Reply:
April 17th, 2009 at 11:44 am
@Peter@passive income ideas, I’m getting there; my physical rehab was the beginning of some exceptional weight loss.
As for a personal photo, I wouldn’t count on it. lol
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