Mike,
I think PoolDoc may not have read through your thread. You do NOT want to use that recipe mentioned above. It is meant for pools that have a fresh fill with no CYA in them yet. In your pool, you do NOT want to use dichlor as it will add CYA and you definitely don't want that!

If you are gone, do you have anybody who can come by every 2nd or third day and add some bleach? I think you will find after you test for a week or two that your pool isn't gonna need chlorine added every day. So, if you can hire a neighborhood teenager or whatever to come by a few times a week and add a pre-determined amount of bleach and clean out the skimmer basket, that is probably your best bet. If you really don't have anybody, you can use some of the pucks for a few days, but, yes, they are going to push your CYA up and your pH down.