Hi, read of your dilemma and it reminded me of when I first started baking bread, I got a bread machine and hated the results, so for a while i tried using it just to knead bread dough, then I learned of the "no knead" technique from all the great regulars here. Now I can't even remember what happened to the old machine, I think I traded it for a bread knife. There are tons of articles online or in the archives concerning no knead, for the most part you only end up having to do a little shaping if you can handle that. Whatever you end up doing, good luck and hope you recover well!