ICal syncing problems (with Lion?)

I've only noticed this since upgrading to Lion but I am having problems syncing my phone and iCal via iTunes.
To start, I spent almost 3 hours on the phone with Apple a few days ago and we thought we fixed the issue.  Here were the original problems:
event made on phone would not sync to computer at all
event made on computer would sync to phone but...
it would also make duplicate events in one of two ways:
would make identical event at same time on different calendar
would make random New Event items where I never made them
So, we spent 3 hours and basically fixed it
        Now, today, I'm having major problems with recurring events getting screwed up.  I'm a teacher, so I put in my teaching schedule via recurring events.  Fine.  Then I delete a week off for a break on the computer and sync and it still shows up on the phone.  Computer is blank and phone has weekly schedule still there.  So, I pick a day and manually delete events in the phone and sync again.  That day is now gone from phone and computer but the other 4 days of the week (which were blank on the computer) now REAPPEAR on the computer.
         Does anybody have any solutions or has anybody experienced the same?  My impression is that it started happening when I installed Lion.  I am not sure that is the case because I wasn't intensely using my computer in the month after I installed Lion.  Maybe it has to do with iOS?  Maybe iTunes?  It is really a horrible feeling to no longer trust your calendar program.  How do I know if it's accurate or not?
         What happened to the days when Apple just worked?!  That is why I paid a premium for this computer and phone.  If I want to troubleshoot important things all day on a Sunday I can save $1000 and buy a PC. 

Thank you for sharing Derek. I have exactly the same issues you described in your bullet points, and it started with the Lion upgrade (I even bought a MacBook Air at the same time...)
When you say "we basically fixed it" -- can you share what the issue was and how you fixed it with Apple?
Thanks

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