Dear Arlene:

I see that indeed, you are very anxious and distressed. Can’t think clearly when that distressed. So please calm down, a hot bath will be a good start, a fast walk releases stress, anything but thinking about the problem at hand. Distress causes cognitive-fog, making clarity impossible.

So when you are calm, please come back to the thread for clear thinking.

You can also use this thread to vent, distressed and all, just keep writing, keep expressing.

anita