It's always the way Mrs D... you need experience in one area so you work there for a while, only to find that when you return to normal working, you're no longer considered relevant. It's almost impossible now to not box yourself into a job. Same as how it's always lack of experience that prevents younger people getting positions in jobs that actually matter, but the only way to get experience is to do the job, which you can't get because... yadda yadda yadda..

Something will turn up... have courage and take care dear.

LTS