Cannot create Apple ID

The address I want to use was once the 'rescue' address for another ID... I have erased it and unlinked it... but now, I cannot create another ID with it so I can use it for FaceTime.
My family and friends do not know the old one! It is no longer used for correspondence.
How can I change it without messing up my Calendar, which is the only thing I care about?
This should be a simple fix, but when I called Apple Care last night they did not know the answer!!!!

MacLady,
My understanding is that once an e mail adr is associated with another Apple ID, even as a rescue e mail adr, you can't use it again, with another Apple ID. It doesn't make full sense to me, but you'd think there would be some kind of solid logic behind it.

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