Messages stopped working with my phone number all of a sudden?

Hi
In the last few weeks since retruning from a trip to the UK the messages on my MacBookPro is not working/syncing with my phone numbers... has anyone else found this?
Im using OS X 10.8.3 and 6.1.3 on my iphone and previously I had two phone numbers working with messages. Now it will only work with my apple id and I cant seem to find a way to add / sync my numbers. Can anyone suggest any solutions?
Thanks!

Have you tried turning your phones off for a few minutes?
W computing devices, when they are acting funny, often turning them off for a few minutes & then back on again can fix a lot of things.  Apparently when they are doing things, sometimes little bits of electronic garbage can be left behind that over time can cause things to act funny. Removing power from the device can clear those things out of memory.
Also try that w your mac, whether you are one who turns it off evey night, or one who never turns it off. & especially if you never or rarely turn it off, make it a point to do so every so often to clear out the electronic garbage, or whenever it acts strange, try that before more drastic steps.
On the Mac, under Preferences, accounts, Imessages & you can be reache for messages at & it has my iPhone # 1st w a check box that is not checked & it is not grayed out. Then below it has my AppleID email listed & it is grayed out, just like my phone # is grayed out on my phone.
Don't know if any of this would help. Today iMessages were having challenges for much of the day. I hadn't known a way to check system status but someone posted it elsewhere:
http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/
handy to know to be able to check if the system is having issues w anything to know whether it is the system or my own particular device having the issue.

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