My current apple ID is not an email address so cannot use iCloud as it needs one! I do have another email address. what do I do ?

Hi My current apple id is not an email address I have used all over my iPad but when I tried to activate iCloud it demanded an email address. I do have two and so far neither has worked. Any ideas pleae?

this is where I changed my appleID from being a name into being my email
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/

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