My iMessages are being sent & received from my email, how to change?

Well, I recently came back from vacation & i had unlocked my phone & used a t-mobile sim card from that country.
Now that I'm back in the United States, I iMessaged people and they kept messaging who is this? because my email would show up.. And sometimes I wouldn't even get a reply back because they sent it to my number & not my email.
However, I read things online to go to Settings > Messages > Receive At .... I tried clicking my number but you can't and it says Error on the left side next to the number& the only thing selected is my Email.
So can someone tell me please how to fix this?!?!

Hi there,
I would recommend taking a look at the article below and making sure that your phone number is selected under the "Start new messages from:" section. This wont change any of the conversations that have already been started from you email address, but it will ensure that new conversations are coming from you phone number.
iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
-Griff W.

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